Resource Roundup

Resource Roundup Update

Late last year, Families USA conducted a survey to improve this newsletter and how we share resources with you. We combed through the responses and took stock of what you said would be most helpful to improve. We've revamped the design and made changes accordingly, including:

• More clear delineation for events, action items, and highlighting of new resources
• Further separating our resources into more specific categories for easier viewing and access
• Emphasizing the most urgent updates and resources so you can find and use them

We hope you enjoy our new Resource Roundup, and that these changes support your advocacy efforts!

Dear Health Advocates,

The Senate is prepared to advance a modified budget framework this week, with Senate Leader Thune making it clear he wants to begin the process Wednesday and hold a vote-a-rama Thursday or Friday. The House is still working off their framework, but both chambers will have to come to the table and agree on a bill to continue moving forward with reconciliation.

As we've mentioned previously, this timeline is ambitious, and if the budget process doesn't begin this week, the Senate will have just one week to wrap it all up before a 2-week recess. There will be a lot of developments this week, and Families USA will continue to update you as the process moves forward.

This week, there are multiple opportunities for you and your networks to stay engaged in the fight. See these resources and opportunities below:

• MomsRising Community Meeting: PROTECT Medicaid
  
  • MomsRising, Caring Across Generations, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Little Lobbyists are hosting a Special Protect Medicaid Community ZOOM Meeting on Thursday, April 3, 8:30 pm ET/ 5:30 pm PT. Sign up here!
• State Health Table: Medicaid Defense Zoom Call
  • Please join Community Catalyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Families USA, and NHeLP this Friday, April 4 at 12 PM ET for the next Medicaid Defense Call to regroup on the latest developments around the budget resolution and reconciliation process.
• Health Action Resource List
  • Families USA recently published our Health Action Resources List on our website, in which we compile resources from our partners for all of you to access in one place. You can find that page here.

• Resource Toolkit: Why Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Should Be Made Permanent. Families USA

• Nevada Testimony: Families USA Testimony for Nevada State Assembly on Hospital Price Transparency Families USA
• Indiana Testimony: Families USA Testimony to Indiana State Senate on High and Rising Hospital Prices. Families USA

• Medicaid FMAP Fact Sheet: Medicaid Federal Funding: Cuts to Federal Share (“FMAP”) Hurt Families, Providers and State Economies. Families USA
• Medicaid Provider Taxes Fact Sheet: Medicaid Provider Taxes: Restricting Them Threatens Hospitals, the Health Care System and State Economies. Families USA
• Medicaid Work Requirements Fact Sheet: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens That Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies. Families USA

• Insights Blog: The Seven Biggest Threats to the ACA as it Turns 15, Families USA
• Families USA In the News
  • Healthcare Dive: Advocacy groups say Medicaid cuts would be ‘catastrophic’
  • Health Exec: Over 300 groups urge Senate GOP to reject Medicaid cuts
  • The Hill: Hundreds of advocacy groups call on Thune to reject House Republicans’ budget blueprint
  • Politico: Advocates pressure GOP over Medicaid cuts

Have a great week,

Nate Keller

Partnerships Mobilization Associate

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