National Health Law Program Inc

Mission: Founded in 1969, the National Health Law Program protects and advances the health rights of low-income and underserved individuals and families. NHeLP advocates, educates and litigates at the federal and state levels to advance health and civil rights in the U.S.

Primary Focus Areas:

• Litigation: Partnering with state and local advocates across the country, NHeLP attorneys represent low-income individuals and families in litigation to enforce provisions of the Medicaid Act and other federal and state health and civil rights laws. Recent litigation efforts include preventing states from unlawfully dropping people from Medicaid rolls following the end of the COVID emergency, ensuring transparency and accountability in Medicaid programs, enforcing due process protections, and ensuring access to services including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions for medically fragile children. The organization also enforces anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

• California Policy: NHeLP engages in significant efforts to develop and implement health policy improvements at the state level.

• Federal Policy Advocacy: The organization works to give at-risk populations a voice in federal policymaking and promotes the rights of consumers in emerging managed-care systems.

• Health Care System Reform: NHeLP advocates for creative solutions that preserve the government's responsibility as the provider of last resort and defends the nation's health care safety net.