At least for the next few months, Congress has shelved its attempts to take health insurance away from tens of millions of people through severe and partisan cuts to the ACA and Medicaid. This… Read more.
09.28.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
Today’s headlines were about Congress turning its attention to tax reform, but there’s still some critical health care business to take care of. Congress needs to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program… Read more.
09.27.2017 /
Dee Mahan,
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Insights Blog
Update 9/25/17: The new Congressional Budget Office report released late Monday confirms that Graham-Cassidy will take health care from millions of people and take a trillion dollars out of Medicaid. Early on the morning of… Read more.
09.25.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
Update 9/21: The Senate could vote next week on Graham-Cassidy. Learn what you can do to stop it. The latest Republican repeal and replace plan may be the last, which is why the plan authored by… Read more.
09.19.2017 /
Insights Blog
Following the failed effort in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in early September, members on both sides of the aisle came together to find bipartisan solutions to the most pressing challenge facing… Read more.
09.14.2017 /
Lydia Mitts,
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Insights Blog
As health equity advocates, we at Families USA share a fundamental vision of a nation where every single human being has an equitable chance to enjoy the best health possible, no matter who they… Read more.
09.12.2017 /
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Maria Walawender,
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Insights Blog
Time is running out for Congress to pass legislation that should be easy: extending funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). If Congress doesn’t act to extend CHIP funding, health coverage for 9… Read more.
09.11.2017 /
Dee Mahan,
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Insights Blog
A growing number of states are using the waiver process to make fundamental changes to the Medicaid program. Many of these waivers set a dangerous precedent for the Medicaid program and affect the entire… Read more.
09.11.2017 /
Dee Mahan,
Andrea Callow,
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Insights Blog
Today, an important new phase begins in the seemingly endless debates over U.S. health care. For the first time in many years, a committee of the U.S. Congress – the Senate Committee on Health,… Read more.
09.06.2017 /
Frederick Isasi,
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Insights Blog
Congress is back from summer vacation and has little time to waste on a packed September agenda. Legislative items on its plate this month include: passing a government funding bill and disaster relief; extending funding for… Read more.
09.05.2017 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
Yesterday, the Trump administration announced drastic funding cuts for outreach and enrollment. This deliberate effort to sabotage the health care law follows previous efforts to reduce marketplace enrollment by slashing advertising funding. The cuts amount… Read more.
09.01.2017 /
Insights Blog
When Congress returns to D.C. from August recess, they will dive right into work that presents both opportunities and threats for health care. As a result, September will be a good time for health… Read more.
08.31.2017 /
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Insights Blog
Oral health is an important part of overall health for everyone – but it can be crucially important to someone who is fighting a serious condition, such as kidney failure, an autoimmune disease, cancer… Read more.
08.29.2017 /
Cheryl Fish-Parcham,
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Insights Blog
Recently, Families USA submitted comments on a proposed rule from CMS for how it will implement the second year of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). MACRA was passed in 2015 with bipartisan support… Read more.
08.23.2017 /
Ellen Albritton,
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Insights Blog
Find out more about Families USA’s initiative to expand the use of community health workers. Connecticut just took an important step toward improving health outcomes for its most vulnerable residents. Earlier this summer, the… Read more.
08.22.2017 /
Insights Blog
After the most recent collapse of Senate efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many in Congress, on both sides of the aisle, see an opening for bipartisan health reform. Rather than take… Read more.
08.17.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
