Since July, a grim drumbeat has sounded from Arkansas: thousands of people losing their health insurance every month, disenrolled from Medicaid and “locked out” from rejoining until next year. This past June Arkansas began… Read more.
11.20.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
On November 6th, we saw a “Health Care Wave” sweep across the country altering the balance of power in Washington and across state capitols across the country. Exit polls revealed what we long suspected:… Read more.
11.19.2018 /
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Insights Blog
Today, in a speech to the National Association of Medicaid Directors, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that the Trump Administration is approving Medicaid waivers that impose work requirements on adults. These requirements are a… Read more.
11.07.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
The fate of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, and Montana lies in the hands of voters with less than two weeks left until Election Day. Advocates, volunteers, and grassroots organizers have put it all on… Read more.
10.24.2018 /
Sophia Tripoli,
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Insights Blog
As the 2018 elections approach, now is the time for people to speak out to candidates about the kind of health care system they want, and to hold candidates accountable for delivering on it.… Read more.
10.15.2018 /
Insights Blog
Hispanic Heritage Month provides us an opportunity to recognize and lift up the achievements and contributions of the 57.5 million Latinos living in the United States. At the same time, it’s important that we all understand… Read more.
10.03.2018 /
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Denisse Sanchez,
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Insights Blog
We’re advancing toward oral health coverage in Medicare, one small step at a time Millions of seniors and people with disabilities rely on Medicare for their health care, but it does not cover their… Read more.
09.21.2018 /
Insights Blog
The health care voter in 2018 will be weighing more than the fate of the Affordable Care Act in Congress. The outcome in many states will determine whether health care options are available for… Read more.
08.29.2018 /
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Insights Blog
Summer isn’t over, but the comment periods for three critical state Medicaid proposals will end before Labor Day. Each of the proposals will mean more red tape and frustrations for families seeking health care… Read more.
08.23.2018 /
Dee Mahan,
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Insights Blog
This week, as part of the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition (CALC), Families USA and other coalition members submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern with the proposed rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” which would… Read more.
08.17.2018 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
Nobody wants a root canal, but millions of Americans with mouth pain know it might be their best shot at protecting a tooth and stopping an infection from spreading—if they can afford it. Oral… Read more.
08.15.2018 /
Melissa Burroughs,
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Insights Blog
In July, Families USA joined the American Dental Association, Oral Health America, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Justice in Aging, DentaQuest Foundation, Santa Fe Group and other industry leaders, in releasing An Oral Health Benefit in… Read more.
08.08.2018 /
Melissa Burroughs,
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Insights Blog
This blog is part of an ongoing series of stories from people across the country who need comprehensive dental coverage, but do not have access to it. Families USA, in partnership with the DentaQuest… Read more.
08.07.2018 /
Michelle Loo,
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Insights Blog
Mississippi is a state where parents must have extremely low incomes to qualify for Medicaid. And adults without kids who are not elderly cannot qualify for Medicaid at all, adults unless they have Social… Read more.
08.03.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Those hottest days of summer have arrived, which means that it's finally the season of congressional recess. The House began its August recess this week and will return to Washington on September 4th. The Senate… Read more.
07.31.2018 /
Tamara Gomez-Ortigoza,
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Insights Blog
Most everybody remembers the dramatic middle of the night vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act on July 28 of last year, punctuated by Senator John McCain’s thumbs-down on the Senate floor. And for anyone… Read more.
07.25.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog