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Health Care Drumbeat Digital Toolkit: Messaging & Polling to Move Federal Action in 2021
As the 117th Congress and Biden administration work on their next big policy package, we are all building the drumbeat for action on health and health care. Based on extensive messaging research and r...
View MoreVoters to Congress and President Biden: It’s Time to Go Big on Health Care Reform
On March 17, Families USA and Hart Research Associates hosted a media briefing for the release of new polling data showing how COVID-19 has put health and health care reform at the top of ...
View MoreAppendix 2- The Catastrophic Cost of Uninsurance, By County: COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Closely Tied to America’s Health Coverage Gaps
This appendix estimates the impact of health coverage gaps on COVID-19 cases and deaths, at the county level. It begins by listing the individual counties that have experienced the greatest total impa...
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Finishing the Job: Americans Want Action on the Cost of Health Care This Year, New Poll Shows
No one in this country should have to worry that they can’t afford the health care they need or have to choose between filling a prescription and paying rent or a mortgage. Families across America a...
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The Catastrophic Cost of Uninsurance: COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Closely Tied to America’s Health Coverage Gaps
For decades, experts in contagious disease have warned that health insurance gaps accelerate the spread of epidemics. When people without health insurance begin to feel sick, they often delay seeking ...
View MoreFamilies USA Letter of Support for Xavier Becerra to Serve as HHS Secretary
On February 22, Families USA sent the attached letter to Capitol Hill in support of the Hill's consideration of President Biden's nomination of California Attorney Xavier Becerra to serve as the Secre...
View MoreAn Oral Health Equity Agenda For The Biden Administration
Featured in Health Affairs Blog, on February 23, 2021. Contributing authors Melissa Burroughs, Danny A. Kalash, Colin Reusch, Ifetayo B. Johnson, Kata M. Kertesz. COVID-19 has demonstrated the need...
View MoreOver 220 Organizations Send Letter of Support for Health Coverage Provisions in COVID-19 Relief Package
In a letter to Congress co-led by Families USA and Community Catalyst, over 215 organizations representing consumers advocates, labor, equity organizations, providers, plans, patients, public health o...
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Health Care at a Crossroads: Trends for 2021
Health care is now at a crossroads – with COVID-19, calls for greater equity and unity after a year of reckoning, and a new administration in the White House. The opportunities and expectations for ...
View MoreNearly 200 Advocates Send Key Principles for COVID-19 Relief Sent to the Administration and Congress
This letter, sent by a broad range of stakeholders concerned about health coverage, supports the American Rescue Act proposed by the 117th Congress. This legislation recognizes the immediate opportuni...
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