PHLP provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. For assistance, call our helpline at 1-800-274-3258 or 1-866-236-6310 TTY or e-mail us at staff@phlp.org.

Federal Government

• Administration on Aging
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
• Bureau of Primary Health Care
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (was Health Care Financing Administration- HCFA) including Letters to State Medicaid Directors
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• General Accounting Office (GAO)
• Government Printing Office (access to federal databases such as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations and Congressional bills)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)including a list of Hill-Burton Obligated Facilities (for free or reduced cost care) by state and city.
• Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
• Medline through the National Library of Medicine
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institutes of Health
• National Institute on Aging
• Office for Civil Rights
• Office of Minority Health
• Social Security Administration
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• U.S. Census Bureau  including Health Insurance Statistics and Poverty Statistics
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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National Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• The Center for Health Care Strategies
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Children's Defense Fund
• Commonwealth Fund
• Community Service Society of New York
• DiversityRx (language and cultural competency)
• Families USA including their Medicaid Clearinghouse
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Kaiser Family Foundation and Kaiser Network
• National Academy for State Health Policy
• National Center on Poverty Law
• National Center for Youth Law
• National Clearinghouse for Legal Services (publisher of Clearinghouse Review)
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• National Committee for Quality Assurance including their Managed Care Organization Accreditation Status List
• National Health Law Program
• National Health Law Program's HealthCareCoach.com website
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• Public Citizen Health Research Group
• Welfare Law Center

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Pennsylvania Government
 

• Attorney General's Office- Health Care Section
• Department of Aging
• Department of the Auditor General
• Department of Health
• Department of Insurance
• Department of Public Welfare
• Download Requests for Proposal for HealthChoices
• Department of State's Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs (including information on how to find out whether a licensed professional has been disciplined by the state licensing board and how to file a complaint about a licensed professional with the licensing board)
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
• Pennsylvania General Assembly (the House of Representatives and the Senate).
• Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Pennsyvlania Medical Assistance Eligiblity Handbook on-line

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Pennsylvania Organizations

• ActionAIDS
• AIDS Services in Asian Communities (ASIAC)
• The ARC Pennsylvania
• Asian Language Project
• CARIE (Center for Advocacy for Rights and Interests of the Elderly)
• Congreso de Latinos Unidos
• Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
• Critical Path AIDS Project
• HIV Experienced Medical Providers in HealthChoices
• Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI)
• Health Promotion Council
• Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy (PP&A)
• Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
  • The PA Developmental Disabilities Council funds projects (including the PA Health Law Project) that work to create favorable conditions for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
• Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth

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Other Pennsylvania Legal Sites

• Pennsylvania Legal Services by County
• AIDS Law Project
• Community Impact Legal Services
• Community Legal Services (Philadelphia)
• Defenders Association of Philadelphia
• Disabilities Law Project
• Education Law Center
• Friends of Farmworkers
• Institutional Law Project
• Juvenile Law Center
• Laurel Legal Services
• Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Legal Clinic for the Disabled
• MidPenn Legal Services
• Neighborhood Legal Services
• North Penn Legal Services
• Northwestern Legal Services
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance
• Pennsylvania Bar Association with a list of county bar association links
• Southwestern PA Legal Services
• Support Center for Child Advocates
• Utility Law Project
• Women's Law Project

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Help with Prescription Drug Coverage

• Needy Meds
• Helping Patients
• Rx Assist
• Medicare Prescription Screening Tool

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Last Updated: July 2005