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
This originally appeared in Health Affairs There has been an important and ongoing effort over the past decade to address the manifest failures of our health care system by changing payment and provider organization… Read more.
07.24.2018 /
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Ellen Albritton,
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a massive public health emergency facing the United States, costing tens of thousands of lives per year and touching every community. Over the past few months, Congress has prioritized… Read more.
07.06.2018 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
Suppose you wanted to help a homeless veteran find a job, but the vet had some sore teeth and needed glasses. Wouldn’t it make sense to cover the oral health and vision care to… Read more.
07.03.2018 /
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Insights Blog
Budget Proposal Would Allow States To Drop Medicaid Transportation Benefits Across The Entire Program Without Precedent The need for transportation among Medicaid enrollees is so widespread that ending Medicaid’s broad “assurance of transportation” would… Read more.
06.12.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Today, the Michigan legislature passed a bill that imposes new work and premium requirements on its huge Medicaid expansion population. Families USA and other organizations have written extensively about how work requirements don't belong… Read more.
06.07.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Kentucky’s successful Medicaid expansion is in jeopardy. The Trump administration approved the state’s request to impose work requirements on people who get health coverage through Medicaid which would lead to people being kicked off… Read more.
06.06.2018 /
Emily Beauregard,
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Insights Blog
Back in March, in the wake of just one in a long line of tragic and senseless mass shootings, Families USA organized a letter to Congress signed by more than 170 national and state organizations… Read more.
05.31.2018 /
Shawn Gremminger,
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Insights Blog
Michigan lawmakers are debating a bill that jeopardizes the Medicaid coverage on which hundreds of thousands of low-income residents rely. While supporters claim the bill will protect people from losing coverage if they take care of… Read more.
05.23.2018 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
Third-party payment programs can improve affordability and increase enrollment for low-income consumers without triggering adverse selection. This week, the Commonwealth Fund published my research report describing several successful programs, primarily local, that use hospital dollars… Read more.
05.22.2018 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
