News & Updates
-
August 21, 2023News & Updates
The Integration of Culturally Responsive Care in Medical Education
Every person who interacts with the health care system deserves to feel confident that they will receive quality care regardless of their identities. When serving patients with diverse identities, providers must be responsive to patients’ unique needs that may be affected by the social and cultural groups to which they…
-
July 27, 2023Listening Work, News & Updates, Research
USofCare’s Listening Work on Maternal Health: Understanding the Pregnancy Experience of Women of Color
-
July 10, 2023News & Updates, State Efforts
United States of Care Highlights Recent Victories, Positive Trends in 2023 State Legislative Wrap Up Report
With state legislative sessions coming to a close across the nation, USofCare is highlighting some of the major successes and exciting trends we’ve seen across the states recently. Our analysis of the 2023 legislative session reveals three key themes emerging for state health policy reforms: From recent state action to…
-
July 6, 2023Federal Efforts, News & Updates
USofCare Submits Comments In Response to CMS’s Proposals to Improve Medicaid Access and Managed Care Services
On July 3, United States of Care (USofCare) submitted two comment letters in response to two proposed rules by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Pulling from our listening work and our state-based advocacy efforts, we commend the agency for its efforts to expand and improve access to…
-
June 27, 2023Federal Efforts, News & Updates
United States of Care, 16 Health Advocacy Organizations Submit Amicus Brief to Protect Coverage of Cost-Free Preventive Services
Today, United States of Care and 16 health advocacy organizations submitted an amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra to protect coverage of cost-free preventive services. Highlighting how eliminating cost-free coverage of preventive services would dramatically reduce consumer use of preventive services…
-
June 26, 2023Federal Efforts, News & Updates
USofCare’s 2023 Federal Priorities for Health Care Reform
-
June 24, 2023Affordability, Federal Efforts, News & Updates
USofCare Submits Comment Letter on New Rule that Ends an Exclusion of DACA Recipients from Eligibility for Health Coverage
United States of Care (USofCare) submitted comments on the proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to end the exclusion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from eligibility to purchase affordable health insurance plans and obtain subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. At…
-
June 23, 2023Affordability, Federal Efforts, Hospital Fees, News & Updates
USofCare Submits Statement to US Senate Finance Committee on Reigning In Hospital Prices
United States of Care has submitted a statement for the record to the United States Senate Finance Committee, commenting on the Committee Hearing on Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs. In our statement, we urge Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking…
-
June 8, 2023Affordability, Dependable Coverage, Federal Efforts, News & Updates
United States of Care Submits Endorsement Letter In Support of the Bipartisan Site Act
United States of Care has endorsed the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act, legislation that will realign market incentives with peoples’ health care needs at the center – not hospital margins. The bipartisan-backed legislation, which was introduced late last night by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mike Braun (R-IN),…