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Dear Health Advocates,

We are excited to see many of you later this week at our 2025 Health Action Conference — our 30th HAC! The conference is at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC on January 23-24 and this year's theme is From the Frontlines: Forging the Path Forward Together.

This week, we are starting down a new path together as President Trump's second term begins, but we will remain diligent and committed in our fight to protect and preserve the health care programs and coverage that millions of Americans rely on, even in the face of threats to health care once again. Already, over 425 partner organizations joined Families USA in sending a letter to President Trump on his first full day in office, urging the President to protect Medicaid. You can find the full letter and list of partner organizations here — thank you to everyone who signed on.

We also have other ways you can take action! We're asking you and your networks to send emails to your members of Congress using our new email tool — tell them that they cannot cut the Medicaid program to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

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 Email Writing Campaign: Protect and Defend Medicaid
NEW! Families USA Press Release: On the First Full Day of President Trump’s Second Term, More Than 425 Organizations Urge Him to Protect Medicaid Coverage
NEW! Families USA Press Release: Second Round of Prescription Drugs Targeted for Price Reduction Through Medicare Negotiations

Action Items

URGENT! Tell your representative to take action right now by using our letter-writing tool on Families USA Action's Same Service Same Price Website.
URGENT! Families USA Email Writing Campaign: Urge Congress to Take Action on Advanced Premium Tax Credits!
TAKE ACTION: Submit your patient story on hospital pricing abuses to [email protected]
TAKE ACTION: Join Our Health Justice Now Network

FUSA in the News

NEW! Anthony Wright, Executive Director, was on an episode of KQED’s (an NRP and PBS affiliate in California) Political Breakdown podcast, How Cutting Medi-Cal Could Leave a Generation of Californians Without Health Care.
NEW! Healthcare Innovation featured Families USA’s Medicaid Matters publication and sign-on letter in its coverage of Medicaid cuts – House Republicans Consider Cuts to Medicaid, Families USA responds with a new publication on why Medicaid is critical for 80 million people.
NEW! inside Health Policy quoted Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Care Policy, in its coverage of the budget reconciliation package, E&C Republicans Mull Health Policies For Reconciliation Package In Closed-Door Meeting.
Anthony Wright, Executive Director, is quoted in HuffPost, Democratic Lawmakers Will Launch Bid To Save Extra Obamacare Subsidies
Anthony Wright, Executive Director, is quoted in The Nation’s Health (a publication of the American Public Health Association), Public health readying for impact of new leadership in Congress, White House
Articles on Families USA’s Medicaid sign-on letter appeared in the following publications:
- MedCity News - Over 300 Organizations Call on New Congress to Safeguard and Strengthen Medicaid
- McKnights Senior Living - Senior living represented among 300+ groups imploring Congress to protect Medicaid as ‘backbone’ of health system
- Common Dreams - As House GOP Reelects Johnson as Speaker, Coalition Says Hands Off Medicaid
- Inside Health Policy - Hundreds Of Advocates Urge New Congress To Protect Medicaid Funding

Health Equity

Families USA Insights: Transforming Care: Addressing Health Inequities and Pitfalls through Innovative Models of Care
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 Fact Sheet: Stop Big Health Care Corporations from Keeping Workers and Small Businesses Under Water
Families USA Comments: 30 Organizations Send Letter to Alabama Governor Ivey on Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors
Families USA Fact Sheet: The Nuts and Bolts of Medicare Physician Payment — And Why It Needs Reform
Families USA Fact Sheet: Americans Could See Major Savings on Routine Imaging Services if Congress Makes, “Same Service, Same Price” a Reality
Families USA Fact Sheet: November Is Diabetes Awareness Month
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

Medicaid 101 Fact Sheet and Handout: Medicaid Matters: To People, Our Economy and the Health Care System
Families USA Press Release: Strong Open Enrollment Numbers Signal the Need to Pass the Health Care Affordability Act
Families USA Press Release: More Than 300 Organizations Urge New Congress to Protect and Strengthen Medicaid
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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