2020
“COVID Coverage” Is Not Enough: The American People Need Comprehensive Health Insurance During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Resulting Economic Crash
Less than six months after the first COVID-19 diagnosis in America, the virus had taken a terrible toll. More than 125,000 U.S. residents had died of the disease, exceeding total American casualties i...
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Highlights from the States: Innovative Programs to Support Children during COVID-19
Based on current research, children are less likely than adults to contract COVID-19 or to have significant health consequences because of a COVID-19 infection. However, children have been impacted by...
View MoreConsumers First Comment Letter to the Federal Government on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
Consumers First is an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care working to change the fundamental economic incentives and design of ...
View MoreMedicare Oral Health Coverage: A Winning Issue (Statement to the Presidental Platform Committees)
Families USA is proud to join our partners in the Medicare Oral Health Coalition in the following statement encouraging the Presidential Platform Committees to prioritize Medicare oral health coverage...
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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address COVID-19 Health Inequities
Public conversations surrounding COVID-19 health outcomes in Black and Latino communities must address the role of structural racism, including how community trauma, neighborhood disinvestment, and en...
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Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis Video Analysis
Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis [embed]https://youtu.be/E1QbYcNvBpQ[/embed]
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Families USA’s Federal Comment Letter On Oklahoma’s Soonercare 2.0 1115 Waiver
Families USA submitted this letter in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ request for comments on Oklahoma’s proposed section 1115 waiver to institute a work reporting re...
View MoreFighting to Put People’s Interests at the Center of Health Care Payment and Delivery: A Critical Opportunity
Consumers First: The Alliance to Make the Health Care System Work for Everyone brings together interests from consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care working to change the funda...
View MoreMedicaid Expansion in Oklahoma: Creating jobs, Helping The State Budget Video
Stan Dorn and Carly Putnam discuss Medicaid Expansion in Oklahoma [embed]https://youtu.be/9B_uOmJ2QvM[/embed]
View MoreMedicaid expansion in Oklahoma: Creating jobs, Helping the State Budget, and Protecting Families
The COVID-19 recession, aggravated by worldwide drops in oil prices, has eliminated hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma jobs. Oklahoma voters have the opportunity to take a major step to address these s...
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