Health Equity
Nearly 200 Organizations Send Core Values to Prioritize in Next Relief Package to the Administration and Congressional Leadership
In a letter co-led by American Federations of Teachers, Community Catalyst, Families USA, National Partnership for Women & Families, and Protect Our Care, nearly 200 organizations urge the Biden A...
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Equity in COVID-19 Vaccines: Emerging Lessons from the Front Lines
COVID-19 exposed the problems with our health system, and it has shown what needs to change. As our nation recovers from the pandemic, we must build a "new normal" that prioritizes the communities hit...
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Learnings in Leadership: Karen Kali, Washington, DC
Karen Kali is the Senior Program Manager of Special Initiatives at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). In her role, she focuses on aging in the community, Age-Friendly Banking, healt...
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The Urgent Need to Better Support Home- and Community-Based Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for State Advocates
Under the newly enacted American Rescue Plan, states can receive increased Medicaid funding from the federal government from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, to “enhance, expand, or strengthen...
View MoreHealth 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 ...
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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...
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...
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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 ...
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