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Medicaid and Medicare|People Over Profit

Tax Day Spotlight: Tax Code Fuels Health Inequity, Medical Debt, and Encourages Medicaid Cuts

For Immediate Release: April 15, 2025 Contact: Gena Madow, gmadow@communitycatalyst.org “This Tax Day, the math doesn’t add up—and families across the country are paying the price.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Tax…

Medicaid and Medicare|Coverage & Care

Community Catalyst Leads National Response Against New Rule That Threatens Health Care Access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal | jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org From Repeal to Rollback: The Trump Administration’s New Strategy to Gut the ACA BOSTON, MA—Today, Community Catalyst organized hundreds…

Medicaid and Medicare|People Over Profit

Community Catalyst Warns of Devastating Medicaid Cuts as Budget Reconciliation Moves to Committees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal | jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org “There is simply no way to meet these budget targets without terminating the health care that millions of people…

Medicaid and Medicare|People Over Profit

Community Catalyst Brings Medicaid Advocates to D.C. to Demand Congress Reject More Tax Breaks for Billionaires and Corporations

Leading national health justice organization joins forces with Fair Share America to stop Medicaid cuts and amplify the voices of impacted people from South Dakota and Utah WASHINGTON, D.C. —…

Health Access|Community-First Public Health

ICYMI: RFK Jr.’s Move on Fluoridation Is a Dangerous Step Backward in Public Health

This National Public Health Week, communities are facing unprecedented attacks on evidence-based practices that keep people healthy – from childhood vaccines to fluoride in drinking water. On Monday, U.S. Health…

Medicaid and Medicare|Coverage & Care

Community Catalyst on Senate Budget Reconciliation Vote Which Would Severely Cut Medicaid  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Senate vote on their budget resolution, Mona Shah, Senior Director of Policy and Strategy at…

Medicaid and Medicare|Coverage & Care

Dr. Oz’s Confirmation Puts Medicare, Medicaid And Affordable Care Act At Grave Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate voting to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator for the Centers for…

Health Equity|Community-First Public Health

Administration’s Closing of Office of Minority Health Endangers Public Health and Rural Communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org “This regressive administrative step does nothing but result in poorer health outcomes and increased spending for providers, health systems, states,…

National Health Justice Organization Community Catalyst Names Linda Goler Blount, MPH as New President & CEO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org Goler Blount brings bold vision and cross-sector experience to the health justice movement, further propelling Community Catalyst’s leadership in a moment of…

Health Care Quality & Experience|Community-First Public Health

Community Catalyst: Federal Health Cuts Will Hurt Families and Communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org “These cuts represent a full-scale retreat from our shared responsibility to keep people safe and healthy.” BOSTON, MA — In response to…

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