Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

Another busy week is ahead of us, and we're here to catch you up on anything you may have missed so you're ready to take it on. With the debt ceiling deal announced over the weekend, we're continuing to activate around the negotiations and the ongoing threats to Medicaid. We’re also amplifying a recent hearing from The House Oversight Committee, who held a hearing on drug pricing and PBMs. And this week, we hope you'll join an exciting opportunity to learn about innovative approaches to address youth and family mental health. Please sign up to attend tomorrow's webinar below! Additional resources, events, and items are also below:

Action Items

• March of Dimes Sign On Letter: Coalition Letter In Support of PREEMIE Act - Deadline: June 8

• 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!

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• THIS WEEK! May 31, 3 PM ET - Families USA Webinar: Innovative Approaches to Address Youth and Family Mental Health 

  • Join Families USA and our partners in our effort to explore both policy and advocacy solutions to address the youth and family mental health crisis

• June 6, 1 PM ET - United States of Care & Community Catalyst Webinar: Braidwood v Becerra Preventive Services Case

• June 6, 2 PM ET - National Center on Law and Elder Rights: Oral Health Coverage and Care for Older Adults

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! Families USA Resource: Congressional Proposals to Cut Medicaid Would Harm Hardworking Families Relying on Key Services and Put Disabled People in Particular at Risk
• Families USA Comment: Powerful Group Of Senators Urge CMS To Improve Medically Necessary Medicare Dental Coverage
• US of Care Template Legislation: Preventive Services Legislation
• 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
  • Spanish Version

Health Care Value

• NEW! Families USA Video: The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Pharmaceutical Markets
• NEW! Families USA Statement: House and Energy and Commerce Committee Moves Legislation Forward to Address Price Transparency 
• Families USA Video: House Energy & Commerce Committee Bill Markup on Transparency and Dishonest Billing

• Families USA Video: Why Health Care is Unaffordable: Anticompetitive and Consolidated Markets

• Families USA Report: The Power of Price Transparency: Unveiling Health Care Prices to Promote Accountability and Lower Costs

Health Equity 

• Families USA Report: Health Equity Task Force: 2023 Federal Priorities

• Families USA Report: Investing In Our Moms: Three Ways State Medicaid Programs Can Improve Maternal Health

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,

Nate Keller

Partnerships Mobilization Associate