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For the past 20 years the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, home to both the Health Law and Policy Clinic and the Food Law and Policy Clinic, has worked to increase access to healthcare for vulnerable populations, particularly low-income people with chronic illness, as well as to support legal, regulatory, and policy structures that enable people to make healthy lifestyle choices. The Center's projects span a variety of federal, state, and local access-to-care issues, and include building and supporting state advocacy structures through our State Healthcare Access Research Project (SHARP); informing passage and implementation of federal healthcare reform; and working with state partners to identify and address threats to the Medicaid Program.

Find out more about the Health Law & Policy Clinic student opportunities here.

Students wishing to enroll in this clinic must enroll in the Public Health Law & Policy (fall) or (spring). This seminar will provide an overview of the historical law and policy decisions that have shaped the U.S. health care system and are informing current debates about health reform. Students will learn about the structure and functioning of the U.S. health care system, with a focus on how this system is working (or not working) for vulnerable populations (e.g., low-income people living with chronic health conditions). Incorporating varying perspectives, the seminar will discuss and analyze federal and state policy options that the nation has going forward to address the current public health and access to care crisis that is a direct outgrowth of 50 million Americans being without health insurance. The seminar will encourage discourse, dialogue, and debate from all perspectives about U.S. health law and policy choices.

For more information, contact Clinical Professor Robert Greenwald at rgreenwa@law.harvard.edu, (617) 390-2584.

PUBLICATIONS:

National:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

A Factsheet for States: Expanding Medicaid under ACA

Expanding Medicaid under ACA: Where Do States Stand Today?

Healthcare Reform Monitoring Project: HIV/AIDS Community Update, December 2012

Healthcare Reform Monitoring Project: HIV/AIDS Community Update, August 2012

Alabama:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Arkansas:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

California:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

District of Columbia:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Florida:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Georgia:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Illinois:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Kentucky:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Louisiana:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Maryland:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Massachusetts:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

SHARP Massachusetts Hepatitis C (HCV) Report

SHARP Massachusetts Hepatitis C (HCV) Executive Summary

Mississippi:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

New Jersey:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

New York:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

North Carolina:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Ohio:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Pennsylvania:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

South Carolina:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Tennessee:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Texas:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Medicaid Expansion Fact Sheet

Medicaid Expansion Toolkit

Virginia:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Wisconsin:
Modeling the Transition from Ryan White to Medicaid and Subsidized Private Insurance Under the ACA

Read the CHLPI Summary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act here and CHLPI's press release on the historic decision here.

Other Medicaid Expansion Resources

The center's portfolio also includes the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, focusing on laws and policies to maximize access to nutritious food for poor and low-income individuals and families, and to maximize small farmers' access to the food market.

Find out more about the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic here.