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National #VoteLikeHealth Campaign to Put Healthcare at Center of Midterm Elections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 31, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — Community Catalyst, the nation’s leading health advocacy organization, this morning launched its Vote Like Your Health Depends On…
Community Catalyst Continues Multi-State Health Justice Initiative Following Wins on Healthcare, Paid Leave and Child Care
Ongoing Robert Wood Johnson Foundation investment will support organizing, policy advocacy and narrative change in nearly a dozen states FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 5, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA…
Overwhelming Public Comments on Medicaid Work Requirements Raise Concerns About Implementation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 1, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org More than 86,000 comments submitted, but no review planned BOSTON, MA — Community Catalyst, the nation’s leading health justice advocacy organization, is calling on the Centers for Medicare and…
Spike in Uninsured Patients Signals the Initial Fallout of Federal Healthcare Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — Following reporting this morning that hospitals are seeing a rise in uninsured patients following the expiration of premium ACA tax credits leading to higher uninsurance rates and people on plans with unaffordable out-of-pocket costs Shaina Goodman,…
Community Catalyst Statement On DHS “Public Charge” Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2026 CONTACT: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org “The final rule uses confusion as a weapon.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — National health justice organization Community Catalyst — a steering committee member of the Protecting…
Significant Drop in ACA Enrollment Shows a Health Care Affordability Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — The final enrollment data showing a 3 million person decline for the 2026 ACA open enrollment period confirms what families and enrollment assisters lifted up for the last year: we are in a…
New Connecticut Regulations on Predatory Medical Credit Cards a Significant Step and Model for States and Nation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — Health justice advocates in Connecticut and across the country are celebrating a new state law that will protect people…
Community Catalyst Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
Michael Currie, Rohini Kosoglu, Jillian Miranda, Kavita Patel, Asha Rodriguez, Adam Rothschild and Joyce Chan Russell join leading health justice advocacy organization BOSTON, MA — Community Catalyst, the national health justice organization, today announced Michael Currie, Rohini Kosoglu, Jillian Miranda, Kavita Patel,…
Senate Democrats’ Health Care Proposal a Start, But Only That
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2026 Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — Community Catalyst, the nation’s leading health justice advocacy organization, today issued a formal response to the Senate Democrats’…
Rushed Work Requirement Rule for People with Medicaid Insurance Endangers Critical Healthcare and State Budgets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2026 CONTACT: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org BOSTON, MA — Following the release of formal guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to states for implementing…