National Health Law Program (NHeLP)

National Health Law Program (NHeLP) Securing Health Rights for Those in Need. Learn more at www.healthlaw.org.

Founded in 1969, the National Health Law Program protects and advances the health rights of low income and underserved individuals. The oldest non-profit of its kind, NHeLP advocates, educates and litigates at the federal and state level.

The National Health Law Program submits comments in opposition to the harmful new interpretation the Department of Healt...
08/14/2025

The National Health Law Program submits comments in opposition to the harmful new interpretation the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking in regard to the definition of a "Federal public benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. For over 55 years, NHeLP has advocated, educated and litigated to preserve, protect and expand access to healthcare for low-income and underserved populations. We have continually worked to support immigrants' access to healthcare and thus strongly oppose the new interpretation of "Federal public benefit." By Dylan de Kervor, Christina Piecora, Mara Youdelman, Hector Hernandez, Emma Parker-Newton https://healthlaw.org/resource/personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity-reconciliation-act-of-1996-prwora-interpretation-of-federal-public-benefit-comments/

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨TODAY! Join us for the first session in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next series. Our attorne...
08/14/2025

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨TODAY! Join us for the first session in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next series. Our attorneys and policy analysts will break down OBBA’s key provisions, from Medicaid work requirements to defunding abortion care providers, limiting Marketplace enrollment, restricting state financing options, and more. Speakers: Wayne Turner, Christina Piecora, and Geraldine Doetzer.
📅 Aug 14, 2025 | 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3tKy_LRvSlaoerJmUDsWuQ #/registration

The National Health Law Program welcomes the ruling by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria blocking the Trump administrat...
08/13/2025

The National Health Law Program welcomes the ruling by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria blocking the Trump administration from sharing Medicaid recipients’ confidential data with immigration enforcement, at least for 20 states in the lawsuit led by CA AG Rob Bonta. This is a critical step, but stronger protections are still needed to safeguard Medicaid data. https://healthlaw.org/news/federal-court-blocks-trump-administrations-attempt-to-use-medicaid-data-for-immigration-enforcement-in-20-states/

NEW ISSUE BRIEF! On June 20, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a marketplace rule, herei...
08/13/2025

NEW ISSUE BRIEF! On June 20, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a marketplace rule, hereinafter referred to as the Marketplace Final Rule, that restricts access to marketplace coverage and affordability programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This issue brief discusses the key eligibility, enrollment and affordability provisions of the Marketplace Final Rule; the rule is not discussed in its entirety. By Geraldine Doetzer, Alicia Emanuel, Shandra Hartly, Héctor Hernάndez-Delgado, and Wayne Turner https://healthlaw.org/resource/the-marketplace-final-rule-rolls-back-access-to-marketplace-coverage-and-affordability/

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨TOMORROW! Join us for the first session in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next series. Our atto...
08/13/2025

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨TOMORROW! Join us for the first session in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next series. Our attorneys and policy analysts will break down OBBA’s key provisions, from Medicaid work requirements to defunding abortion care providers, limiting Marketplace enrollment, restricting state financing options, and more. Speakers: Wayne Turner, Christina Piecora, and Geraldine Doetzer.
📅 Aug 14, 2025 | 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3tKy_LRvSlaoerJmUDsWuQ #/registration

08/12/2025

On July 4th, President Trump signed the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, enacting a series of harmful attacks on Medicaid and health care access generally. This is the first in a series of NHeLP blogs that will delve into how this new law will harm access to sexual and reproductive health. It will focus on the provision (Sec. 71113) that targets abortion providers that serve Medicaid patients, which has colloquially been referred to as the abortion provider “defund” provision. By Cat Duffy

The DOJ has issued guidance to federal agencies on language access following EO 14224, which claims to set English as th...
08/08/2025

The DOJ has issued guidance to federal agencies on language access following EO 14224, which claims to set English as the U.S.’s official language. Reminder: language access is still the law for people with limited English proficiency seeking federal services. By Mara Youdelman and Dylan de Kervor. https://healthlaw.org/language-access-is-mission-critical-and-still-the-law/

📉 Covered California just had its best year ever, enrolling a record 1.9 million people. But that progress is now at ris...
08/07/2025

📉 Covered California just had its best year ever, enrolling a record 1.9 million people. But that progress is now at risk.Federal actions, like the “integrity and affordability” rule and the July 4 reconciliation bill, are dismantling key protections in the ACA marketplaces. And with enhanced subsidies expiring in 2025, the impact will be devastating.
🧾 The CBO projects 10 million people could lose coverage nationwide, including 660,000 Californians. We must protect affordable health care access. By Alicia Emanuel https://healthlaw.org/the-trump-administration-will-derail-covered-californias-exchange-and-californians-will-pay-the-price/

✓Congress passed it. The President signed it. Now our fight is more urgent than ever.The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bi...
08/05/2025

✓Congress passed it. The President signed it. Now our fight is more urgent than ever.
The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act delivers the damage we feared, gutting Medicaid and ACA coverage, and harming those already facing barriers to care: low-income communities, people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
🚫 Work requirements
🚫 Redetermination burdens
🚫 Increased costs
🚫 Attacks on reproductive + gender-affirming care
🚫 Cuts to trusted providers and safety-net funding
📢 Learn more and access NHeLP resources: https://healthlaw.org/prepare/

Welcome to NHeLP! Dylan (she/her) is a Senior Attorney based in the Washington D.C. office of the National Health Law Pr...
08/05/2025

Welcome to NHeLP! Dylan (she/her) is a Senior Attorney based in the Washington D.C. office of the National Health Law Program, where she is a member of the Federal Advocacy team. https://healthlaw.org/team/dylan-de-kervor/

The budget reconciliation law slashes Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion and will have a devastating impact on pa...
08/05/2025

The budget reconciliation law slashes Medicaid funding by more than $1 trillion and will have a devastating impact on patients, providers, and communities in every state. This chart identifies key provisions in which lawmakers imposed harsher cuts on the 41 Medicaid expansion states. By Geraldine Doetzer https://healthlaw.org/resource/how-obba-punishes-medicaid-expansion-states/

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