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This is part 2 of the Health Justice Now series. Since Spring 2021, Families USA has worked to address COVID-19’s devastating impact on people of color and its linkages to existing structural inequities in…
Families USA, along with over 110 co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, insurers, providers, and health equity organizations, submitted a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Consumers First, an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to change the fundamental economic incentives and design of the health care system, submitted…
Families USA recently submitted the attached response to a request for comment on the legislative framework released by Senators Collins and Shaheen and Representatives DeGette and Reed that seeks to address the high cost…
Dr. Twylla Dillion is the executive director of HealthConnect One, a Chicago-based organization that helps new and expectant mothers and birthing people get connected to their community for support from their peers, including community-based…
Today, Families USA submitted comments for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) on how to provide better, equitable access to care. As the redetermination process looms ahead, this…
Deployment of community health workers (CHWs) has been limited in the United States for many years despite substantial evidence that shows the model’s effectiveness in many health care settings. During the coronavirus pandemic, the…
This is part 1 of the Health Justice Now series. After one year in office, the Biden administration’s progress towards advancing meaningful equity reforms includes a push for COVID-19 vaccinations in Black and Latino…
Members of the Consumers First steering committee sent the attached letter in response to a series of requests for information by the Healthy Futures Task Force, which is a House of Representatives task force…
Stories about hospital mergers are filling newspaper front pages across the country. But what does this consolidation of power mean for people who show up at the ER in the scariest moment of their…