Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog unveils CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at how the pandemic harms the most vulnerable people and communities. And we invite our readers to join us for a special CHN-hosted webinar at 3 p.m. ET Monday, November 14 examining the mid-term elections and what comes next in our fight to promote human needs. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
November 11
The Medicaid and health edition. Health care was on the ballot in several states this past Tuesday. In South Dakota, 42,500 additional people will eventually be eligible for Medicaid benefits after voters approved Medicaid expansion. In Oregon, voters approved an historic measure that amends the state’s constitution to mandate that all residents have access to “cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care.” And in Arizona, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 209, which reduces the amount of interest creditors can charge for health debt from 10 percent to 3 percent. Meanwhile, on the federal level, there are urgent health care issues that Congress must address when members return later this month. READ MORE »
Please join us. On Monday, Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. ET, CHN will host a post-election webinar to lay out the congressional landscape and how it affects our ability to fight for human needs in the next session of Congress. The webinar will feature nationally known pollster
Celinda Lake,
Ellen Nissenbaum, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and CHN Executive Director
Deborah Weinstein. It will be moderated by
Ellen Teller, Chief Government Affairs Officer at Food Research and Action Center.
RSVP here.
(This webinar will be close captioned. Even if you can't attend be sure to sign up to receive a captioned recording of the webinar and important resources from our speakers and elsewhere. Please note that the webinar is closed to press. Thank you for not quoting speakers on social media or other public forums.)
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