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Health Reform
- Q&A: The New Family Planning State Plan Option Under the ACA (Feb. 1)
- National Health Law Program Opposes Bill to Repeal Health Care Reform (Jan. 19)
- NHeLP Comments to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Determination of Essential Health Benefits (Jina Dhillon, Jan. 14)
- Joint Comments Drafted by NHeLP, CCF, CBPP, Families, CC, and LSEM on Medicaid Eligibility Systems: Short comments; long comments (Jan. 7)
- NHeLP Comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Medicaid Eligibility Systems (Jan. 7)
- Short Paper 3: The ACA and Substance Use Disorders (Corey Davis, Dec. 23, 2010)
- Short Paper 4: The ACA and Nursing Mothers (Corey Davis and Jina Dhillon, Dec. 30)
- Short Paper 5: The ACA and Language Access (Mara Youdelman, Jan. 2011)
- Short Paper 6: The ACA and Application of § 1557 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Health Insurance Exchanges (Mara Youdelman, Jan. 2011)
- Short Paper 7: The ACA and Essential Benefits for Children in the Exchanges (Cate Hodgetts, Jan. 5, 2011)
- NHeLP Comments to the Office of Minority Health on Existing National Standards for the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (Dec. 31, 2010)
- Podcast: Requirements to Provide Language Assistance Services (Dec. 14)
- NHeLP Comments to the Institute of Medicine on Essential Health Benefits (Dec. 6)
- Short Paper 2: The ACA and The Basic Health Option: Considerations for States Implementing Federal Health Reform (Janet Varon, Updated Dec. 6)
Health Reform Litigation
- 10 Reasons to Answer “Yes” to the Question: Should my state continue toward health reform in light of the Florida ruling? (Feb. 2)
- NHeLP Breaks Down the Florida Decision and What It Means (Feb. 2)
- Florida Ruling on ACA Generates Some Surprise and a Lot of Confusion (Feb. 2)
- Press Release: Ruling in Health Reform Case on the Wrong Side of History (Jan. 31)
- Court Schedules for Pending Cases (Updated Jan. 10)
- NHeLP Files Amicus Brief in Support of Health Reform Law on Behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics, APHA, and 18 other national and Florida-based organizations (Nov. 19)
Journal Articles
- Using an Alliance of Independent Health Consumer Assistance Centers to Change Public Policy in California (Michael R. Cousineau, Lori Miller Nascimento, Mabel Ponce) from Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Winter 2010)
- The Affordable Care Act: A Giant Step Toward Insurance Coverage for All Americans (Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, Nov./Dec. '10)
- The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009 Term: Justice Stephens’s Last Round in the Access Battle (Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, Nov./Dec. '10)
- Health Care Reform for Native Americans: The Long-Awaited Permanent Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, Nov./Dec. '10)
Issue Briefs
- Issue Brief: Appeal Rights and Medicaid Benefit Reductions (Jane Perkins, December 2010)
Children's Health, Language Services
- CHIPRA Provides More Funds to Help States Pay for Language Services (Jan. 28)
- NHeLP Comments to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Regarding Priority Setting for CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program (Jan. 13)
Testimony
- NHeLP Public Testimony to the Institute of Medicine Regarding Coverage of Contraception in Private Health Insurance Plans (Davida Silverman, Nov. 16, 2010)
NHeLP's Capital Communique
- February Capital Communique: February 2011
- NHeLP's Capital Communique: January 2011
- NHeLP's Capital Communique: December 2010