Dear Health Advocates,
We have even more deadlines this week as comments close on a few proposed rules for Medicare and an additional one for junk plans. We're also lifting up our joint letter to Congress with more than 60 of our partner organizations calling for price transparency and pricing regulation. We will keep you up to date over the next couple weeks as the House moves forward with a strong bipartisan healthcare bill that addresses price transparency and other hospital pricing abuses You can find more on these rules/opportunities below, as well as this week’s new resources:
Action Items
Families USA Action Sign On: Call on HHS to Stand Strong Against Big Drug Companies (closing FRIDAY 9/15)
Families USA Action Email Campaign (from Individuals): Tell your Member: Same Service Same Price
Please amplify with your own networks!
Upcoming Events
THIS WEEK Young Invincibles Event: 2023 Outreach and Enrollment Planning Summit
CMS Webinar Series: Medicaid and CHIP Renewals: Coalition Webinars for Reaching Out to Special Populations
Resources For Your Health Advocacy
Health Care Value
NEW! Families USA Comment Letter: Families USA Alongside More Than 60 Organizations Urge Congress to Strengthen Price Transparency Regulations and Ensure that Patients Pay the Same Price for the Same Health Care Service
Families USA Insights: The Stage is Officially Set to Lower Drug Prices
Families USA Fact Sheet: Congress Must Act: Families Across America Should Pay the Same Price for the Same Health Care Services
Families USA Fact Sheet: Congress Should Codify and Strengthen Hospital and Plan Price Transparency Regulations
Families USA & Embold Research Media Brief: Prescription Drug Affordability in Pennsylvania
Families USA Report: The Reality of Prescription Drug Innovation: Drug Manufacturers Limit Innovation to Protect Patents and Profits
Proposed Rule (comments due TODAY): Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program
Proposed Rule (comments due TODAY): CY 2024 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule
Health Coverage
NEW! Families USA Virtual Media Briefing: Ensuring Older Adults Relying on Medicare can Afford Life-Saving Medications
Families USA Issue Brief: How to Make Health Insurance More Affordable by Strengthening Rate Review Laws
Families USA Form: Share Your Story - Junk Health Insurance Plans
Proposed Rule (comments due TODAY): Junk Plan Proposed Rule
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
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
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