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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.
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.
Latest Comment Letter
Statement of Community Catalyst on Hearing on the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color
Community Catalyst comments submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee for its May 27, 2020 hearing on on the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color.