Title X Gag Rule Goes Into Effect, Obstructing Care For Millions Of Americans
Statement regarding a federal court decision today that has allowed the Trump administration’s harmful Title X “gag rule” to go into effect while court challenges to it continue.
Proposed Trump Rule Would Sanction Health Care Discrimination Against Women and LGBTQ+ People
Statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement today of a proposed federal rule that would undermine enforcement of the non-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557).
U.S. House Votes to Address Spiraling Prescription Drug Costs and Improve Access to Care and Consumer Protections
Statement of Michael Miller, Director of Strategic Policy at Community Catalyst, in response to House passage today of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act.
Community Catalyst Deplores Draconian Abortion Laws Designed to Overturn Roe V. Wade
Statement of Diane Felicio, interim executive director, and Lois Uttley, director of the Women’s Health Program, in response to new law that makes abortion illegal in Alabama, and to other efforts aimed at ending women’s right to a safe, legal abortion.
Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation Grants $1.4 Million to State Advocacy Organizations to Address Social Determinants of Health
The Center launches Consumer Voices for Engagement 2.0 (CVI 2.0), funding seven state-based organizations for two years to engage and organize consumers with complex needs to advocate for policies and programs that address social determinants of health.
Women and LGBTQ People Will Suffer Under New Trump Administration Rule Making It Easier for Health Providers to Deny Care
Statement of Lois Uttley, Women’s Health Program Director for Community Catalyst, in response to Trump administration issuance today of a final rule expanding the ability of health providers to refuse care based on religious or moral objections.
Trump Administration Takes Another Step To Undermine America's Health Security
Justice Department files brief in support of overturning the Affordable Care Act and stripping health care and consumer protections from millions of people.
New Mexico’s Passage of Dental Therapy Law Builds National Momentum for Changing Provision of Dental Care Amid Oral Health Crisis
New Mexico now joins nine other states in recognizing that dental therapists have the ability to do what many other initiatives before it have failed to do: expand access to quality dental care in communities that have long gone without.
District Court Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements
Protects Health Care for Hundreds of Thousands of Arkansas and Kentucky Residents (BOSTON, MA) -- Statement of Michael Miller, strategic policy director at Community Catalyst, regarding the federal court rulings regarding Medicaid work reporting ...
Deep Divide Emerges on Future of America’s Health Care
House Leadership Offers Health Care Solutions as Trump Administration Doubles Down on Undermining Quality Affordable Coverage Media Contact: Stephen Eisele, (314) 282-8372 Statement of Diane Felicio, interim director of Community Catalyst, in response ...
Rob Restuccia, Key Architect of the Health Reform Movement, Dies at Age 69
Community Catalyst today announced that Robert Restuccia, its founding executive director and a trailblazing leader in the consumer-led health advocacy movement, has died at age 69.
MORE Health Education Act a Needed Step to Boosting Health Coverage for America’s Uninsured
Statement of Dara Taylor, Community Catalyst’s Director of Consumer Assistance, regarding the introduction of the Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower (MORE) Health Education Act.
U.S. House Takes Important Step to Shield Americans' Health Care From Frivolous Lawsuit
Statement in response to a vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a resolution directing the House Counsel to intervene in the Texas v. United States lawsuit, which seeks to strike down the Affordable Care Act
Enrollment in ACA Marketplace Remains Strong Despite Campaign to Thwart it
Statement regarding the end of the sixth enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act and the announcement by CMS that over 8.4 million people have selected a plan through the federally facilitated marketplace, healthcare.gov.
Ruling Striking Down the Affordable Care Act is Catastrophic for the Nation
30 Million people could lose coverage and protections for pre-existing conditions could be gutted