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Update 12/20: Congress passed the tax plan and President Trump will sign it into law soon. Both the rushed, secretive process used to draft the bill and the bill itself are travesties. The tax plan…
Today, Families USA and 125 community, provider, labor, and patient organizations sent a letter urging Congress to take immediate action to address the post-hurricane health crises in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and ensure…
Mouths matter—that is the finding in a national survey on public support for dental coverage. More than 80 percent of people who were asked said they supported providing publicly-funded dental care assistance to low-income…
On Wednesday, December 6, the health policy research firm Avalere released a study entitled Funding Reinsurance and Cost-Sharing Reductions Would Lower Individual Market Premiums and Increase Enrollment. The study examined the potential impact of two pieces of…
Our nation’s health care system is rapidly transforming, and the health of people of color and other disadvantaged communities hangs in the balance. Moving to a value-based health care system presents a critical opportunity…
As part of their tax obligation to provide benefits to the community beyond hospital care, nonprofit hospitals can fund oral health initiatives such as community dental clinics, mobile dental services, vouchers for dental care…
Recently, the state of Wisconsin submitted an application to the federal government seeking Medicaid waiver authority to make drug testing a condition of eligibility for the state’s adult Medicaid program--BadgerCare. This request breaks dangerous new ground;…
The House and Senate tax plans propose reducing or eliminating taxpayers’ ability to deduct state and local taxes, including property and sales taxes, on their federal tax returns. This may sound like a dull…
Three reasons to renew funding for CHIP, the country’s only health insurance program designed for low-income families with children. Learn more about CHIP.
One of the most destructive ways the tax bill attacks health care has gotten the least attention. In addition to kicking people off coverage by repealing the individual mandate and setting the stage…