Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

We have another busy week of advocacy ahead, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on what's coming up in the first week of June. With the debt ceiling deal signed over the weekend, we're celebrating that Medicaid remained untouched in the negotiations, despite it being a less than perfect deal for our nation’s families. We’re also amplifying a few actions items, like our sign on letter to Senate Finance Committee for their upcoming hearing on Thursday, June 8th. Also this week, we're amplifying our Health Equity Academy application that close next week! Please find the application link below! Additional resources, events, and items are also below:

Action Items

• NEW! Sign On Letter: Statement to the Senate Finance Committee for their hearing on consolidation and corporate ownership in health care

• 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

• NEW! Families USA Health Equity Academy in System Transformation Application - Deadline: June 13

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

• THIS WEEK: 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

• 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 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

• Families USA Video: The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Pharmaceutical Markets
• 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