HLA In the News
'We're terrified': In the face of denied medical claims, families are constantly on edge
Sarah Betancourt | WGBH2023 Annual Highlights Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation
| Peter & Elizabeth Tower FoundationThe Docket, Winter 2024: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Health Law AdvocatesAtrius Health Equity Foundation aims to get rid of $500M in medical debt
Cassie McGrath | Boston Business JournalEliminating Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in Medical Debt
| Atrius Health Equity FoundationHolding on to Home: A Primer on MassHealth Estate Recovery
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts FoundationBeth Israel partnership offers free legal support to immigrants
Avery Bleichfeld | The Bay State BannerThe Docket, Fall 2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Health Law AdvocatesConfusion at hearing adds to interpreter services debate
Alison Kuznitz | WWLPBoston Foundation awards $336K to nonprofits supporting LGBTQ+ community
Jenny Hellwig | Boston Business JournalThe Docket, Spring 2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Health Law Advocates'Confusing and difficult': Transgender patients try to navigate maze of Medicaid coverage
| National JournalHealth Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Maya Miller, with additional reporting by Patrick Rucker and David Armstrong | Pro PublicaState braces for MassHealth dislocation
Jennifer Smith | CommonWealth MagazineThe Docket, Winter 2022-2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Health Law AdvocatesSenators Warren and Markey probe medical credit cards as health care debts rise
Jessica Bartlett | Boston GlobeLegal Services Program Addresses Gaps in Mental Health Care
Children's Hospital AssociationThe Docket, Fall 2022: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Health Law AdvocatesProteger servicios para los inmigrantes
| El Mundo BostonJoint Press Statement: Advocacy Groups Praise the Biden Administration for Protecting Access to Services for Immigrants
Health Law AdvocatesBUSPH researchers helps a mental health advocacy program for kids reach new heights during COVID-19 and beyond
| IdeaHubPress Release: Advocates and Providers Praise MA Leadership in Protecting Access to Abortion Care and Essential Healthcare for Transgender People
Health Law AdvocatesDid your loved one die? MassHealth may bill their estate
Lisa Mullins and Lynn Jolicoeur | WBURThe Docket, Spring 2022: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
HLAThe Docket, Winter 2022: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
| HLAMassHealth expands long-term care to thousands of immigrants
Lynn Jolicoeur and Lisa Mullins | WBURHundreds Of Immigrants Who Need Long-Term Care Get Stuck In Hospitals Because Of MassHealth Limits
Lynn Jolicoeur and Lisa Mullins | WBURBiden rescinds ‘public charge’ immigration rule
Shire Schoenberg | Commonwealth MagazineMind the Gap: Kids at Risk of Falling Through the Cracks in Transition to ECSE
Marisol Garcia, Esq. and Lisa Morrow, Esq. | American Bar AssociationProtecting our Children’s Well-Being During Covid-19
Childhood Trauma Task Force | MA Office of the Child AdvocateHealth Care Access for Transgender Women
Deb Gordon | Healthy WomenAdvocating for Special Education Services during COVID-19
Marisol Garcia, Esq. and Lisa Morrow, Esq. | American Bar AssociationPublic charge rule goes into effect
Sarah Betancourt | CommonWealth MagazineImmigrant advocates concerned with public charge rule
Milton Valencia | The Boston GlobeHealth Connector clears path for deductible increases
Katie Lannan | Worcester T&GFew hospitals aggressively sue patients to pay bills, and some don't bother at all
Tara Bannow | Modern Healthcare‘Our government has issued them a death sentence’: Children receiving treatment at Boston hospitals face deportation
Michael Levenson | The Boston GlobeAdvocates decry new immigration rules
Sarah Betancourt | Commonwealth MagazineSJC Orders State to Cover Legal Immigrants
Chelsea Conaboy and Martin Finucane | The Boston GlobeAs Health Care Costs Soar, State Legislators Focus On Price-Control Techniques
Bob Salsberg | WBURChanging the Balance: How Mala Rafik tips the scales toward plaintiffs in employee benefits litigation
Nick Diulio | Super LawyersDisrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Marisol Garcia, Esq. | American Bar AssociationMass. advocacy groups denounce proposed changes for immigrants receiving benefits
Valerie Sizhe Li | SampanBaker opposing federal rule linking benefits, green card access
Katie Lannan | Lowell SunWalgreens Faces Suit Over Teen's Seizure Death
Julie A. Steinberg | Bloomberg LawBoston Health Care for the Homeless Honors Two
Sophie Cannon | The Boston GlobeMHAP for Kids: Helping Young People Go Places
Marisol Garcia, Esq. | Health Care For All blogNew Dangers for Immigrants and the Health Care System
Wendy E. Parmet and Elisabeth Ryan | Health AffairsMatt Selig Stops by NBC10 to Discuss Medical Debt
NBC10Legislators to Learn How to Break Down Barriers in Kids' Mental Health System
Despite tax bill passing, individual mandate remains in Mass.
