🎧 PODCAST COMINGUP ON NOV 12! Excited to join @ebbirth Ep. #377 to talk with Dr. Dekker about Medicaid coverage for doula care. Listen on your favorite podcast app or read the transcript at evidencebasedbirth.com/blog ! #EvidenceBasedBirth #EBBirth #EBBPodcast

🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING! NHeLP Senior Attorney, Madeline Morcelle (@reprolawyer.bsky.social) joins UMN’s Justice in Public Health Series to discuss how recent federal health care cuts deepen structural inequities, and how reproductive justice can guide reform. Watch here: healthlaw.org/resource/umn...

🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING! Learn how OBBBA harms people with disabilities, through work requirements, higher care costs, and long-term care changes. Watch now: https://healthlaw.org/resource/webinar-the-impact-of-obbba-on-people-with-disabilities/

New fact sheet! 📄 Medicaid in Georgia covers essential sexual & reproductive health services—from STI testing to pregnancy care. First in a 5-state series by Rachel Utz👇 https://healthlaw.org/resource/fact-sheet-georgia-medicaid-coverage-of-sexual-and-reproductive-health/

WEBINAR RECORDING! This webinar discussed changes introduced by OBBA to the Medicaid Act’s cost-sharing, premiums, and retroactive eligibility provisions and their potential impact on access to health care services. healthlaw.org/resource/web...

Under OBBBA, health premiums will skyrocket—especially for older adults & low-income families. Some could face hikes over $50K/year, forcing many to lose coverage. By Geraldine Doetzer👇 https://healthlaw.org/buyers-beware-what-marketplace-shoppers-need-to-know-about-junk-insurance-this-year/

We all have the right to make informed decisions about our own bodies, including transgender and intersex people. Our liberation is tied together, and this Intersex Awareness Week we show up to encourage trans and intersex solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️💜💛#WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek

⚖️ WEBINAR RECORDING! In case you missed it. Due process is key to Medicaid changes under OBBBA. NHeLP’s webinar series offers tools to fight work requirements, automation & other barriers. By Amanda Avery & Katherine DeBriere https://healthlaw.org/resource/webinar-the-role-of-due-process/

There are no LGBTQIA+ rights without the I. Intersex people, born with variations in their sex traits, are 2% of all people but still often erased. When our rights are under attack, intersex rights are too. That’s #WhyWeShowUp. 🏳️‍🌈💛💜 #IntersexAwarenessWeek

Intersex rights are human rights. Intersex Awareness Week recognizes the diversity of people born with variations in their sex traits, and their right to health, dignity and freedom. #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek

DEADLINE TOMORROW! 📢 We’re hiring! NHeLP seeks a full-time Policy Associate to support our Sexual & Reproductive Health team. Remote role with limited travel. Apply here: https://healthlaw.org/job/sexual-and-reproductive-health-policy-associate/

📢 TODAY! Webinar Alert: Oct 23, 2 PM ET – OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities. Join NHeLP to learn how the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” affects work requirements, waivers, costs, and home equity limits. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration

WEBINAR TOMORROW @2 PM ET! OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities Learn how OBBBA changes work rules, HCBS waivers & costs for people with disabilities. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration

🩺 New from NHeLP: Presumptive Eligibility (PE) offers faster Medicaid coverage for pregnant people, crucial for accessing time-sensitive care like abortion. By Cat Duffy and Fabiola De Liban

Federal attacks on Medicaid and the ACA are growing. NHeLP is meeting the moment, drawing on decades of experience at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and federal health care reform. Stay up-to-date on this work at https://healthlaw.org/health-care-reform-srh/

For decades, we’ve worked at the intersection of health care reform and sexual & reproductive health advocacy—ensuring low-income and underserved communities have access to comprehensive, affordable, and nondiscriminatory care. Our new landing page: https://healthlaw.org/health-care-reform-srh/

📢 We’re hiring! NHeLP seeks a full-time Policy Associate to support our Sexual & Reproductive Health team. Remote role with limited travel. Apply here: https://healthlaw.org/job/sexual-and-reproductive-health-policy-associate/

