Health Advocates,
 

Our fight in Congress to lower health costs and improve health equity continues! It is up to us to keep up the drumbeat for big, bold policies as policymakers negotiate the details. Check out the resources below to see how Families USA can support your advocacy. 
 

Upcoming Events 

• Facebook Live Event - Mouths in Medicare: Time for Congress to Act!
  • Join us next Wednesday, 10/13 at 1PM ET on Families USA's Facebook page for a discussion about the need for Medicare dental coverage, why this issue is so popular, and what it would mean for health equity
• Thursday30 - Make sure to head to Twitter with other advocates next week (10/14) from 12:00-12:30PM ET to #UniteForHealthCare and dial up the pressure on Congress to center health in the upcoming package! Find sample social posts in this toolkit, which we update and add to weekly. 

Resources for Your Advocacy 

• NEW Digital Advocacy Toolkit: Get Build Back Better Passed
  • To help you amplify our major health priorities, we’ve prepared these resources meant to urge Congress to pass the Build Back Better act. Please feel free to use and customize the sample posts as you see fit.
• Build Back Better: Messaging Guidance
  • Use this guide to talk about the health provisions in the upcoming reconciliation package in your state
• Families USA Report: What's at Stake for America's Families: Why Congress Must Go Big and Bold in Reconciliation to Improve Health and Health Care for Millions of People
• Home and Community Based Care Resources: Justice in Aging: Long Term Services and Support
• Social Media Infographics: Oral Health Care is Too Expensive Without Medicare Coverage
• Vaccine Equity Webinar: Strategies to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution
• Insights Column: What Does Building Back Better Really Mean for Our Access to Health Care?

Please reach out to any of us at Families USA to connect on our shared advocacy efforts. 

Have a great weekend,

Tiana Rodriguez
Strategic Partnerships Coordinator