Dear Health Advocates,

This week, we have a survey, new events and more resources for your advocacy.

Families USA is collecting responses to improve the Resource Roundup! We want to hear from you on the content, the structure, the frequency, and anything else you'd like to add. This is your chance to craft a better, more palatable Resource Roundup that best serves you and your work. You can find the survey here.

Thank you to everyone who attended Families USA's webinar last week titled What's Next: A Critical Post-Election Conversation on Health Care which focused on the results of the 2024 election and where we will go from here as health care advocates. You can find the recording here.

As a reminder, registration is now OPEN for our 30th Annual Health Action Conference! HAC 2025 will be held in person this year at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC on January 23-24! Please follow this link to register and secure your spot at HAC 2025! 

You can find more on all of this below, along with this week’s new opportunities and resources: 

New Resources For Your Health Advocacy

• NEW! Families USA Survey: Tell Us Your Thoughts on the Resource Roundup!
• NEW! Families USA Fact Sheet: November Is Diabetes Awareness Month
  

Action Items

• NEW! Families USA Email Writing Campaign: Tell Your Legislators to Extend the Advanced Premium Tax Credits!

• RECORDING: Families USA Webinar: What's Next: A Critical Post-Election Conversation on Health Care

• NEW! Tell your representative to take action right now by using our letter-writing tool on Families USA Action's Same Service Same Price Website.

• NEW! Sign up for our Digital Days of Action where we will amplify our call for Congress to take action on hospital pricing and transparency via social media and letter writing.

• TAKE ACTION: Submit your patient story on hospital pricing abuses to [email protected]
• REGISTER NOW: Families USA HAC 2025 In Person!
• TAKE ACTION: Families USA Action Email Campaign (from individuals): Tell Congress to Pass the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
• TAKE ACTION: Join Our Health Justice Now Network

FUSA in the News

• NEW! Anthony Wright, Executive Director, is quoted in Bloomberg Law, RFK Jr. Fuels Uncertainty on Policies From Medicare to Abortion

• The Cap Times, a Wisconsin-based media outlet, published an op-ed co-authored by Anthony Wright, Executive Director, and Robert Kraig, Wisconsin Citizen Action’s Executive Director, Health care is on the Nov. 5 ballot

• Families USA is mentioned in the following articles:

  • Hospital groups blast senators' site-neutral Medicare payment reform plan (Fierce Healthcare)

  • Childbirth Can Bring Worrying Medical Bills, Even With Insurance (HealthDay)

• Anthony Wright, Executive Director, is quoted in the following articles:

  • What Trump’s election means for healthcare (Healthcare Finance News)

  • What Happens to Medicare Price Negotiations Under Trump? (Medpage Today)

• An Inside Health Policy article, Bicameral Dems’ Bill Would Send Pharma Violators’ Profits To NIH, FDA, mentions Families USA as a supporter of the Medical Innovation Act of 2024.
• Anthony Wright, Executive Director, is quoted in the following articles:

  • Harris Backs Slashing Medical Debt. Trump’s ‘Concepts’ Worry Advocates.(KFF Health News)

  • Harris Proposes Expanded Medicare Home Health Care Funded By New Drug Price Negotiations (Inside Health Policy)

  • Medicare would expand home health care aid under Harris proposal (Insurance News Net)

• Axios Pro Policy (Scoop: New coalition backs renewal of ACA subsidies) and Inside Health Policy (Bicameral Dems Introduce APTC Extension Bills) mentioned Families USA’s participation in the Keep Americans Covered coalition, which is urging Congress to expand the ACA’s premium subsidies. 
• Executive Director Anthony Wright will be speaking on the Health Equity Community Collaborative's upcoming webinar, Election 2024: What’s at Stake for Health Equity and How to Protect It
• Part two of the Code WACK! podcast episode featuring Anthony Wright, Executive Director, aired on September 23. Listen to Jacked up premiums & chaos? Why your health care is on the line this November here.

Health Equity

• Families USA Analysis: Charting the Course for Community Health Workers: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities to Secure Medicaid Reimbursement for CHWs in State Medicaid Programs

• Families USA Comments: Families USA Submits Comments on Annual Rulemaking to Improve Health Equity, Value, and Coverage
• Partner Resource: March of Dimes Maternity Care Deserts Report
• Reuters article: US States Sue Over Biden Ruel Extending Health Insurance to DACA Immigrants
• Families USA Statement: Families USA’s Statement on Supreme Court’s Punt, Failure to Protect Health and Lives of Millions of Pregnant People Nationwide
• Families USA Insights Blog: Ripple Effects: The Fall Of Roe V. Wade

Health Care Value

• Families USA Webinar Recording: The Time Is Now: Coming Together to Win Against Big Hospital Corporate Greed

• Families USA Webinar: Help Alabama Families Impacted by Diabetes: Expand CGM Access
• Families USA Fact Sheet: A National Patient Safety Board: What America Needs to Ensure Patient Safety
• Families USA Statement: Families USA Statement for the Record for Finance Committee Inflation Reduction Act Hearing
• Families USA Comments: Families USA Submits Comments on 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule
• Families USA Comments: Families USA Submits Comments on Annual Rulemaking to Improve Health Equity, Value, and Coverage

Health Coverage

• Families USA Insights: Marketplace Open Enrollment Helps Keep Families Connected to Affordable Health Coverage
• Families USA Fact Sheet: Better Health, Stronger Families: Improving Medicaid Coverage of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Alabama

• Families USA Webinar Recording: Overpayment, Marketing Abuses, Care Delays and More: Top Priorities for Medicare Advantage Reform

• Families USA Comment: Comment on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule “Medically Necessary” Coverage

• Families USA Comment: Written Testimony of Anthony Wright for Education and Workforce Hearing

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 at [email protected]! 

Have a great week,

Nate Keller

Partnerships Mobilization Associate

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