People's Experience
Peer Supports in Behavioral Health Care: A 2022 Resource Guide for Advocates
Grim statistics on untreated mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD) in the United States show the pressing need for an expanded behavioral health workforce. Peer support specialist...
View MoreChanging the world around you- Getting involved in LGBTQ Health with De’Shea Coney
To honor Pride Month, we sat down with De’Shea Coney, who works directly with the LGBTQ community in North Carolina on their unique and shared health needs, like finding medical professionals who wi...
View MorePutting people first in health care
A person goes to the doctor. She’s been having back pain for a few weeks, but put off seeking care because she has a high deductible and needs her next paycheck to help cover out-of-pocket costs. Th...
View MoreReflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYA_qv7ZXQ[/embed] Families USA joined Community Catalys...
View MoreOur Health Care System Has Lost Its Way
This is the first resource in Families USA's People First Care initiative. There are two principal financial drivers of unaffordable, inequitable health care and poor health for the American people...
View MoreHealth Justice Now Webinar Series Part 6: The Path to Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers
This is part 6 of the Health Justice Now series. Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a long, rich history of improving health outcomes, particularly within underserved communities. They have been ...
View MoreHealth Justice Now Webinar Series Part 4: Community Voices: How State Policymakers Can Advance Health Equity
This is part 4 of the Health Justice Now series. As lawmakers across the U.S. work to address the country’s health inequities, community-based voices remain an important and necessary piece for s...
View MoreHealth Justice Now Webinar Series Part 2: Community Voice And Equitable Policymaking: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
This is part 2 of the Health Justice Now series. Since Spring 2021, Families USA has worked to address COVID-19’s devastating impact on people of color and its linkages to existing structural ine...
View MoreConsumers First Response to Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
Consumers First, an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to change the fundamental economic incentives and d...
View MoreDiverse Array of Stakeholders Submit Letter to CMS on Medicaid Redeterminations
Families USA, along with over 110 co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, insurers, providers, and health equity organizations, submitted a joint letter to the...
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