Action Items

• Bansoff.org: Bans Off Our Bodies campaign from Planned Parenthood, a one-stop shop to sign petitions, share toolkits with supporters, and find out more about upcoming rallies
• MomsRising Petition: Urge Congress to support critical funding for maternal mental health!
• Advance Premium Tax Credit (APTC) Advocacy: Please utilize the resources below to reinstate this policy provision's importance.
  • Sample APTC Paper News Release Template for State Advocates
  • APTC Paper Social Media Template
  • FUSA Issue Brief: Unless Congress Acts, Health Care Costs Will Soon Skyrocket for People Who Buy Their Own Insurance

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• NEW! UnidosUS's Annual Conference: Siempre Adelante: Our Quest for Equity in San Antonio, July 9-11
• Vaccine Equity Cooperative and CDC Foundation Webinar: The Who, What, Where and When of COVID-19 Treatments: Everything You Need to Know About Lifesaving Antivirals on 6/28, 3PM ET
• NCLC and Community Catalyst Webinar: Medical Debt Crisis - Impact on Black American Families on 7/13, 2PM ET

Resources for Your Health Advocacy

• Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Kaiser Family Foundation Report: For ACA Enrollees, How Much Premiums Rise Next Year is Mostly up to Congress
• Health Care Value
  • NEW! FUSA Comment Letter: Consumers First Comment Letter to Federal Government on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
• Health Equity
  • FUSA Paper: Our Health Care System Has Lost Its Way
  • FUSA Insights Column: Putting People First In Healthcare
  • Build Healthy Places Network Resource: A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment
  • FUSA Fact Sheet: What Children and Families Need From the 117th Congress - Policy Recommendations to Improve Their Health and Wellbeing
  • FUSA Issue Brief: Community Voices: Recommendations to State Policymakers for Advancing Health Equity
• Medicaid
  • FUSA Webinar: Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future
  • Protecting Immigrant Families: LIFT the BAR Act Toolkit
  • FUSA Comment Letter: Stakeholders Submit Letter to Democratic Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage Priorities
  • FUSA Case Study: Strategies for States to Maximize Medicaid Ex Parte Renewals and Limit Coverage Losses
  • FUSA Issue Brief: Medicaid Programs Should Protect Health Care for Millions of Families by Implementing a New Federal Option for SNAP-Based Electronic Renewal
• Reproductive Health and Abortion
  • INeedAnA.com: Find a clinic - to find vetted, up-to-date, and personalized info on how to get an abortion; no search or user data saved
  • ReproLegal Helpline: a free, confidential source for legal advice and information abortion
    • Visit their website or call 844-868-2812
  • M+A Hotline: a confidential, private, and secure phone and text hotline for people in need of support for self-managed miscarriage or abortion
  • Keep Our Clinics: Support independent community providers who provide the majority of abortion care in the US
  • Donate to Abortion Funds (and amplify calls for donations): A donation to the National Network of Abortion Funds brings abortion funds closer to a future where all people have access to abortion without shame or stigma

Job Postings

• FUSA:
  • NEW! Manager of Events & Partner Mobilization
  • NEW! Strategic Partnerships Campaign Manager
  • Director of Medicaid Initiatives
  • Director of Private Coverage
  • Senior Policy Analyst