Insights Column

No one knows a community better than those who live there: Leaders who stepped up when their neighbors needed them most

Who can believe it has been two years since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down what we all once knew as everyday life in this country? COVID-19 created a whirlwind of uncertainty, filled with unfortunate...

Health and racial justice – Untangling why it is so difficult to make progress

What is the first thing that comes to mind when someone talks about health? Your mind might go to your aching knee or your sister mentioning struggling with depression, or pictures a doctor’s office...

Kicking Off 2022 by Revitalizing the Fight for Health Justice Now

Advocates in the fight for health care justice – the ability of everyone to live their healthiest life – have hit the ground running in 2022. Families USA Executive Director Frederick Isasi, put w...

Let’s make this spike the last one: Strengths and gaps in the White House’s proposal to fight COVID-19 this winter

Mask mandates, postponed football and basketball games, and restaurants closing their dining rooms. Like the horror movie villain who just don’t die, COVID-19 cases are surging for a second consecut...

Changing the World Around You – Getting to Know Health Advocacy with Frederick Isasi

Frederick Isasi is the executive director of Families USA and a trusted leader on how we can make sure we get the best possible care and that everyone can be healthy, regardless of the color of their ...

The Real Cost – Medicare’s Lack of a Dental Benefit is Hurting the Very People Medicare Should be Helping

“I have to choose every month, do I want to buy groceries, or do I want to see the dentist? That’s just not right.” –Debra Smith Debra Smith lives in Spring Hill, Tennessee. In 2015, ...

The Real Cost – The Unavoidable Prices of Prescription Drugs

Families across America are struggling under the burden of soaring prescription drug prices. Almost a third of people across the U.S. have not filled prescription or followed a prescription regimen sp...

What does building back better really mean for our access to health care?

We’re in a pivotal moment for the health care of millions of people. We always seem to be in a pivotal moment lately, don’t we? The COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much about our lives, but one n...

White House Executive Order on Hospital Consolidation Answers Consumer Calls to Lower Health Care Costs for Nation’s Families

On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a new executive order to promote competition in the American economy, a wide-ranging order that includes 72 initiatives across more than a dozen federal...

New data: Medicaid adult dental coverage is wise investment for economic recovery, health

by Melissa Burroughs, Colin Reusch Extending comprehensive oral health coverage to all adults enrolled in Medicaid could save at least $273 million in overall health care spending, per new data relea...