Action Items

• NEW AND URGENT! Join Partners In Health and support this letter to Congress to support HR 8151 and S 3479, the Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act. Sign on here by 5:00 ET today, August 12
• NEW! Vote for Families USA's SXSW2023 panel, "Why is American health care still so broken?" Vote here by August 21

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and Families USA workshop: Communicating Your Research to Maximize Impact in Washington, DC
  • Register by 5:00ET today, August 12
• National Academy for State Health Policy's annual conference: Forecast for State Health Policy (September 12-14)
  • Register by 5:00 ET today, August 12 for early bird rates
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Advancing Health Equity (AHE) Learning Collaborative
  • Applications are due by September 23

Resources for Your Health Advocacy

• Reproductive Health and Abortion
  • National Partnership for Women & Families Issue Brief: State Abortion Bans Could Harm Nearly 15 Million Women of Color
  • 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
  • Families USA Advocacy Guide: Peer Supports in Behavioral Health Care: A 2022 Resource Guide for Advocates
• 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
• Prescription Drug Pricing
  • Morning Consult and Political polling on Rx pricing and APTC enhancements: Voter Perceptions of the Inflation Reduction Act
  • Families USA: Sample APTC Paper News Release Template for State Advocates
  • Families USA: APTC Paper Social Media Template
  • Families USA Issue Brief: Unless Congress Acts, Health Care Costs Will Soon Skyrocket for People Who Buy Their Own Insurance
  • 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
• Surprise Medical Bills
  • Families USA Fact Sheet: New Protections from Unexpected Medical Bills: What You Need to Know About the No Surprises Act

Job Postings

• NEW! United States of Care:
  • Policy and External Affairs Assistant