📢Webinar Alert: Oct 23, 2 PM ET – OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities. Join NHeLP to learn how the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” affects work requirements, waivers, costs, and home equity limits. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration

NHeLP’s Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California is a step-by-step guide that offers tools & strategies to help advocates effectively support TGI communities. https://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-1-purpose-and-goal-for-this-guide/

This chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on cultural competency. By Abigail Coursolle and Skyler Rosellini https://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-7-cultural-competency/

This chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It focuses on outreach and engagement with the TGI community. https://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-6-outreach-and-engagement-with-the-tgi-community/

📺 Watch Webinar Recording! This NHeLP webinar explores how automated systems affect Medicaid eligibility and enrollment under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). https://healthlaw.org/resource/webinar-how-automated-eligibility-systems-can-harm-or-help-applicants-and-enrollees-support/

📺 Watch Webinar Recording Now: NHeLP’s webinar on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) covers how the law impacts Medicaid, ACA Marketplace coverage, and access to care. https://healthlaw.org/resource/webinar-what-we-know-and-what-happens-next-obbba-overview-and-implementation-timeline/

on this week's #WTHealth: shutdown fallout, vaccine changes, a new generic abortion pill and more; with @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social and CNN's Tami Luhby. Plus Sarah Grusin of @nhelp.bsky.social on immigrants and federal health programs: kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

📢 Webinar Alert: Oct 23, 2 PM ET – OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities. Join @NHeLP to learn how the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” affects work requirements, waivers, costs, and home equity limits. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🏳️‍⚧️ An Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California – Chapter 4 explores common barriers people face when seeking gender-affirming care. By Abigail Coursolle & Skyler Rosellini https://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-4-common-barriers/

🏳️‍⚧️An Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California – Chapter 3 helps readers identify their health coverage type, regulation, and protections. By Abigail Coursolle & Skyler Rosellinihttps://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-3-types-of-coverage/

🏳️‍⚧️An Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California – Chapter 2 covers key terminology and documents for those seeking care.By Abigail Coursolle & Skyler Rosellini https://healthlaw.org/resource/an-advocates-guide-to-access-gac-in-ca-chapter-2-important-terminology-documents/

Under OBBBA, millions could lose health coverage due to harsh work requirements and broken computer systems. We launched Together We Keep Care Alive campaign to fight back. 📢 Help us hold the line and keep care alive. 🔗 healthlaw.org/together/ #KeepCareAlive #Medicaid #HealthJustice

🏥 CMS’s new $50B Rural Health Fund can’t offset deep #Medicaid cuts under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” States must use it wisely to protect vulnerable enrollees. https://healthlaw.org/resource/a-50-billion-band-aid-states-considering-rural-health-funding-should-proceed-with-caution/

📢 We’re hiring! NHeLP seeks a full-time Policy Associate to support our Sexual & Reproductive Health team. Remote role with limited travel. Apply here: https://healthlaw.org/job/sexual-and-reproductive-health-policy-associate/

📢 Big win for Medi-Cal access! Gov. Newsom just signed #SB530, ensuring Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans deliver real, timely care.https://healthlaw.org/californias-new-law-will-hold-medi-cal-managed-care-plans-accountable-and-ensure-beneficiaries-can-access-care/

WEBINAR NEXT WEEK! OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities Oct 23 | 2 PM ET Learn how OBBBA changes work rules, HCBS waivers & costs for people with disabilities. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration#/registration

🎥 WATCH WEBINAR RECORDING! NHeLP experts break down the OBBBA Medicaid work requirements, the largest Medicaid cuts in U.S. history, and what they mean for access to care. 🔗 https://healthlaw.org/resource/webinar-how-to-prepare-for-medicaid-work-requirements/

Congress must extend the ACA’s premium tax credits—without letting anti-abortion advocates hijack the talks to restrict Marketplace abortion coverage. By Cat Duffy ⚖️ 🔗 https://healthlaw.org/congress-must-reject-the-anti-abortion-revisionist-history-on-aca-abortion-coverage/

Senators are investigating companies paid billions to build Medicaid eligibility systems after errors caused people to lose coverage. With new work requirements looming, they warn: systems must serve people, not profits. 🏛 🔗 KFF Health News investigation www.cbsnews.com/news/senator...

