Affordable Healthcare
Since our founding, HCANEF has been fighting to ensure that everyone, no matter where they live or what they look like, has access to quality, affordable healthcare. We’ll continue to take on insurance corporations that rake in profits at the expense of our health, fight to reduce racial and gender health disparities, and push to address the current gaps in mental health care, home based community care for older Americans and people with disabilities, and access to healthcare in rural communities. In the United States, we should all have access to affordable coverage and quality care without going into debt, forgoing treatments or suffering hardship to get the services we need.
Lackluster support for Bidenomics reflects Americans’ continued struggle with health care costs
In recent years, the United States has made huge strides in healthcare access. Not only is the rate of uninsured people lower than ever before thanks partially to record Affordable Care Act enrollment, but recent reforms aimed at lowering prescription drug costs by...
More Staff Equals Better Quality Care for Nursing Home Patients
There are over 1.5 million Americans in long-term care nursing facilities today. That number is projected to grow as the elderly population explodes over the coming two decades. In fact, people 65 and older are the fastest growing age segment in the United States...
WV Public Broadcasting: Advocates Celebrate Inflation Reduction Act Anniversary
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Public News Service: As ACA Hits 13th Year, West Virginia Makes Coverage Gains
Thirteen Years After Being Signed Into Law, the ACA is Covering More People Than Ever But More Action is Needed to Finish the Job of Affordable Coverage for All
On March 23, 2010, after years of advocacy from groups like HCAN that mobilized thousands of people to demand action, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Marcelas Owens, an HCAN activist from Washington state who lost his 27-year old...
Biden’s SOTU Includes All We Need to Finish the Job on Affordable Coverage and Lower Health Costs
In his second State of the Union Address, President Biden outlined the accomplishments of the last two years and called on Congress to “finish the job,” demonstrating his continued commitment to increasing access to affordable health care, stopping corporate...
Let’s Celebrate Black History Month and Keep Working Towards Equity
February is Black History Month and though progress on achieving meaningful racial equity is slow, there is still a lot to celebrate even as we chart a course toward more improvements. In the last year, we’ve seen an increasing number of Black leaders in both parties...