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January 4, 2019

Families USA Joins Oral Health, Senior Advocates in Support of Medicare Dental Benefit Act

Families USA is encouraged to see oral health coming up early in the 116th Congress with Senator Cardin introducing S. 22, the Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2019 earlier this week. This legislation serves as an important opportunity for Congress to take a major step to improve the oral health, overall well-being, and financial security of seniors and people with disabilities in this country. Families USA is proud to join our partners at Oral Health America, Justice in Aging, and the Center for Medicare Advocacy in a letter supporting the major provisions of this bill.

Fact Sheet
December 21, 2018

For California's Rural Seniors, Improving Oral Health Care Could Mean Better Health

Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Melissa Burroughs, Denisse Sanchez

Oral health matters for seniors in rural California. This population faces major barriers to good oral health, including cost, lack of dental coverage, and limited access to providers. Without addressing these barriers, rural seniors' overall health is worse, and our health care system is paying the price. Our new factsheet explains these barriers that California’s rural seniors face and the solutions policy makers can take to address them.

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December 20, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Losing their Health Insurance Because of Trump Administration Policies
Eliot Fishman
Short Analysis
December 20, 2018
Five Things You Need to Know about Texas v. US Litigation
Cheryl Fish-Parcham
Report
December 19, 2018
The Role of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Improving Evidence and Advancing Health Equity
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Denisse Sanchez, Eliot Fishman, Ellen Albritton
Fact Sheet
December 18, 2018
For Rural Seniors, Improving Overall Health Requires Improving Oral Health Care
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Melissa Burroughs
Short Analysis
December 18, 2018
Proposed Program Integrity Rule: The Potentially Good and the Bad
Stan Dorn
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Families USA executive director Frederick Isasi's statement on the December 2018 partial federal government shutdown

December 22, 2018

ANALYSIS ON 2018 OPEN ENROLLMENT: Drop in Open Enrollment is Deeply Concerning

December 20, 2018

Federal Court Puts in Jeopardy Our Nation’s Health Care System, Potentially Harming Millions of People’s Health and Financial Stability

December 14, 2018
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