2020

Health Equity Task Force Letter to Capitol Hill on COVID-19

On April 23, the Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation, a Families USA coalition of national and state health equity advocates, sent a letter to Capitol Hill strongly urging...

Five COVID-19 Policy Recommendations Infographic

Dr. Amber Hewitt, Ph.D: COVID-19 and Equity

[embed]https://youtu.be/nRZvjBdyeSo[/embed] Dr. Amber Hewitt, Director of Health Equity at Families USA, discusses the chilling effects that COVID-19 is having on the African American and other...

Five Innovative State Medicaid Approaches to Combat COVID-19

Congress has passed several COVID-19 relief packages in a relatively short time. These legislative measures include a number of Medicaid and state fiscal relief provisions; however substantially more ...

Frederick Isasi: No Surprises Campaign Digital Week of Action

[embed]https://youtu.be/drSXrCV_Iuk[/embed] From April 20th through the 24th, the No Surprises: People Against Unfair Medical Bills campaign is hosting a surprise medical bills Digital Week of ...

Responding To COVID-19: Using The CARES Act’s Hospital Fund To Help The Uninsured, Achieve Other Goals

NOTE: This blog was originally published in Health Affairs on April 11, 2020.  The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by the President on March 27, 2020, includes ...

COVID-19: State Opportunities and the Next Federal Response Package

As Congress begins to take action on “phase 4” legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an important opportunity for health advocates to push for improved health coverage, acces...

COVID-19 Policy Recommendations

The United States is facing its greatest public health emergency in more than a century. Less than three months after the U.S. made its first COVID-19 diagnosis, more than half a million people have c...

Families USA’s State Comment Letter on Oklahoma’s Per Capita Cap 1115 Waiver

Families USA submitted this letter in response to Oklahoma’s request for comments on its proposed section 1115 waiver to institute a per capita cap that limits federal funding for the state’s Medi...

Nebraska Must Expand Medicaid Now to Protect its Workers

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, it is especially vital that all Americans have health insurance coverage to access testing and treatment. Yet many working Nebraskans are rapidly losing their jobs and ...