Health Equity

An 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...

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 ...

Nearly 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...

Securing Our Healthy Future: A Road Map for the 117th Congress to Improve Health and Health Care in Every American Community

The 117th U.S. Congress is convening at a pivotal moment in the history of our nation. We face a significant set of challenges, but also a momentous opportunity to greatly improve the lives of struggl...

Congress Can Provide Millions of Uninsured Workers with Health Care by Connecting Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries with Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits

The version of the HEROES bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on October 1, 2020, proposed to connect people who benefit from unemployment insurance (UI) with advance premium tax credit...

Medicare Oral Health Coalition Letter of Support: Medicare Dental Act of 2021

This letter expresses the support of the Medicare Oral Health Coalition– which includes leading organizations representing oral health, health care consumers, older adults, people with disabilities,...

Congress Should Act Quickly to Protect Oral Health Coverage for People Hit Hardest by COVID-19

Every family in America should be able to afford the care we all need to stay healthy, eat, work, and live pain free. Oral health care is essential for overall health and wellness, including combattin...

Letter in support of comprehensive health coverage, sent to President-Elect Biden and his transition team

This letter, sent by a broad range of stakeholders concerned about health coverage, urged the incoming Biden administration to prioritize health insurance defense within the administration's response ...

Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation: Eight Recommendations for Federal Policy Priorities in 2021

In the new presidential term and the 117th Congress, it is imperative that we have bold, innovative leadership to steer us through one of the biggest health and economic crises in generations and embr...

Partnerships between providers and advocates: A key to oral health integration in a value‐based care environment

Families USA is proud to be part of a newly released special issue of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, A System Ripe for Change: Progressing Value-Based Care in Oral Health. Value‐based care...