Priyanka Dayal McCluskey | The Boston GlobeBaker's reform proposals would make big change to MassHealth
Jule Pattison-Gordon | The Bay State BannerA Quick look at the Boston Foundation’s LGBTQ Grantmaking
Inside Philanthropy"Immigration and Health: Law, Policy, & Ethics"
Wendy E. Parmet, JD and Lorianne Sainsbury-Wong, JD | The Journal of Law, Medicine & EthicsPretending we have equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses is a joke
Kevin Cullen | The Boston GlobeDoctors and Legal Experts Fear the Worst for Trans Healthcare Under Trump
Carey Purcell | VICEFor families, insurers are often part of the battle with addiction
Todd Feathers | Sentinel & EnterpriseLawmakers Push Insurers on Mental Health Access
Joe DiSipio | The HillHealth Care News
Press Release: Marisol Garcia, HLA's Deputy Director, has Joined the Leadership of the ABA's Children's Rights Litigation Committee
The Docket, Winter 2024: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Learn about our case stories, our policy and advocacy work, our training program, the pulse on fundraising, our DEI efforts, and updates in staff!Holding on to Home: A Primer on MassHealth Estate Recovery
In a recent publication the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation describes estate recovery and its impact on families in Massachusetts. Profiles of people dealing with estate recovery, including an HLA client, illustrate the issue.The Docket, Fall 2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Learn about our case stories, our policy and advocacy work, our training program, the pulse on fundraising, our DEI efforts, and updates in staff!The Docket, Spring 2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Learn about our case stories, our policy and advocacy work, our training program, the pulse on fundraising, our DEI efforts, and updates in staff!State braces for MassHealth dislocation
Community leaders, including HLA, Health Care For All, and Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, are here to help as the state prepares to drop hundreds of thousands of people from the MassHealth insurance program.The Docket, Winter 2022-2023: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Learn about our case stories, our policy and advocacy work, our training program, the pulse on fundraising, our DEI efforts, and updates in staff!The Docket, Fall 2022: HLA's Quarterly Newsletter
Learn about our case stories, our policy and advocacy work, our training program, the pulse on fundraising, our DEI efforts, and updates in staff!Joint Press Statement: Advocacy Groups Praise the Biden Administration for Protecting Access to Services for Immigrants
HLA applauds the Biden Administration’s new Public Charge Rule which restores the ability of immigrants to participate in public benefits without jeopardizing their immigration status.Press Release: Health Law Advocates awarded $100,000 Cummings grant
Health Law Advocates is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive a grant of $100,000 to $500,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s $25 Million Grant Program. HLA was chosen from a total of 590 applicants and will receive $100,000 over 2 years.Press Release: State Allocates $950,000 for HLA's Mental Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) for Kids
Today, the Massachusetts Legislature bolstered areas most impacted by COVID-19 by passing the Final Budget for FY’21. The budget made important investments for some of the most vulnerable in the Commonwealth: children.HLA, Health Care for All, and the Public Health Law Watch Files Amicus Brief Defending State’s Temporary Suspension of Evictions
Last Friday HLA joined Health Care for All and the Public Health Law Watch in filing an amicus brief supporting the state’s temporary suspension of evictions as landlords argue that the law is unconstitutional.Advocating for Youth Access to Mental Health Services During a Pandemic
MHAP for Kids was highlighted at the Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty as a model for best practice locally and nationally. Read about our program's outcomes in our paper we co-authored with BU.Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, HLA joins 100+ Organizations Urging Officials to Drop Case Threatening the Affordable Care Act
Despite unprecedented health and economic crises, Attorney General William Barr and 18 state officials still want the Supreme Court to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in California v. Texas.Press Release: HLA & Partners File Amicus Briefs Opposing Public Charge Rule
Even Though The Public Charge Rule Is Set To Go Into Effect On February 24thafter The Last Preliminary Injunction Was Lifted, This Cruel Policy Can Still Be Stopped In The CourtsResearch Brief: Affordability Issues Persist Despite Near Universal Health Insurance Coverage
Using CHIA’s 2017 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey, four affordability measures were examined including problems paying family medical bills, family medical debt, unmet health care needs due to cost, and high out-of-pocket health care spending.A message about Rob Restuccia
MHAP for Kids Newsletter Dec 2018
Read the latest on HLA's trailblazing program!HLA Submits Comments Opposing Proposed "Public Charge" Rule
On December 7, 2018, HLA submitted comments to the Dept. of Homeland Security condemning a proposed attack on immigrant communitiesStatement on Question 1
Read our joint statement on Question 1 for the 2018 electionPublic Charge Regulation Summary and FAQ
PRESS RELEASE: The Trump Administration Wants To Take Away Health Care, Food and Housing From Immigrant Families
Statement of Health Law Advocates on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court
Evaluating HLA's MHAP for Kids Program
The final report from BU's School of Public Health evaluates the efficacy of MHAP for KidsMental Health : The Basics
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, or the Federal Parity Law, was enacted in 2008 to address health insurance practices that unfairly limited consumers' access to mental health and substance use care.Events
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