Health Advocates,
 
As you likely know, Congress is still working to find a path forward for popular, common sense health care legislation. Priorities such as prescription drug pricing reform, lowering the cost of health care, and making investments in historically under-represented communities are all actions that Congress can and should take while we have the opportunity to do so. We must capitalize on this moment to ensure families across America have access to the best health care possible!

As we near the end of Black History Month, we also want to highlight the connection between racial justice and health care, and what we can do to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live their healthiest life, regardless of the color of their skin. Below, please find updated resources for your health advocacy, as well as a new blog post outlining the intersection of health and racial justice.
 

NEW: Resources for Your Health Care Advocacy

• Messaging Guidance: Updated Congressional Priorities
• Social Media: Sample Social Media and Sample Graphics

Other Resources for Your Advocacy 

• NEW: Insights Column: Health And Racial Justice – Untangling Why It Is So Difficult To Make Progress
• Press Release: Opportunity to Comment on Medicaid Request for Information (RFI)
• Report: Millions of Children May Lose Medicaid: What Can Be Done to Help Prevent Them from Becoming Uninsured?
• Advocacy Toolkit: COVID-19 Related Resources
• Report: Health Care Industry Consolidation: A Driving Force Of The U.S. Health Care Affordability And Quality Crisis
• Report: Medicaid Can Improve The Lives Of Justice-Involved Individuals And Save Nebraska Money

Upcoming Events
 

• InHospitable at the Miami Film Festival 2022: If you attended Families USA's Health Action Conference this year, you'll recognize this film from our Hospital Pricing workshop! InHospitable follows patients and activists as they band together to fight UPMC, a multi-billion dollar nonprofit hospital system that was limiting vital care for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania. Get tickets here.
• Healthy Kids 2022 NOFO Stakeholder Call: Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a stakeholder information session on the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) through the Connecting Kids to Coverage HEALTHY KIDS 2022 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements program. For more information, and to RSVP, click here. Please send all questions to [email protected].