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Health law advocates (HLA) fights to achieve health care justice for society's most vulnerable members. HLA offers free legal assistance to income-eligible individuals or families who live or work in ma and are having difficulty obtaining health care. HLA also provides legal representation in matters that affect access to health care for groups of consumers and communities in ma.HLA adopts strategic initiatives to address systemic health care access barriers that harm segments of the population. HLA's current focus areas include reducing barriers to mental health care for children, improving access to health care for immigrants, challenging obstacles to gender-affirming care for transgender people, combatting discrimination in health insurance against those with mental illness, protecting consumers from unlawful medical debt collection practices, helping individuals receive in-home health services, and preserving consumer protections in the state's medicaid program and the affordable care ACT. HLA is the only nonprofit law firm in the state dedicated exclusively to health care access.HLA also conducts dozens of community outreach programs annually to learn about emerging health care access issues and educate the public about consumers' health care rights. With its parent organization, health care for all, HLA combines legal expertise with grassroots organizing and policy reform to advance the statewide movement for universal health care access.