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January 8, 2024
Accessing Contraceptives in Florida: A Toolkit for Young Adults
Christina Piecora, Liz McCaman Taylor, Madeline Morcelle, Kally Xu, Andrea Schmidt, Logan Foster, and Charlotte Cassel Toolkit
This Toolkit was created in partnership with the Florida Health Justice Project (FHJP) with the goal of equipping young adults with knowledge on their right to contraceptive access in Florida. It covers the basics of health insurance, the Affordable Care Act’s coverage and nondiscrimination protections, understanding key insurance documents,…
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October 11, 2023
Voe v. Mansfield, Middle District of North Carolina
Litigation Team Cases
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Lambda Legal sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a discriminatory law banning the provision of medically necessary care for transgender North Carolina youth. The legal advocates simultaneously filed a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to block enforcement of the…
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August 24, 2023
Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding
Miriam Delaney Heard, Sarah Grusin, and Amanda Avery Court Document, Health Advocate, Fact Sheet, Case Explainer
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February 16, 2023
Dekker v. Weida, Northern District of Florida
Litigation Team Cases
Four transgender Medicaid beneficiaries filed a lawsuit challenging a Florida regulation that prohibits coverage of medically necessary gender-affirming care. The plaintiffs allege that the discriminatory coverage exclusion violates: 1) the EPSDT requirements in the Medicaid Act; 2) the comparability requirement in the Medicaid Act; 3) Section 1557 of the…
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December 2, 2022
Managed Care Sanctions: An Important Tool for Accountability
Daniel Young Manual/Report
This report is part of the National Health Law Program’s ongoing work on accountability in Medicaid managed care, focusing on sanctions, which are one of the tools available to states to hold managed care organizations (MCOs) accountable for failing to meet their obligations. Our research indicates that the states…
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February 26, 2021
Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida
Litigation Team Cases
Plaintiff Nancy Wright is a Florida attorney who has represented hundreds of Florida Medicaid recipients (often pro bono) who are challenging erroneous terminations, denials, or reduction of Medicaid benefits. To prepare these appeals, Attorney Wright needs to access the state Medicaid agency’s (Agency for Health Care Administration's or AHCA’s)…
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Accessing Contraceptives in Florida: A Toolkit for Young Adults

Voe v. Mansfield, Middle District of North Carolina

Medicaid Enrollees Challenge Florida’s Failure to Provide Due Process During Unwinding

Dekker v. Weida, Northern District of Florida

Managed Care Sanctions: An Important Tool for Accountability

Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida