Familiesusa.org

What Is Health Equity

WEBFamilies USA - SaRa Skipper on Health Equity. One of Families USA’s most important social justice missions is building a nation where no one faces barriers to a healthy life …

Actived: 8 days ago

URL: https://familiesusa.org/health-equity/

Advancing Equity in 2022: Federal Policy Priorities to Promote …

WEBOur nation must heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a disproportionate toll on people of color and exposed painful but persistent truths …

Category:  Health Go Health

2024 State Legislative Outlook: Top 10 Health Policies for Health

WEBOver the last year, health advocates across the country worked with their state policymakers to secure meaningful progress toward our collective goal to improve …

Category:  Health Go Health

Basic Health Program: Nine Requirements for State Programs

WEBNine requirements Basic Health Programs must meet. To operate a Basic Health Program, states must meet the following main requirements. (For more details, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Action Conference 2022 Agenda

WEBGeneral Session: Stories of Struggle and Hope in the Fight for Health and Racial Justice. In the wake of an unprecedented pandemic and a renewed reckoning …

Category:  Health Go Health

What Is Health Care Value

WEBThe Center for Affordable Whole-Person Care was launched, marking a pivotal moment in the health care value movement: an unequivocal declaration that a just system of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Families USA launches bold new plan to make health care more …

WEB06.14.2022 / Press Release Families USA launches bold new plan to make health care more affordable and effective, less complicated. WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Insurance Basics: Key Words and Phrases You Need to Know

WEBThe brochure explains these costs, including. premiums. deductibles. copayments. co-insurance. out-of-pocket limits. Different plans have different rules about …

Category:  Health Go Health

Protecting Access to Essential Reproductive Health Services Post …

WEBThe Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has dramatically shifted the reproductive health landscape in states, severely limiting access to abortion care and …

Category:  Health Go Health

About Families USA

WEBFamilies USA, a leading national, non-partisan voice for health care consumers, is dedicated to achieving high-quality, affordable health care and improved health for all. …

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Justice Now Webinar Series Part 1: Advancing Equity In …

WEBThis is part 1 of the Health Justice Now series.. After one year in office, the Biden administration’s progress towards advancing meaningful equity reforms includes a …

Category:  Health Go Health

Join the Health Justice Now Network

WEBJoining the Health Justice Now Network will allow you to: Get the latest updates and announcements about upcoming webinars and publications on the topics that matter to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Navigating America’s Health Care Woes: A Call for True Payment …

WEBLet’s talk about the current troubles people run into when receiving health care in the U.S. The hassle of making an appointment, switching doctors, getting piles of …

Category:  Health Go Health

Patients will no longer pay more, then get less

WEBDr. Valerie Arkoosh, President of the National Physician’s Alliance, was sick and tired of seeing more and more of her patients paying more for insurance and getting …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Power of Price Transparency: Unveiling Health Care Prices to

WEBEvery person should have the right to know what a health care procedure costs at different hospitals or health care facilities, whether it is an X-ray, an MRI, or a …

Category:  Health Go Health

10 Essential Health Benefits Insurance Plans Must Cover Under the

WEBEHB requirements ensure that everyone in the individual and small group health insurance markets has access to comprehensive coverage that actually covers …

Category:  Health Go Health

A Pro-Consumer Policy Agenda to Achieve Meaningful Health …

WEBFamilies USA and four of our consumer advocacy partners- American Heart Association, National Consumers League, National Partnerships for Women and …

Category:  Health Go Health

Presumptive Eligibility: A Step toward Streamlined Enrollment in

WEBThe Affordable Care Act expands states’ ability to use presumptive eligibility to streamline enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program). …

Category:  Health Go Health

Georgia: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

WEBThe Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance …

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Insurance Basics

WEBProvider Network The doctors and other health care providers who have agreed to work with your health insurance company. Different kinds of plans have different rules about …

Category:  Health Go Health

Policy Development Strategies to Improve Maternal Health

WEBThe United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at rates the U.S. has not experienced since the 1960’s. Maternal mortality rates …

Category:  Health Go Health

Culture and the Community Based Doula

WEBCulture and the Community Based Doula Strengthening Communities through a Culturally Centered Model of Care Chanel L. Porchia-Albert CD, CLC, CHHC

Category:  Health Go Health