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.

📢TODAY WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us today, Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s W...
09/25/2025

📢TODAY WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us today, Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next: OBBBA and its Impact on Health Care Coverage series. Amanda Avery & Katy DeBriere will discuss the crucial role of due process in OBBBA’s Medicaid changes. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U-Pa9UT6SmuX1mNEhvoaYA #/registration

NHeLP in partnership with The Community Living Policy Center (CLPC) PHI developed the following policy brief titled, “In...
09/24/2025

NHeLP in partnership with The Community Living Policy Center (CLPC) PHI developed the following policy brief titled, “Interested Parties Advisory Groups: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement to Ensure Adequate HCBS Payment Rates and Help Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce." The Interested Parties Advisory Group (IPAG) requirement, established under the Medicaid Access Rule, instructs states to establish a work group to advise on the adequacy of rates for direct care workers who provide home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities. States must establish and begin convening IPAGs by July 2026. This issue brief shares strategies to help states implement IPAGs in ways that advance the Access Rule’s core objective: ensuring meaningful access to HCBS. By Jennifer Lav, Brit Vanneman, Syd Pickern https://healthlaw.org/resource/interested-parties-advisory-groups-meaningful-stakeholder-engagement-to-ensure-adequate-hcbs-payment-rates-and-help-strengthen-the-direct-care-workforce/

Starting Jan 1, 2027, OBBBA will require most Medicaid expansion adults to prove 80 hrs/month of work or related activit...
09/24/2025

Starting Jan 1, 2027, OBBBA will require most Medicaid expansion adults to prove 80 hrs/month of work or related activities to keep coverage. Research shows most who can work already do—these requirements won’t create jobs, but they will strip health care from millions, with estimates of 5M losing Medicaid. By Abigail Coursolle https://healthlaw.org/new-medicaid-work-requirements-how-managed-care-plans-can-help/

NHeLP seeks law students who will be between their second and third years of law school during Summer 2026 (i.e., “risin...
09/23/2025

NHeLP seeks law students who will be between their second and third years of law school during Summer 2026 (i.e., “rising 3Ls”). We give priority to students who have a demonstrated commitment to public interest work, public health, and/or poverty law, as well as an interest in working toward the expansion and protection of health care access for low-income and underserved populations. https://healthlaw.org/job/national-health-law-programs-summer-2026-legal-internships/

📢THURSDAY WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s What W...
09/23/2025

📢THURSDAY WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next: OBBBA and its Impact on Health Care Coverage series. Amanda Avery & Katy DeBriere will discuss the crucial role of due process in OBBBA’s Medicaid changes. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U-Pa9UT6SmuX1mNEhvoaYA #/registration

WEBINAR OCTOBER 15. For the third and final session in the Redesigning Maternal Health series, speakers will be spotligh...
09/23/2025

WEBINAR OCTOBER 15. For the third and final session in the Redesigning Maternal Health series, speakers will be spotlighting innovative approaches to broadening doula access, including actionable, community-led, initiatives to bridging doula access for diverse, rural, and underserved populations. Join Health Leads including NHeLP's Amy Chen on Wednesday, October 15. Register at https://bit.ly/47H2a0Q

09/19/2025

NHeLP has launched a California-specific hub to help advocates respond to OBBBA & defend access to care. Our tools explain what it is, how it impacts CA, and what advocates can do to protect those at risk. https://healthlaw.org/protect-california-health-care/

📢WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s What We Know an...
09/18/2025

📢WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS! Join us Sep 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET for the next webinar in NHeLP’s What We Know and What Happens Next: OBBBA and its Impact on Health Care Coverage series. Amanda Avery & Katy DeBriere will discuss the crucial role of due process in OBBBA’s Medicaid changes. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U-Pa9UT6SmuX1mNEhvoaYA #/registration

This chart provides information about the status of each provision of the 2024 Eligibility and Enrollment Final Rule fol...
09/18/2025

This chart provides information about the status of each provision of the 2024 Eligibility and Enrollment Final Rule following the enactment of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, which partially blocks implementation and enforcement of some of the rule until September 30, 2034. It also provides an overview of the options states have to implement the rule’s protections and streamlining provisions even though parts of the Final Rule are blocked. By Shandra Hartly https://healthlaw.org/resource/state-options-to-implement-provisions-of-the-eligibility-and-enrollment-final-rule-post-obbba/

The so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) makes changes to complex but crucial Medicaid financing mechanisms th...
09/17/2025

The so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) makes changes to complex but crucial Medicaid financing mechanisms that are likely to force states to reduce provider payments and limit benefits. This issue brief provides an overview of state directed payments and provider taxes and explains how they interact; how states use them to support their Medicaid programs; and how the cuts to state directed payments and provider taxes that are mandated by OBBBA could reduce access to a wide variety of health services. By Geraldine Doetzer https://healthlaw.org/resource/medicaid-financing-after-obbba-state-directed-payments-and-provider-taxes/

H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which will ...
09/17/2025

H.R. 1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid which will result in an estimated 10 million individuals and families losing health coverage across the nation. Just before the OBBBA’s passage, California finalized its budget, which includes additional cuts to the Medi-Cal (Medicaid) program. These reference charts provide a color coded timeline of all of the changes to Medi-Cal and Covered California. The Medi-Cal timeline provides an overview of the key changes under both budget bills to the Medi-Cal program. The Covered California timeline provides an overview of the key changes under OBBBA, including changes under the Marketplace Fine Rule. By Skyler Rosellini and Alicia Emanuel https://healthlaw.org/resource/timeline-charts-of-changes-to-medi-cal-and-covered-california-under-obbba-and-the-california-budget/

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