Action Items

• NEW! Patients For Affordable Drugs: If you want to sign on to this letter urging Democratic Senators to advance the prescription drug pricing reform, fill out this google form by July 25 at 5:00ET
• 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
• 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
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC): Sample CRA Comment Letter for Health Stakeholders due August 5
  • NCRC Article: What's in the Community Reinvestment Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Healthcare?

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• NEW! Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and Families USA workshop: Communicating Your Research to Maximize Impact in Washington, DC
  • Register by August 1
• NEW! National Academy for State Health Policy's annual conference: Forecast for State Health Policy
  • Register by August 12 for early bird rates
• NEW! Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Advancing Health Equity (AHE) Learning Collaborative
  • Applications are due by September 23, and an informational webinar is being hosted on July 25

Resources for Your Health Advocacy

• Reproductive Health and Abortion
  • NEW! National Partnership for Women & Families Issue Brief: State Abortion Bans Could Harm Nearly 15 Million Women of Color
  • NEW! Guttmacher Institute Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
  • 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 about 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
• Behavioral Health
  • NEW! Families USA Advocacy Guide: Peer Supports in Behavioral Health Care: A 2022 Resource Guide for Advocates
• Prescription Drug Pricing
  • NEW! Patients for Affordance Drugs report: Ten Reasons Why We Need to Lower Drug Prices Now
  • Families USA Issue Brief: Making Ends Meet: Reducing Costs at the Pharmacy Counter Will Help Americans Survive Inflation
  • Families USA Statement: Senate Needs to Get Prescription Drug Reform Over the Finish Line
• Health Care Value
  • Consumers First: Comment Letter to Federal Government on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
  • Families USA Paper: Our Health Care System Has Lost Its Way
• Health Equity
  • Families USA Analysis: Community Voice and Equitable Policymaking in the United States: Lessons from Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
• Medicaid
  • Families USA, Community Catalyst, United States of Care, and UnidosUS Webinar Recording: Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future
  • Families USA Sign-On Letter: Stakeholders Submit Letter to Democratic Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage Priorities
  • Families USA Case Study: Strategies for States to Maximize Medicaid Ex Parte Renewals and Limit Coverage Losses
• Oral Health
  • Families USA Insights Column: Time for Medicare to Cover Our Entire Body
  • Families USA Fact Sheet: The Time is Now for Administrative Action to Improve Medicare Dental Coverage
  • Families USA 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

Job Postings

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