Dear John,

In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog called on Congress to pass a stop-gap funding measure to keep government running and to return to work on a FY 2023 spending bill. And we bring you a first-person account on why closing the Medicaid coverage gap is so critically important. Finally, we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at how the pandemic harms the most vulnerable people and communities. Please share!

This week on the blog...

CHN urges Congress to keep government funded through mid-December, return to work on appropriations
September 28
The Coalition on Human Needs on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 delivered a letter to all House members and Senators urging passage of a concurrent resolution to keep government funded through mid-December and to return to work on appropriations. READ MORE »  

Close the Medicare coverage gap
September 26
I have terrible chronic pain that’s left me unable to work for the last few years. I can’t sleep well, and every day is a battle just to take care of myself. It would be life-changing if I could be seen by a doctor. But I’m one of the 2 million Americans caught in what’s called the Medicaid coverage gap: we’re people in a no man’s land who can’t afford health insurance on their own, but aren’t eligible for their state or federal health insurance programs. READ MORE

CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, September 30, 2020
September 30
The pandemic is not over edition. Many Americans are acting as if the pandemic is over, and President Biden even said as much in a recent interview with 60 Minutes (although he later walked back his comments). And it is true that as of this moment, we are trending in the right direction – daily infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths are all significantly down; in some cases, the metrics reflect the pre-Delta days of late spring and early summer 2021 (another time when some thought the pandemic was winding down). READ MORE »

 

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