2008

• NHeLP and Legal Services of Southern Piedmont's suit against the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for the improper reduction of mental health services is highlighted in "State faces lawsuit over mental health" (The News & Observer, April 16, 2008).
• Doreena Wong, NHeLP Staff Attorney emphasizes the inportance of language access in health care in "Study highlights language barriers faced in healthcare" (Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008).
• The Los Angeles Times highlights a $500,000 award from the California Department of Managed Health Care to the Health Consumer Alliance for education on grievance and appeals rights ("Healthcare advocates to get some state help," March 19, 2008). (Also covered in the San Francisco Chronicle).
• The Independent Record (Helena, Montana) interviews Anja Rudiger, the Human Right to Health Program Director for a joint program run by NESRI and NHeLP, in "Health care as commodity not the future, expert says" (February 21, 2008).
• Anja Rudiger, NHeLP's Human Right to Health Program Director, lays out how the Presidential Candidates Are Not Serious About Protecting Our Health, on the DMI Blog. (January 23, 2008) (See also the Berkeley Forum and Women's Space).

2007

• Breaking hospital language barriers quotes Mara Youdelman, NHeLP Staff Attorney, on the need for languages services at suburban hospitals (Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2007).
• Mara Youdelman, NHeLP Staff Attorney, is quoted on immigrants access to health care in Some Dems flip, now support SCHIP (Bradenton (FL) Herald, October 18, 2007).
• Manju Kulkarni, NHeLP Staff Attorney, is quoted on lead poisoning in Lunchbox warning: Health officials say toss them (San Jose Mercury News, September 21, 2007).
• Susan Berke Fogel, NHeLP Consultant on Reproductive Health and Rights, asks "Are we leaving low income women behind? The reality of EC access under Medicaid," at Bush v. Choice (August 21, 2007).
• Jane Perkins, NHeLP's Legal Director, testified at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing on the Oversight Adequacy of Pediatric Dental Care in Medicaid Eligible Children (May 2, 2007).
• Majority of Internal Medicine Practices Provide Language Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency (Medical News Today, April 22, 2007).
• Group asks county for right (The Daily Tar Heel, April 11, 2007) describes the joint project between the University of North Caroline Immigration-Human Rights Policy Clinic and NHeLP to recognize health care as a human right.
• Study: Lack of interpreters leads to poor health care (Baltimore Examiner, April 3, 2007).
• Mara Youdelman, NHeLP Staff Attorney, quoted in Undocumented Immigrants' Childbirth Is Top Emergency Medicaid Expense (HealthDay, March 15, 2007).

2006

• Jane Perkins, NHeLP's Legal Director, was named by LawDragon Magazine as one of the 3,000 leading plaintiffs' lawyers inthe US in December 2006.
• The Health Consumer Alliance highlighted in Hospital charity care flatlines (San Mateo County Times, November 17, 2006). NHeLP is HCA's lead agency.
• Steve Hitov, NHeLP Managing Attorney, quoted in State slow to require citizenship papers for Medicaid benefits (Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2006).
• Larry Lavin, NHeLP Executive Director, quoted in Officials accuse hospitals of "dumping" patients (Contra Costa Times, November 17, 2006).
• Randy Boyle, NHeLP Staff Attorney, quoted in Sign-ups for Medicare drug plan this week (Bakersfield Californian, November 11, 2006).
• Mara Youdelman, NHeLP Staff Attorney, quoted in On the Table: A Cure for Medicare Language Gap (New America Media, November 6, 2006).
• NHeLP cited in US Tightens Medicaid Rules for Babies of Illegal Immigrants (New York Times, November 2, 2006).
• NHelp report highlighted in Language is big concern at hospitals (The Columbus Dispatch, October 12, 2006).
• In October 2006, Manju Kulkarni, NHeLP Staff Attorney, was named a 2006-2007 Women's Policy Institute Fellow, a project of the Women's Foundation of California.
• Jane Perkins, NHeLP's Legal Director,was named by LawDragon Magazine as one of the top 3,000 lawyers in the US in August 2006.
• Lourdes Rivera, NHeLP Managing Attorney, quoted in A Medical Crisis of Conscience: Faith Drives Some To Refuse Medication or Care (The Washinton Post, July 16, 2006).
• Steve Hitov, NHeLP Managing Attorney, quoted in Citizenship Rules Eased for Medicaid (The Washington Post, July 7, 2006).
• NHeLP highlighted in Democrats Offer Brief in DRA Suit (Roll Call, May 11, 2006).
• NHeLP received an official recognition award in April 2006 from the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) for ongoing attention to the needs of poor people in Mississippi. Martha Bergmark, MCJ President, recognized NHeLP for work in the Vinson case which successfully challenged Mississippi's attempt to terminate the Medicaid benefits of almost 50,000 elderly and disabled Medicaid recipients and the current Denning case which challenges the states hard cap of 5 prescriptions per month, no matter how many a person needs. A MCJ newsletter highlighted the federal lawsuit challenging stringent new limit's on Mississippi's prescription benefit.
• NHeLP was named Pharmacy Access Partner of the Month for January 2006 by the Pharmacy Access Partnership along with other groups for efforts to successfully advance and pass the American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution to protect access to Emergency Contraception and other contraceptive services in pharmacies. Lourdes Rivera, NHeLP Staff Attorney, was the official policy author and received a Pharmacy Access Partner Certificate of Appreciation for her valuable contributions.

2005

• Manjusha Kulkarni, NHeLP Staff Attorney, received the Public Interest Service Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California in 2005 for devoting her time and energy to helping the community, and to serving as a role model for law students and young attorneys pursuing careers in public interest law.
• Jane Perkins, NHeLP's Legal Director, was named by LawDragon Magazine as one of the top 500 lawyers in the US in October 2005.
• Lourdes Rivera, NHeLP Staff Attorney, was named as a Commissioner to the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women by Mayor Villaraigosa in September 2005.
• Steve Hitov, NHeLP Managing Attorney, quoted in Missouri's Medicaid Shame: Myth and Fraud (St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 17, 2005).
• In August 2005, Lourdes Rivera, NHeLP Staff Attorney, was presented the Committee Excellence Award by the American Bar Association's Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section for her work on a resolution to protect patients' right to informed consent in face of religious restrictions, adopted by the ABA's House of Delegates in February 2005.
• The Health Consumer Alliance highlighted in Health Rights Defenders, Nine Health Consumer Centers in California help people get the health care they need (Children's Advocate, May/June 2005). NHeLP is HCA's lead agency.
• In May 2005 Lourdes Rivera, NHeLP Staff Attorney, was honored by the Reproductive Rights Project of the New York Civil Liberties Union for leadership, integrity, and commitment to expanding access to reproductive rights.
• NHeLP's work highlighted in Of Service - National Health Law Program protects health care for the poor (The (Baltimore) Daily Record, April 15, 2005).

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented the Health Consumer Alliance with the Year 2001 Beneficiary Services Award of Merit, recognizing HCA as one of the country's outstanding organizations helping low-income, elderly and disabled health consumers. NHeLP is HCA's lead agency. CMS is the federal agency that runs Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.