Health Care Project Policy Analyst

Position:
Health Care Project Policy Analyst

Reports to:
Managing Director, California Policy Advocacy Team

Status:
Full-time Exempt (limited to 36 months)

Start Date:
Immediate

Location:
Primarily Remote.

The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) protects and advances the health rights of low-income and underserved individuals. NHeLP engages in national, state, and local advocacy efforts, including analyses of federal and state laws, policy advocacy, litigation, continuing legal education, and individual technical support. We work with lawyers and advocates, community-based entities, federal and state policymakers, health care providers, and clients.

NHeLP is committed to health equity—ensuring that everyone has access to the resources they need to be healthy—and to cultivating an internal environment that empowers an exceptional and diverse staff. For more information, see our Equity Stance.

The Health Care Project Policy Analyst will be part of the California Policy Advocacy team operating NHeLP’s California-specific policy strategy which works to protect and expand access to quality, equitable health care for all people in California. Founded in Los Angeles, NHeLP has maintained a consistent and engaged presence in California since 1969. We work in collaboration with advocates and stakeholders to ensure health care laws, policies, and practices in California meet the needs of low-income and underserved people.

We are also a support center for health and legal advocates across the state, including the statewide Health Consumer Alliance (HCA), a collaborative that provides individual health consumer assistance and policy advocacy, including legal representation, for low-income and underserved populations, as well as technical assistance and training to local legal aid programs and other health advocates.

NHeLP is seeking a full-time Policy Analyst for a three-year (36 months) term. This is a project-based position. The Policy Analyst will work primarily with the California Policy Advocacy team but will also interact with members of NHeLP’s Federal Advocacy team and the entire organization. The individual will work with the NHeLP’s California Policy Advocacy team to minimize the harms of H.R. 1, or the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) and ensure as many Californians as possible maintain access to Medi-Cal or other insurance affordability programs.

The position will primarily include policy advocacy as well as collaboration and coordination between our policy advocacy teams and outside partners based in California. Internally, the Policy Analyst will coordinate on a new project involving a dedicated online platform and forum, NHeLP’s Medicaid Access Strategy Hub (the “Hub”), to support advocates across the country and mitigate harms from OBBBA on low-income individuals and families on accessing and maintaining Medicaid.

As a support center in California, the Policy Analyst will also provide education and technical assistance to assist advocates working with the Medi-Cal population. In addition to the specific duties described below, the Policy Analyst will be invited and encouraged to participate in other organizational opportunities and initiatives. That work would be considered part of and not in addition to the person’s job responsibilities.

The Policy Analyst should have substantive knowledge of Medicaid and the ACA, and experience with federal or state health policy advocacy. The ideal candidate will have experience working within underserved communities and will demonstrate an understanding of the issues that impact people with low income, BIPOC, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other underserved populations, specifically those on Medi-Cal.

Support the California Policy Advocacy Team (70%)

• Work with California policy staff to implement OBBBA and track developments at the federal and state level;
• Liaise between the Hub and the California Policy Advocacy Area to inform NHeLP’s California and federal-level advocacy; maintain proactive and ongoing communication internally and with external California-based advocates;
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