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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...
On the Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, We’re Counting Down to Lower Drug Costs
On July 30th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, creating the nation’s most beloved healthcare program, which provides care to 66 million seniors and people with disabilities. Over the years more improvements have been made to the program to...
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...
HCANEF Partner Spotlight: Organizing For Abortion Access Through Art in Rhode Island
The Womxn Project, is a grassroots art and activism organization that was founded around a kitchen table in 2017 to fight for abortion rights and reproductive health care. It’s now a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to building a strong movement that...
Medicare Advantage Plans are Scamming Patients and Taxpayers While Racking Up Huge Profits for Insurers
Medicare Advantage plans are private insurance plans in Medicare that have become increasingly popular for enrollees largely due to aggressive marketing. Currently, about half the Medicare population–30 million people–are covered by private Medicare Advantage plans,...
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...
On Roe v. Wade’s 50th Anniversary, Millions of Patients are Unable To Access Abortion
2023 marks the first year in half a century that women in the United States do not have the Constitutional right to access abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark January 22, 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade made abortion legal under the Fourteenth Amendment as a...
President Biden’s Top 10 Healthcare Victories of 2022
In 2022, President Biden and Congressional Democrats delivered on their promises by continuing to expand access to quality, affordable healthcare, and by making historic improvements to Medicare prescription drug coverage that will both lower prices and reduce...
HCANEF Partner Spotlight: Virginia Organizing Fighting for Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice in Wake of SCOTUS Repeal of Abortion Rights
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs’ decision, Virginia Organizing, an HCANEF partner in Virginia, has been bringing people together to protect abortion access in the Commonwealth. Immediately following the June 24th decision, the State Governing Board of Virginia...