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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.
2019 Federal Policy Agenda
This document outlines the five priority areas that we see at the core of health justice work. Under each priority, we outline our federal agenda for 2019-2020.
Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for Substance Use Prevention to Improve Young People's Lives
This resource explains how key activities and requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act can be used to expand substance use prevention and early intervention services in schools and offers specific advocacy strategies to advance this work.
Policy Principles to Guide Health Care’s Role in Social Interventions
This document lays out 10 principles to guide efforts in the health care sphere to address the social and economic determinants of poor health in ways that elevate and support patients and communities -- critical to achieving health justice.
Addressing Trauma and Children’s Mental Health through Child Psychiatry Access Programs: An Introductory Guide for State Health Advocates
This new resource provides an introduction to child psychiatry access programs and makes some recommendations on how state advocates can start or strengthen programs in their state.
State Efforts to Implement the Free Care Policy Reversal
States and school districts see expanding school-based Medicaid programs as an opportunity to bring in additional resources to increase access to health services for vulnerable students.
Addressing ACEs through Trauma-Informed Health Systems: Practitioner and Practice Level Strategies
Research shows that traumatic events, like parental substance misuse or violence within their home or community, can have lifelong impacts on a child’s mental and physical health.
The Advocate's Guide To: Reinsurance
Reinsurance has emerged as a popular option to lower premiums for those ineligible for federal subsidies, finding bipartisan footing in red and blue states alike, as well as support from the past and current presidential administrations.
Best Practices for White-Led Organizations to Promote Health Equiy and Racial Justice In Health Advocacy
The best practices compiled in this toolkit are from a series of health equity-themed learning community calls facilitated by Community Catalyst with guidance from people of color-led organizations.
National Dental Therapy Standards Consortium Opening Message
An introduction to the National Model Practice Act and accompanying report from Dr. Caswell Evans.
National Dental Therapy Standards Consortium
National Model Practice Act and accompanying report provides states and tribal governments the information needed to create standards and systems for the dental therapy profession that are built on the evidence and experience of existing programs.
Ending Surprise Balance Billing: Steps to Protect Patients and Reduce Excessive Health Care Costs
The growth of surprise out-of-network medical bills has risen to be a top health care concern for many people in the U.S.
Latest Comment Letter
Comments to HHS on Section 1557 of the ACA (i.e. the Health Care Rights Law)
Community Catalyst submits comments on the proposed rule, which seeks to undermine long-needed health care nondiscrimination protections established by the Affordable Care Act.