Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

This is a critical moment for the health care advocacy community to join forces with our friends, colleagues, and partners in the reproductive justice movement. We urge you to join us in elevating the broad health impacts of the recent court case on Mifepristone and continuing to make access to abortion an urgent health care priority (resources below).

Now is also the time to keep making sure to lift up the importance of Medicaid, particularly as we prepare for the debt ceiling fight this summer. As a reminder, we have two sign-on opportunities acting to protect Medicaid to share with you. Please see more resources, events, and action items below:

Action Items 

• NEW! Families USA Statement: Mifepristone Decision Blows Apart FDA Scientific Independence, Creates Back Door Abortion Ban Women’s Health, And Access To Prescription Drugs For All Americans, Under Direct Attack
• NEW! Families USA Social Media Toolkit: Mife Ban Decision
• NEW! Planned Parenthood Resource: Mifepristone Case Toolkit
• Families USA Sign On Letter to Congressional Leadership: No Medicaid Cuts. See full letter text and sign on HERE by Friday, April 14 at 5pm ET. 
• Sign On Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra: Medicaid Unwinding. See full letter text and sign on HERE by Wednesday, April 12 at 5pm ET. 
• Sign & Share Families USA's Petition: Medicaid Should Cover our Whole Bodies: Mouths Included!

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• NEW! Caring Across Generations and Hart Research Message Briefing: Medicaid Polling Debrief on April 11 at 12pm ET
• United States of Care Lightning Call on April 12, 12:00pm ET: State Lightning Call on Braidwood Ruling

Resources For Your Health Advocacy

Health Care Coverage

• NEW! Families USA Insights Column: Need For Oral Health Improvements Finally Being Heard in Congress
• NEW! Families USA Resource: Comment on "Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the ACA"
• Families USA Resource: Enrollment Options: New CMS Guidance for Enrolling in ESI After Losing Medicaid
• United States of Care Fact Sheet: No-Cost Preventive Services at Risk by Braidwood Decision
  
• Families USA Webinar Recording: Survival Guide: Preparing For When Redeterminations Get Rough
• Families USA Op-Ed: Beyond Medicare and Social Security: Cutting Medicaid after the pandemic would be political madness
• National Help Law Program Publication: 10 Issues for Advocates to Monitor During the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding
• Families USA Fact Sheet: Not a Moment to Lose: Critical Changes States Should Implement to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Losses
  

Health Care Value 

• NEW! Families USA Webinar Recording: The Fight for Lower Drug Prices: How to Engage in Inflation Reduction Act Implementation

• Families USA Report: Consumers First Joint Statement for the Record for the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
• Families USA Webinar Recording: Health Care Payment Reform: Working to Ensure our Health Care System Serves Families and Patients
• Families USA Report: What It Costs to Have a Baby in America: A State-by-State Analysis 
• Families USA Insights Blog: The No Surprises Act Faces Legal Threats. Here's Why You Should Care

Health Equity 

• NEW! Families USA Resource: Comments on the "Initial Proposals for Updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards"
• Families USA and The Black Mamas Matter Alliance Respond to the Senate HELP Committee's Workforce Shortage RFI

Thank you for your tireless advocacy as we continue fighting for the best health and health care for all of America's families. To connect on shared advocacy efforts or let us know what you would like featured in upcoming Resource Roundups, please respond to this email or reach out to any of us at Families USA! 

Have a great week,

Maryanngelly Hernandez
Strategic Partnerships Intern