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Last night, CBS Boston aired a story on medical debt featuring Lead Attorney Andrew Cohen and his client. Check out the segment here: https://lnkd.in/eNDx332B #medicaldebt #healthcarejustice #healthnews

CALL TO ACTION: Support funding for the Mental Health Advocacy Program for Kids! 🗣 Reach out to your State Representative and urge them to co-sponsor Chairman Lawn's Amendment #839 to allocate level funding to sustain MHAP for Kids, a statewide program that continues to improve the mental health of children and their families. You can find your state representative here: https://lnkd.in/eDJhQuG MHAP for Kids improves overall mental health and family functioning and reduces involvement with the juvenile court. You can read more about MHAP for Kids here: https://lnkd.in/eUDMTu5U Thank you for your advocacy! #mhapforkids #mapoli #mentalhealth #advocacy #healthequity

Andrew Cohen, Lead Attorney of HLA's Access to Care and Coverage Practice, co-authors new op-ed in MedPage Today on important steps hospitals can take to prepare in case of ICE visits. https://lnkd.in/eSTU592G #immigranthealth #healthcarejustice Genevieve Friedman

HLA stands with the hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts who signed the open letter urging health care institutions to protect immigrant patients and workers. We appreciate the important steps health care institutions have taken to protect immigrant patients. #immigranthealth #healthcarejustice https://lnkd.in/eTb9UVdY

Join us at the State House on Thursday, April 17th to rally together with members of the Children's Mental Health Campaign against the proposed budget cuts to children's behavioral health services in MA 🗣🏦 Register at the link below: https://conta.cc/41V2FBh #holdkidsharmless #mapoli #cmhc

This week, our "Medical Debt and Health Equity in Massachusetts" event brought together experts to share about medical debt in MA and community and policy solutions for health equity. Working across sectors, our Medical Debt Initiative seeks to abolish nearly $500 million in medical debt for residents in Eastern MA. Thank you to event speakers and partners in this work: Allison Sesso (Undue Medical Debt, Lauren Peters (The Center for Health Information and Analysis), Ashley Blackburn (Health Care For All), Edily Vasquez (The Neighborhood Developers), Jason Reis (Health Law Advocates, Inc., Chi Chi Wu (National Consumer Law Center), and Amy Rosenthal. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/etagZdFf Photography by EmVision Productions

Yesterday, April 8th, Medical Debt Advocate Jason Reis represented HLA on a Medical Debt and Health Equity panel at the Boston Bar Foundation. He explained the work of HLA's Medical Debt Initiative. He spoke alongside advocates from Health Care For All, National Consumer Law Center, The Neighborhood Developers, and Undue Medical Debt. Thank you Atrius Health Equity Foundation for your partnership and putting together this panel! #medicaldebt #healthequity #healthcarejustice

Hear firsthand from families about the impact our Mental Health Advocacy Program for Kids has on their lives. In February, Boston University School of Public Health published a qualitative report full of feedback from families who have worked with MHAP for Kids attorneys. You can read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e_xnbWyY #mhapforkids #mentalhealth #BUSPH #healthequity

The Spring 2025 edition of our Docket Newsletter is here! 🌸🗞 Inside you will find client stories from our MHAP for Kids and ACC attorneys, a map of all the cases HLA worked in 2024, information about trainings hosted by our attorneys, and more! Check it out at the link below: https://conta.cc/4bOPgOn

Join us at the State House on Thursday, April 17th to rally together with members of the Children's Mental Health Campaign against the proposed budget cuts to children's behavioral health services in MA 🗣🏦 Register at the link below: https://conta.cc/41V2FBh #holdkidsharmless #mapoli #cmhc