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In Case You Missed It
Here are some important resources Families USA released at the end of 2025. We hope they can be helpful in your work!
* Year in Review: Year in Review: In a 2025 Defined by Huge Health Care Cuts, Health Advocates Still Advanced an Affordability Agenda [[link removed]]

Insights Blog: What Health Care Consumers Need to Know About ACA Marketplace Coverage for 2026 [[link removed]] [[link removed]]
* Insights Blog: Federal Officials Have Spoken, and Now it’s the States’ Turn: “Lookback Period” for Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements [[link removed]]
* Insights Blog: Health access on the line: How Trump’s proposed public charge rule hurts all of us and weakens our health care system [[link removed]] * Full comment letter [[link removed]]


* Statement: Despite New Proposed Rules, Gender-Affirming Care is Essential Health Care [[link removed]]
Dear Health Advocates,
Happy New Year! We at Families USA hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to get back to work as we jump right back into advocacy.
In December, House Democrats were joined by 4 Republicans in passing a discharge petition to bring a clean three-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits to the floor. The House could vote on this bill as soon as tomorrow. It is unclear whether enough Republicans will vote for the bill to pass the House, or if they will coalesce around a more conservative bill supported by House Republican leadership.
Stop the Healthcare Heist Emergency Week of Action
Around this vote, the Economic Security Project is hosting a Stop the Healthcare Heist Week of Action from January 6-15, with a specific focus on a vote in the House this week. The following actions will help us ensure our voices are heard during this crucial time:
* Before the vote (Jan 6 - Jan 8) - Public pressure and storytelling
* Call your members by calling in to the Capitol Switchboard and requesting your member at (202) 224-3121
* Email your members using CHN Action's form! [[link removed]]


* Day of the vote (Jan 8) - Social media day of action * Tag your member
* Use #HealthcareHeist
* Use graphics [[link removed]] supplied by Economic Security Project


* After the vote - Public feedback and more organized actions * Continue to thank those who championed affordability and call out those who voted against it
* Should House vote pass, shift focus to your Senators * Email using CHN Action's form [[link removed]]
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121




You can find the full toolkit [[link removed]] , talking points [[link removed]] , and graphics [[link removed]] at this link [[link removed]] . Please reach out to Jennifer Kim ( [email protected] [[email protected]] ) with any questions.
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* Email Writing Campaign: Tell you members to pass an extension of the ACA premium tax credits and make health insurance more affordable for tens of millions of people! [[link removed]] Coalition on Human Needs.
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* Press Release: Families USA Statement on Trump Administration’s Changes to Childhood Vaccine Schedule [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Press Release: Families USA Statement on Failed Senate Vote to Extend Premium Assistance for Millions of Americans [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Insights Blog: Congress Must Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and Lower Health Care Costs Now [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Report: Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families [[link removed]] , CBPP.
* Comments: Written Testimony of Anthony Wright for Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Hearing [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Comments: Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Insights Blog: Unprecedented Changes by a Little-Known Committee That Controls Our Vaccine Access [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Press Release: Families USA Statement for the Record for the Senate HELP’s Committee Hearing on Making Health Care Affordable Again [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Insights Blog: Trump Administration Shuts Down Public Input, Undermining Transparency, Health Equity and Good Policy [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Fact Sheets: The Importance of Premium Tax Credits: Affording Health Insurance Coast to Coast [[link removed]] , Families USA.
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* Advocates Meeting: Wednesday Advocates Meeting Zoom call [[link removed]] , Coalition on Human Needs hosting every Wednesday at 9:30 AM ET.
* Shared Advocacy Calendar: Coalition on Human Needs [[link removed]] . Check out weeks of action and upcoming events
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National Resources
* Fact Sheet: The Importance of Premium Tax Credits: Affording Health Insurance Coast to Coast (Spanish) [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Publication: Medicaid Work Requirements: Mitigating Harm through Implementation [[link removed]] , NHeLP.


* Fact Sheet: Why Health Insurance Premiums Continue to Skyrocket [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Blog: Clarifying Access: What New Federal SNAP Restrictions and Guidance Mean for Immigrant Communities [[link removed]] , NILC.


* Toolkit: Mitigating the Harms of Medicaid Work Requirements for Older Adults: Tools for State Advocates [[link removed]] , Justice in Aging.

Insights blog: Republicans’ Harmful Budget Cuts and Attacks Are Undermining Immigrants’ Health Care [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Blog: The Trump Administration’s Refusal to Feed American Families [[link removed]] , FRAC .


* Report: What’s in the government funding bill the Senate is moving, what isn’t, and what to watch next [[link removed]] , We Build Progress.


* Infographic: Open enrollment explainer [[link removed]] , Community Catalyst


* Blog: Reducing or Eliminating the Title X Family Planning Program Would Restrict Contraceptive Access Nationwide [[link removed]] , Commonwealth Fund.


* Blog: 300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period [[link removed]] , NILC.


* Insights Blog: Smoke and Mirrors vs. Policy and Meaningful Change: What’s Real and What’s Political Theater in the Fight for Lower Prescription Drug Prices [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Insights Blog: Sowing Distrust and Dismantling Science: Escalating Threats to Vaccine Access [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Insights Blog: What the Government Shutdown Debate is Really About: Health Care Tax Credits for Working Class Americans [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Fact Sheet: Fact Checking Immigrants, Health Care, and the 2025 Tax and Budget Law [[link removed]] , Families USA


State Resources
* Fact Sheet: State Policy Options to Address Health Care Consolidation and Lower Hospital Prices [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Blog: Turning Lemons into Lemonade: State Applications Underscore the Limitations of OBBBA's Rural Health Transformation Program [[link removed]] , NHeLP.


* Fact Sheet: State Strategies for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) [[link removed]] , Milbank Memorial Fund.


* Toolkit: Work Reporting Requirements: State Considerations When Defining Medical Frailty [[link removed]] , State Health and Value Strategies .


* Interactive Map: Tracking State Preparation for the Rural Health Transformation Program [[link removed]] , State Health & Value Strategies.


* Article: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Increase the Number of Americans Without Health Coverage in Every State and Congressional District, [[link removed]] Center for American Progress.


Medicaid Defense
* Federal Guidance: CMS Issues New State Guidance on Transformative Medicaid Reforms [[link removed]] .


* Policy Brief: Medicaid: A Lifeline for Latines and Immigrants [[link removed]] , National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.


* Analysis: Medicaid Expansion Reduces Maternal Mortality: Medicaid Cuts Would Be Deadly for Mothers and Babies [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: Republicans Are Working to Gut Medicaid, a Lifeline for People With Mental Health Conditions and Opioid Addiction [[link removed]] , Protect Our Care.


* Insights Blog: Work Reporting Requirements Don’t Work: An in-depth look as Idaho moves closer to adding costly red tape to Medicaid, [[link removed]] Families USA.


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Have a great week,
Nate Keller
Partnerships Mobilization Associate
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