Mar 23, 2022 MacKenzie Scott announces nearly $4 billion in donations | Associated Press Community Catalyst chosen to receive a generous donation from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Mar 29, 2022 Health Care Advocates Testify on Medical Debt | CSPAN Community Catalyst Executive Director testified at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on medical debt.
Mar 21, 2022 NPR's Marketplace Morning Report looks into the removal of medical collection debt from credit reports Mark Rukavina, medical debt expert at Community Catalyst, spoke to NPR's Marketplace Morning Report, as they looked into the ways removing medical collection debt from credit reports can benefit people.
Feb 23, 2022 Interview: Dental therapists as answer to racial inequities in oral healthcare | Dental Tribune Kasey Wilson, senior policy analyst of the Dental Health Project at Community Catalyst, chats with Dental Tribune about the importance of Dental Therapy.
Feb 02, 2022 Record Enrollment Numbers Send a Clear Message About Health Care Affordability, Access | The Hill Community Catalyst executive director, Emily Stewart, writes for The Hill about the importance of passing the Build Back Better Act.
Jan 31, 2022 Medical debt buries some at UPMC | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mark Rukavina, medical debt expert at Community Catalyst, talked to Post-Gazette about the multiple stories he has heard of health care workers owing money to the organizations that employ them.
Jan 12, 2022 New State Consumer Protections Against Medical Debt | JAMA Network Community Catalyst medical debt expert, Mark Rukavina, talked to JAMA Network about the different ways state and federal policymakers can address the ongoing medical debt issue in our country.
Jan 12, 2022 Column: Hoag hospital finally extricates itself from the heavy hand of Catholic healthcare | LA Times Lois Uttley, program director of Community Catalyst's women's health program, quoted in the LA Times.
Aug 31, 2021 We’re Facing an Oral Health Crisis. Here’s How Funders and Advocates Can Create Lasting Change | Inside Philanthropy With the support of the Care Quest Institute for Oral Health, Community Catalyst embarked on a journey to find out how to advance effective health policy, particularly in oral health. Here are our results.
Aug 09, 2021 The Middle Ground For Fixing Long-Term Care Costs: The WISH Act Marc Cohen, research director at the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, and Stuart Butler co-authored this Health Affairs Blog post on the recently-introduced WISH Act to address the long-term services and supports affordability crisis.
Aug 06, 2021 St. Dominic Knew Patients Couldn't Afford Care. It Sued Them Anyway. | Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting Mark Rukavina, director of our Community Benefit & Economic Stability Project, is quoted in this article by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting on the harmful impacts of aggressive medical billing collection policies on low-income earners.
Aug 02, 2021 At urgent care, he got 5 stitches and a big surprise: A plastic surgeon's bill for $1,040 | NBC News Lois Uttley, director of our Women's Health Program, talked to NBC News about how a report Community Catalyst put out in March found that fewer than 10 states issue facility licenses for urgent care clinics.
Jul 23, 2021 Florida continues to deny the vulnerable healthcare. Congress must do it, instead | Miami Herald Miriam Harmatz, advocacy director and founder of the Florida Health Justice Project, a Voices for Health Justice partner, penned this op-ed calling for a Congress to close the Medicaid coverage gap.
Jul 15, 2021 A Tragic Death Shows How ERs Fail Patients Who Struggle With Addiction | NPR Mark Rukavina, director of our Community Benefit & Economic Stability Project, quoted in NPR.
Jul 01, 2021 As New Hampshire pushes off Medicaid adult dental benefit, experts fear wider implications | Seacoastline Colin Reusch, senior adviser on oral health policy for Community Catalyst, quoted in Seacoastline.