Health Equity

The Need to Prioritize Medicare Oral Health Coverage (Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team)

Families USA is proud to join our partners in the Medicare Oral Health Coalition in the following letter urging the Biden-Harris Transition Team to prioritize Medicare oral health coverage as it works...

Centering Equity in Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform: A Guide for California Policymakers

The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) with support from Families USA has published a groundbreaking report to urge California policymakers to address health inequities and racial injustice ...

Learnings in Leadership: Berneta Haynes, Atlanta, GA

Berneta L. Haynes, JD, is the Senior Director of Policy and Access at Georgia Watch, a leading consumer advocacy organization focused on financial and quality of life issues. An attorney and champion ...

Turning Coverage Into Care: How Advocates Can Leverage Administrative Services Organization Contracts to Improve Medicaid Oral Health Benefits For Consumers

While Medicaid adult oral health coverage is foundational for ensuring that all people have access to quality, affordable care, it works only if people know they are eligible for oral health care, hav...

ACA Policy & Impact: Panel and Discussion

ACA Policy & Impact: Panel and Discussion [embed]https://youtu.be/FXe-RqcJTjQ[/embed] The National Health Law Program and Families USA hosted a media briefing for reporters after the Supreme...

It’s Open Enrollment for 2020! Resources to Help Consumers Get Covered

Open enrollment season began on November 1, 2020, and ends on December 15, 2020! Right now, individuals and families looking for health insurance can find and enroll in, high-quality coverage through ...

Letter Urging Improvements to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant System to Better Support Families and Save Lives

Families USA urges the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move quickly to issue a pending rule that would bring much-needed accountability and oversight to our nation’s organ procurement and ...

Webinar: Combating Health Disparities through Equitable Development

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed even more deeply the health inequities that impact our communities. These disparities are profoundly influenced by legacies of segregation and disinvestment that fue...

Supreme Court Decision Will Determine Whether Millions of Americans Will Lose Health Coverage

On November 10, the Supreme Court, with either eight or nine justices, will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down the Affordable Care Act and eliminate critical health care protec...

Why the Supreme Court Should Uphold the Affordable Care Act’s Protections

I am haunted by the memory of an uninsured woman who had advanced uterine cancer. Though a free clinic referred her to a hospital, the hospital refused to treat her, saying it would operate only when ...