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Location:
Health Law Advocates 30 Winter Street Suite 940 Boston, MA 02108 |
Mailing Address:
ATTENTION:
Health Law Advocates 30 Winter Street Suite 940 Boston, MA 02108 |
Telephone Numbers and Contact information
Phone #:(617) 338-5241 Health Law Advocates
Phone #:(800) 272-4232 Health Care for All Hotline
Phone #:
Phone #:
Phone #:
Fax Number:(617) 338-5242
Web Page:
www.hla-inc.org
E-mail to:
info@hla-inc.org
Program Details:
Operating Agency:
Health Law Advocates (Public, Non-Profit)
Person In Charge:
Executive Director:Laurie Martinelli
Hours:
Eligibility:
Family Income less than 300 % of federal poverty level
Fees:
All legal services are free
Intake Process:
No walk-in, call to make an appointment
Program Licenses:
Staff Qualifications:
Service Area:
Massachusetts
Handicap Accessibility:
Program/Service Notes:
HLA provides legal representation to vulnerable people, particularly the chronically ill and the uninsured, who are seeking access to adequate health care services. HLA fills an important niche by providing free legal services to indigent clients and classes of plaintiffs in claims that raise issues of broad public interest. HLA also works with community coalitions to maintain and improve health services in the face of local hospital mergers and buy-outs.
HLA provides Pro-bono (free)* legal services to individuals with incomes under 300% of the federal poverty level, and to groups of plaintiffs whose health access claims raise issues of broad public interest.
HLA has represented individual consumers on such issues as:
-Denial of payment for covered health benefits, such as bone marrow transplants for people with cancer, and mental health services.
-Denial of coverage due to "pre-existing conditions"
-Denial of home health care
-Denial of "medically necessary" care
-Loss of health insurance following a divorce or legal separation
Priority Populations Served:
Physically-Disabled Women
Low-Income
LGBT
Nontraditional Families
Immigrants
Women of Color
Accessible to Trans - bus/walking/train
Accessible to disabled - Yes
Children's Play Space - No
Emergency Calls - No
This information was last updated on 01/18/2007
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