Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

In light of the Supreme Court staying the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court decision on mifepristone, it's important that we stay engaged and advocate for access to lifesaving medications. Now is also the time to continue to lift up the importance of Medicaid, especially during the debt ceiling negotiations. Additional resources, events, and action items are also below:

Action Items

• Sign & Share Individual Petition in Defense of Mifepristone: People's Brief to Protect Mifepristone and Access to Medication 
• Sign & Share Families USA's Petition: Medicaid Should Cover our Whole Bodies: Mouths Included!

Resources For Your Health Advocacy

Protecting Mifepristone 

• NEW! Families USA Insights Column: From Amarillo, Texas to Your Medicine Cabinet – Extremist Judges Are Paving the Way for Religious Ideology not Science to Determine Your Family’s Access to Prescription Medications
• Families USA Statement: Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Decision And Maintains FDA Authority And Access To Medication Abortion Until Case Is Appealed
• Families USA Resource: Health Consequences Of A Mifepristone Ban Infographic
• Planned Parenthood Resource: Mifepristone Case Toolkit

Protecting Medicaid Coverage

• Families USA Sign On Letter: Nearly 230 Organizations Tell Congress: No Cuts To Medicaid 
• Families USA Issue Brief: Medicaid Redeterminations Are Here: States Still Have Options to Pave the Way Toward Greater Government Efficiency
• Families USA Factsheet: Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Stay Covered

• Caring Across Generations Medicaid Defense Toolkit: Response to McCarthy on Medicaid: Talking Points & Digital Toolkit

• Families USA Resource: Enrollment Options: New CMS Guidance for Enrolling in ESI After Losing Medicaid

Health Care Value

• NEW! Families USA Comment: Consumers First Joint Statement for the Record for the House Energy and Commerce Legislative Hearing
• Families USA Report: The Power of Price Transparency: Unveiling Health Care Prices to Promote Accountability and Lower Costs
• Families USA Comment: Families USA Comments To CMS Medicare Drug Negotiation Guidance

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

• 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 Comment: HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Comment Letter  
• NEW! Families USA Report: Health Equity Task Force: 2023 Federal Priorities
• 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