Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

Now is the time to continue to lift up the importance of Medicaid, and speak out against policies that create cuts and coverage losses. Additional resources, events, and action items are also below:

Action Items

• NEW! Coalition on Human Needs Group Letter: Supporting Responsible Budget and Debt Policies, Spring 2023 - Sign by May 19 COB

• Families USA Factsheet: Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Stay Covered

  • Spanish Version

    Want it further customized for use in your state? If you provide us with the information by May 17, we would be glad to: include the name of your state marketplace and its special enrollment deadline; and any state specifics about advance notice of Medicaid termination. Please contact [email protected] if interested.

• Sign & Share Individual Petition in Defense of Mifepristone: People's Brief to Protect Mifepristone and Access to Medication 
  • This case will be back under court consideration soon! Please continue to share and sign!
• Sign & Share Families USA's Petition: Medicaid Should Cover our Whole Bodies: Mouths Included!

Resources For Your Health Advocacy

Protecting Mifepristone 

• 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 Resource: Health Consequences Of A Mifepristone Ban Infographic
• Planned Parenthood Resource: Mifepristone Case Toolkit

Health Coverage

• NEW! Congressional Dear Colleague: 115 House Representatives Urge CMS To Improve Medicare’s “Medically Necessary” Dental Coverage
• NEW! First Focus Policy Brief: The Harmful Consequences of Work Requirements and Other Obstacles to Services For Children and Families 
• 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 Resource: Enrollment Options: New CMS Guidance for Enrolling in ESI After Losing Medicaid

Health Care Value

• 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

Health Equity 

• Families USA Comment: HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Comment Letter  
• 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"

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,

Kevin Han

Strategic Partnerships Associate