NHeLP in the news!🎙@julierovner.bsky.social interviews MHeLP's Sarah Grusin on @kffhealthnews.org "What the health" podcast about GOP’s misleading claims linking a gov’t shutdown to “free health care for immigrants.” 🔗 kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...

Relativity’s Justice for Change program helped NHeLP in S.J. v. Knodell, securing private duty nursing for low-income, medically fragile kids. 💻⚖️https://www.streetinsider.com/PRNewswire/Relativitys+Justice+for+Change+Program+Reaches+Five-Year+Milestone+at+Relativity+Fest+2025/25428533.html

NHeLP Senior Attorney Madeline Morcelle joins Micah Larsen on the Modern Hysteria podcast to discuss why being believed about our pain, no matter our sex or race isn’t just a reproductive justice issue, it’s a civil right. By @reprolawyer.bsky.social & Micah Larsen 🔗 healthlaw.org/resource/mod...

TODAY WEBINAR! OBBBA threatens Medicaid access with new cost-sharing, premiums & limits on retroactive eligibility. Join Héctor Hernández-Delgado & Abigail Coursolle on Oct 9 | 4 PM ET. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 

♿ Webinar: OBBBA’s Impact on People with Disabilities 🗓️ Oct 23 | 2 PM ET Learn how OBBBA changes work rules, HCBS waivers & costs for people with disabilities. 🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration#/registration🎙️ Speakers: Brit Vanneman & Elizabeth Zirker.

🌈 UPDATED RESOURCE! Federal orders targeting gender-affirming care for TGI people face court blocks. ⚖️ No change to CA law—TGI health rights remain protected. Learn more: https://healthlaw.org/resource/know-your-rights-access-to-health-care-for-tgi-californians/ 🔗 Read more:

📢 We’re hiring! NHeLP seeks a full-time Policy Associate to support our Sexual & Reproductive Health team. Remote role with limited travel. Apply here: https://healthlaw.org/job/sexual-and-reproductive-health-policy-associate/

OBBBA threatens Medicaid access with new cost-sharing, premiums & limits on retroactive eligibility. Join Héctor Hernández-Delgado & Abigail Coursolle on Oct 9 | 4 PM ET. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 

📩OBBBA threatens Medicaid access with new cost-sharing, premiums & limits on retroactive eligibility. Join Héctor Hernández-Delgado & Abigail Coursolle on Oct 9 | 4 PM ET. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 

📢 We’re hiring! NHeLP seeks a full-time Policy Associate to support our Sexual & Reproductive Health team. Remote role with limited travel. Apply here: https://healthlaw.org/job/sexual-and-reproductive-health-policy-associate/

Welcome to NHeLP! Briana Torres is a Policy Fellow at the National Health Law Program through the Maeve McKean Women’s Law & Public Policy – O’Neill Institute Fellowship program. https://healthlaw.org/team/briana-torres/

⚖️ WEBINAR RECORDING! In case you missed the webinar, you can watch the recording now. Due process is key to Medicaid changes under OBBBA. NHeLP’s webinar series offers tools to fight work requirements, automation & other barriers. By Amanda Avery & Katherine DeBriere healthlaw.org/resource/web...

Text NOW to (888) 418-5699 to be connected to your U.S. Senator. Republicans chose to shut down the government rather than fix our health care crisis. Tell your U.S. Senators to pass a funding bill that reverses health care cuts and reopens the government! #MomSky

In our new report, “Rethinking the Loop”, co-authored with our friends at the @cdt.org, and the Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub (Upturn and @nhelp.bsky.social) we blow up that tired concept. Read it here (bit.ly/CDTReport) and let us know what you think.