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Sustaining Your Fundraising During the Time of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create new challenges challenges for consumer health advocacy organizations and the communities they support, we hope this toolkit can serve as practical guide to support some financial challenges.
Bigger and Bigger: The Growth of Catholic Health Systems
Catholic health systems are growing and exerting greater influence as they control more hospitals and physician practices. This report examines the growing trends in their growth.
Congress Must Respond to Deep Health Inequities for Black People During COVID-19: Medicaid is the Lever
In this brief co-authored with the National Medical Association, we assert Congress should use the next COVID-19 relief package to include Medicaid improvements that respond to the crisis while also dismantling unfair barriers to care.
Dental Therapy Advocacy: Community Engagement Guide
We are excited to share an advocacy resource on advancing community-centered oral health policy.
Lummi Tribal Health Clinic: Innovative Teledentistry and Access to Dental Care during COVID-19
As advocates across the country seek best practices for maintaining access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic, teledentistry offers one opportunity for maintaining access now and for expanding community-based dental care long-term.
Rooted in Oral Health Equity: A Webinar Series
Season 1 of this webinar series features expert speakers, including authors, advocates, and community voices to provide perspectives on current barriers to optimal oral health and community-based solutions that are having an impact across the country.
Health Care Affordability and COVID-19 - Policy Brief
The arrival of the COVID-19 crisis has only served to highlight gaps in affordability of care, demonstrating that people across the country, including many of the pandemic’s “essential workers,” deserve a more affordable and equitable solution.
We Must Speak Out Against Xenophobia and Racist Attacks
The deliberate use of racist terms and language that promote stigma, fear and discrimination against people of Asian heritage is appalling. We condemn racist and xenophobic attacks on Asian American communities and people from Asian nations.
Advocate’s Guide To: The Health Care Repeal Lawsuit
On Dec. 18, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in the Health Care Repeal Lawsuit, threatening health coverage for millions of people across the U.S. Use this guide as a comprehensive explainer on the case, the decision and next steps.
Healthy Investments: Leveraging Health Plan Capital for Affordable Housing and Community Development
This issue brief, produced with support from the Kresge Foundation, lays out the case for health plans making investments to increase the availability of safe and affordable housing and community development.
Service Disrupted: Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Falling Short for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The problems of MLTSS programs for people with IDD have caused states to rethink managed care as the model for IDD service system reform. In this report, we examine programs in eight states and offer a set of best-practice recommendations.
Policy Brief: Congressional Action on Surprise Medical Bills
Over the past three months congressional committees have convened meetings, collected input from stakeholders and introduced several bills.
Latest Comment Letter
National Birth Equity Collaborative Sign-on Letter to Congressional leadership on the Helping MOMS Act of 2020