Dear Health Advocates,




It is another busy week full of advocacy and defense. We have some exciting opportunities coming up to continue holding the line on Medicaid defense and keeping the current administration in check.




Republican plans to make massive cuts to the Medicaid program — as much as $2.3 trillion — means this critical lifeline for health coverage and a foundational source of economic security for 80 million people is at risk. Families USA and a number of national partners have organized a Medicaid Day of Action for this Thursday, February 6, to say no cuts to Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Please see our resource page and join us in this day of action by:

Calling in to your member of Congress (by using 866-426-2631 on the day of action, provided by the SEIU)
Sending an email reaching out to your members of Congress
Call on them to defend Medicaid
Request a meeting and storytelling outreach
Post on social media using this toolkit and the hashtags #HandsOffMedicaid and/or #HandsOffOurMedicaid


We also have a new resource to share. Through a series of roundtable discussions with national policy experts, state advocates and stakeholder organizations, Families USA identified substantial gaps in oversight governing the Medicaid managed care system. This new policy agenda outlines common sense proposals that would bring transparency and accountability to Medicaid managed care to ensure this system of care delivery lives up to its promise to lower costs and deliver high-quality care to the 66 million Americans that depend on it. Read more here.




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

URGENT! Families USA Email Writing Campaign: Protect and Defend Medicaid
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

New Resources

NEW! Families USA Policy Agenda: Achieving Transparency, Accountability and Quality in Medicaid Managed Care: A State and Federal Policy Agenda

Upcoming Events

URGENT! Defend Medicaid Day of Action: Thursday, February 6! 

FUSA in the News

NEW! Anthony Wright, executive director, is quoted in the following outlets as a result of his discussion with reporters during the Health Action Conference last month:

Inside Health Policy - Detecting Chink In GOP Armor, Families USA Steps Up Lobby Against Medicaid Cuts
Inside Health Policy - Patient Advocates To Petition Drug Makers To Scrap IRA Lawsuits
Xpostfactoid blog - Once more unto the breach, dear friends: Gearing up to defend healthcare access at Health Action 2025
NEW! Inside Health Policy quoted Families USA’s statement on the funding freeze - OMB Plan Could Freeze Funds For CHIP, ER Improvement, Rural Grants

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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