National Health Law Program
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The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) protects and improves access to health care for low-income and underserved people and works to advance health equity. We believe that everyone should have access to high quality, equitable health care.
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🚨 The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act is a disaster for Medicaid & ACA. It guts access, adds barriers, and puts low-income and underserved people at risk. Advocates: @nhelp.bsky.social’s new hub has what you need to fight back.
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Prepare. Enforce. Protect: Medicaid + ACA Defense - National Health Law Program
Congress has passed it. The President has signed it. Our work has become even more critical.The federal budget reconciliation…
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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
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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: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 
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♿ 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: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68FMAfCLQ2CViyQmwV3-GQ#/registration 🎙️ Speakers: Brit Vanneman & Elizabeth Zirker.
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🌈 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/

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📢 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/
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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: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 
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📩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: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rGvdd7jMRRKOn715B8zPVw#/registration 
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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/
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⚖️ 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...
Webinar: The role of due process
This webinar discusses the key role due process will play in implementation of the changes to Medicaid under OBBBA. What We Know and What Happens Next: OBBBA and its Impact on Health Care Coverage is ...
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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
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🚨 Starting Jan 1, 2027, OBBBA will force Medicaid expansion adults to prove 80 hrs/month of work or related activities. Research shows most who can work already do—these rules won’t create jobs, but will cut coverage for 5M+ people. By Abigail Coursolle #ProtectMedicaid healthlaw.org/new-medicaid...
New Medicaid Work Requirements: How Managed Care Plans Can Help
Beginning January 1, 2027, OBBBA requires adults covered under the Medicaid expansion population to participate in mandatory work activities or show they are exempt. These work requirements will force...
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REGISTER FOR OCT 15 WEBINAR 1 PM ET! Speaker POV: Excited to join @healthleads.bsky.social Redesigning Maternal Health webinar as a speaker on Increasing Access to Doula Care! We’ll share how to close gaps in doula access & build equitable, community-driven solutions. Join us Oct 15! bit.ly/47H2a0Q
REGISTER FOR OCT 15 WEBINAR 1 PM ET! Speaker POV: Excited to join @healthleads.bsky.social Redesigning Maternal Health webinar as a speaker on Increasing Access to Doula Care! We’ll share how to close gaps in doula access & build equitable, community-driven solutions.
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WEBINAR NEXT OCT 15 AT 1 PM! Expanding medicaid coverage & investing in community-based programs has made doula care more accessible – but we’re not done yet. Join @healthleads.bsky.social Oct 15 for our final Redesigning Maternal Health session: Increasing Access to Doula Care ⬇️ bit.ly/47H2a0Q
Diverse group of young women participating in a webinar. WEBINAR NEXT OCT 15 AT 1 PM! Expanding medicaid coverage & investing in community-based programs has made doula care more accessible – but we’re not done yet. Join @healthleads.bsky.social Natl Oct 15 for our final Redesigning Maternal Health session: Increasing Access to Doula Care
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📢 New Resource Hub: Protect California Health Care

@nhelp.bsky.social 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 healthlaw.org/protect-cali...
Protect California Health Care - National Health Law Program
The federal administration is gutting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. These policies could strip health care from millions…
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📅WEBINAR ON THE ROLE OF DUE PROCESS. Sep 25 | 4PM ET
Join Amanda Avery & Katy DeBriere for NHeLP’s webinar on due process + OBBBA’s Medicaid changes. Part of our series on how OBBBA impacts coverage & care.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"A full year before anyone casts their vote in November 2026 — meaning now, in the fall of 2025 — the American health care system will begin transitioning from an era of unprecedented expansion of coverage to an era of unprecedented cutbacks." Via @politico.com @joannekenen.bsky.social