Action Items

• NEW! National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC): Sample CRA Comment Letter for Health Stakeholders due 8/5
  • NCRC Article: What's in the Community Reinvestment Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Healthcare?
• NEW! Southerners for Medicaid Expansion: Please utilize of these resources to restate the importance of including the coverage gap fix in the upcoming reconciliation package.
  • Joint Statement: Congress and the Biden Administration Must Act Now to Close the Coverage  Gap
  • Letter to Senate Democrats
• 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 take advantage of the resources below to restate 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! Alliance for Health Policy: Welcome Reception (7/19) and Summit on Mental Health in America (7/20) in Washington, DC

   

Resources for Your Health Advocacy

• Oral Health
  • NEW! FUSA Insights Column: Time for Medicare to Cover Our Entire Body
  • NEW! FUSA Fact Sheet: The Time is Now for Administrative Action to Improve Medicare Dental Coverage
  • NEW! FUSA Comment: Medicare Oral Health Coalition Applauds CMS' Inclusion of "Medically Necessary" Dental in Proposed 2023 MPFS
  • "Dear Colleague" Letters to CMS on Medically Necessary Dental Coverage from House Representatives and from Senators
• Reproductive Health and Abortion
  • Planned Parenthood video: Force of Nature
  • 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
• Health Care Value
  • FUSA Comment Letter: Consumers First Comment Letter to Federal Government on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
• Health Equity
  • NEW! FUSA Analysis: Community Voice and Equitable Policymaking in the United States: Lessons from Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
  • FUSA Insights Column: Changing the World Around You—Getting Involved in LGBTQ Health with De'Shea Coney
  • FUSA Health Justice Now Webinar Recording: The Path to Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers
  • FUSA Paper: Our Health Care System Has Lost Its Way
• 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
• Prescription Drug Pricing
  • FUSA Issue Brief: Making Ends Meet: Reducing Costs at the Pharmacy Counter Will Help Americans Survive Inflation
  • FUSA Statement: Senate Needs to Get Prescription Drug Reform Over the Finish Line

Job Postings

• Duke University, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
  • Project Planner
• FUSA:
  • Manager of Events & Partner Mobilization
  • Strategic Partnerships Campaign Manager
  • Director of Medicaid Initiatives
  • Director of Private Coverage
  • Senior Policy Analyst