Action Items

• NEW! APIAHF Sign On Letter: New Proposed Rule on ACA Section 1557 "Healthcare Rights Law," due COB October 2
• National Health Law Program's grassroots 1557 comment form: Stop Discrimination in Health Care! closes October 3

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• NEW! Families USA Webinar: Reproductive Health on the Line: Preparing for 2023, September 28 at 3pm ET
• NEW! South Dakota Love Your Neighbor Tour, a state-wide tour focused on informing voters about the need to expand Medicaid in South Dakota (September 20-September 24)
• NEW! Young Invincibles 2022 Outreach and Enrollment Planning Summit (September 28-29)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Advancing Health Equity (AHE) Learning Collaborative
  • Applications are due by September 23

Resources for Your Health Advocacy

• Health Equity
  • Health Justice Now Webinar Series Part 7 Recording: Effective Use of Peer Supports in Behavioral Health Care and Crisis Intervention
  • Families USA White Paper: A Hard Day's Work: Promoting Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers
  • Families USA Analysis: Community Voice and Equitable Policymaking in the United States: Lessons from Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
• Health Care Value
  • NEW! People First Care Initiative: Bleeding Americans Dry: The Role of Big Hospital Corporations in Driving Our Nation’s Health Care Affordability and Quality Crisis
  • NEW! Families USA Letter Urging Congress to Take On Hospital Prices
  • NEW! Consumers First Comment Letter to CMS on FY2023 Outpatient Hospital Payment Rule on Site Neutrality, Ownership, and Price Transparency
  • NEW! Families USA Value Communications Toolkit for Advocates
  • Consumers First Comment Letter to CMS regarding CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
  • 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
• Oral Health
  • Families USA Comment: Comments on "Medically Necessary" Dental Coverage in Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • CareQuest Institute for Oral Health: Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Checker
  • 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
• Medicaid
  • Families USA Fact Sheet: Not a Moment to Lose: Critical Changes States Should Implement to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Losses
• Surprise Medical Bills
  • Families USA Fact Sheet: New Protections from Unexpected Medical Bills: What You Need to Know About the No Surprises Act
    • Spanish version: Nuevas protecciones contra facturas médicas inesperadas: Lo que necesita saber sobre la Ley Sin Sopresas
• Reproductive Health and Abortion
  • 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