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In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog covers a news conference on Capitol Hill featuring faith leaders who called on the Senate to close the Medicaid coverage cap as part of the pending reconciliation bill. And we release CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at the pandemic. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Faith leaders call on Congress to close Medicaid coverage gap
July 29
With the clock ticking toward Congress’ annual August recess, faith leaders convened on Capitol Hill this week to urge Congress to close the Medicaid coverage gap as part of reconciliation legislation. Leaders also called for advancing racial equity, addressing climate change, higher taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. But with reports surfacing that the legislation pending in the Senate would not include a provision to help more than two million low-income Americans in 12 states, mostly people of color, access health care, pressure mounted on Senate Democrats to close the coverage gap in states that opted not to do so as part of the Affordable Care Act. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
July 25
The pandemic fatigue edition. Daily COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are once again on the rise. Daily cases have more than quadrupled since March and hospitalizations have doubled since May. But new polling suggests Americans have moved on – and are less willing than they have ever been to take steps to avoid contracting the virus. One poll finds that fewer than half of Americans are willing to undertake mitigation efforts. Only 36 percent of respondents said they wear a mask when outside their home – the lowest percentage since the pandemic began. And the same number of respondents said they never wear a mask when outside their home, a 14 percent increase since the same time last year. READ MORE »
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