by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Dec 18, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
In the waning days of the Biden Administration, advocacy organizations are preparing for a very different political landscape starting in 2025. Along with the presidency, Republicans will have razor-thin majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate....
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Dec 6, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
More than 25 million people living in the United States—over 8% of the population—have limited English proficiency (LEP), meaning that they do not speak English “very well” (including some who may speak English well, but when navigating a traumatic situation, may...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 31, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Reproductive justice will be front and center on the ballot next week. Some choices, like state ballot initiatives offering constitutional protections for abortion rights, have a clear impact. Others are more indirect, arising not from a direct vote, but from...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 21, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Nationwide, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover approximately 80 million low-income individuals, including many vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities and/or chronic conditions. These programs...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 2, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Health Care on the Ballot The Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the signature federal health reform legislation signed into law by President Obama in 2010 – has been the law of the land for nearly 15 years. And yet it remains a political flashpoint and has faced perennial...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 18, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Public health, including programs to prevent and treat infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), is chronically underfunded in the United States. Public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the impact that decades of inadequate federal public...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 5, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
A presidential election year puts a spotlight on the major parties’ health policies, and this year is no different. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, has touted the last four years of accomplishments under the Biden Administration...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 14, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
State Medicaid programs are at the tail end of an unprecedented reduction in Medicaid enrollment. States are reinstituting normal Medicaid redetermination and renewal processes, which were paused during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the pandemic...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 1, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Last month, in between issuing decisions about mifepristone, EMTALA, Chevron deference, and presidential immunity, the Supreme Court of the United States also agreed to review a case that could upend transgender access to health care: U.S. v. Skrmetti. In the coming...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 17, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
The last days of the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) term brought some blockbuster decisions with far reaching implications for federal agencies charged with regulating health care. In an expected but still monumental move, SCOTUS issued a decision in...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 2, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
As the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) wrapped up its term, decisions came fast and furiously last week. On June 27, SCOTUS issued its decision on two consolidated cases, Moyle vs. United States and Idaho vs. United States (referred to as “Moyle”...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 24, 2024 | Health Law & Policy
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision inBraidwood v. Becerra, a case challenging the constitutionality of the ACA preventive care mandate. The mandate, discussed in more detail in a recent Health Care in...
