Resource Roundup

Dear Health Advocates,

Families USA’s 2023 Health Action Conference: The Power of Community is this week, and we have a packed agenda full of stellar speakers, storytellers, community activists and more! If you can't attend or missed the registration deadline, we plan to feature our plenary sessions and award ceremony on Facebook livestream, so keep an eye out for the link on our social platforms. Please see more resources, events, and action items below:

Action Items

• CMS Request For Information: Essential Health Benefits due 1/31
• CMS Comment Period: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024, comments due 1/30

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• Families USA Health Action Conference, January 26-28, 2023
  • Agenda 
  • For media registration, please contact Lisa Holland at [email protected]
• CMS Webinar: Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding: What to Know and How to Prepare, A Partner Education Monthly Series

Resources For Your Health Advocacy

Private Coverage

• NEW! Families USA and Shriver Center Report: How Illinois Can Make Health Insurance More Affordable

Medicaid

• NEW! Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Paper: States Must Act to Preserve Medicaid Coverage as End of Continuous Coverage Requirement Nears
• Families USA Analysis: With Impending Funding Crises, Rural Hospitals Need a Medicaid Expansion Lifeboat to Stay Afloat
• Families USA Fact Sheet: Not a Moment to Lose: Critical Changes States Should Implement to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Losses

Health Care Value

• NEW! Families USA Report: Working Toward True Health Care Payment Reform to Ensure Our Health Care System Serves Families and Patients 
• Families USA Insights Blog: The No Surprises Act Faces Legal Threats. Here's Why You Should Care
• Families USA Comment Letter: Consumers, Workers, Employers Back Administration to Keep Surprise Billing Protections Strong Amidst Threats
• Families USA Report: Do the Right Thing: Shifting Health Care Payment Systems to Value-Based Incentives to Achieve Health Equity and Promote Racial Justice 
• NASHP Updated Hospital Cost Tool
• Families USA Report: When What Is Right Is Also Popular: The Case for Person-Focused Care Through Payment Reform

Health Equity

• Families USA Advocacy Guide: Opportunities for Whole Health Promotion: Research and Examples

Reproductive Health and Abortion

• National Immigration Law Center (NILC) Resource: Know Your Rights on Abortion Access for Immigrants
• 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
• 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

Thank you for your tireless advocacy as we continue fighting for the best health and health care for all of America's families. To connect on shared advocacy efforts or let us know what you would like featured in upcoming Resource Roundups, please respond to this email or reach out to any of us at Families USA! 

Have a great week,

Kevin Han
Strategic Partnerships Associate