Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

We are halfway through this summer and there's so much more advocacy work on the horizon. With Medicaid redeterminations still ongoing, we're tracking the best ways to be helpful to those losing their coverage. We're also amplifying new important comment opportunities on a number of proposed rules. Please find those resources and more below, and feel free to share with your networks! Additional resources, events, and 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

Health Coverage

• NEW! Families USA Form: Share Your Story - Junk Health Insurance Plans
• NEW! Proposed Rule (comments due 9/11): Junk Plan Proposed Rule
• NEW! Families USA Resource: CMS, EBSA, and Treasury Letter on Medicaid Redeterminations
• Families USA Insights: Pushing the Needle Forward on Health Insurance Protections and Fighting Junk Plans
• 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 Statement: Families USA Action Joins Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Amicus Brief to Defend the No Surprises Act in Texas Medical Association Case

• NEW! Proposed Rule (comments due 9/11): Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program

  NEW! Proposed Rule (comments due 9/11): CY 2024 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule

• NEW! US PIRG Statement: Protections from Medical Credit Cards

• Families USA Report: California's Office of Health Care Affordability: An Opportunity to Realize True Affordability
• Families USA Report: Gaming the System: How Hospitals are Driving Up Health Care Costs by Abusing Site of Service

Health Equity 

• Families USA Interview with Ola Ojewumi: Celebrating Disability Pride Month
• 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

Protecting Mifepristone 

• White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Contraception
• Families USA Resource: Health Consequences Of A Mifepristone Ban Infographic
• Planned Parenthood Resource: Mifepristone Case Toolkit

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