Resources
Medical Debt Toolkit: My unpaid medical bill was sent to collection
If you don’t pay your medical bill, the provider can sue you for payment or sell your debt to a collection company. If you fail to pay your bills, it can also hurt your credit score. However, some states have laws that prohibit health care providers from using certain collection practices against patients to collect unpaid medical bills.
View this resourcePower to Change: Practical Messaging Guidance for Health Justice Advocates
This messaging guide translates in-depth audience research into practical, usable guidance for advocates, communicators, and organizers working across health justice issues — from maternal health and Medicaid to medical debt and immigrant health.
View this resourceNon-Profit Hospitals and the Medical Debt Crisis in America
Many non-profit hospitals aren’t living up to their promise to community – and it’s having significant impacts on the health and financial security of people. With 4 in 10 adults experiencing health care debt in America, and the majority of individuals who are in debt to hospitals having insurance, it’s clear the problem is widespread and deserves federal action.
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Unlocking Influence: A Messaging Guide for Persuading & Activating Decision Makers
About the Messaging Guide The messaging guide is an annotated, practice-forward guide summarizes the research’s core messaging strategies, including building trust, acknowledging complexity, calming concerns, nurturing compassion, and activating hope….
Sick Profits: How Health Care Corporations Profit from Tax Breaks While Patients Pay the Price
Authors: Miriam Straus, Policy Adviser, Community Catalyst William Rice, Senior Writer, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) Higher prices, denied care and substandard services – this is what our communities…
Bridging the Gap Between Health Systems & Community
Community engagement is a powerful tool that can build trust, advance race equity and health justice, create cost-savings and efficiencies for health systems, and lead to healthy and thriving communities. …
Preparing to Support Long-Term Services and Supports Needs
Due to the predicted growth in the population eligible for long-term services and supports (LTSS), states continue to explore ways to reduce budget risk, improve the delivery of services, and…
Building the Power of Family Caregivers in the Movement for Health Justice
Family caregivers are often overlooked and undervalued in our society – we’re working to change that. Every day, millions of people in communities across the country care for their loved…
Corporate Greed in Health Care: A Metastasizing Disease
The increasing corporatization of the U.S. health system often prevents people from achieving and maintaining their best health. Large hospital systems are closing locations in lower-income communities. Individuals are frequently…
Improving Health Equity for Dually Eligible Enrollees in Rural Areas
Health plans serving rural service areas confront significant health care delivery challenges, including lack of access to health care, provider workforce shortages, food deserts, poor transportation infrastructure, and inconsistent Internet….
The Future of Long-Term Service and Supports: A Look at Massachusetts
Shortcomings in the long-term services and supports (LTSS) system for older adults and persons with disabilities in Massachusetts – and around the country – have led to widespread discontent. Older…
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Behavioral Health: Leveraging Person-Centered Approaches
This webinar explores how traditional silos of care can impede a comprehensive approach to care coordination and potential solutions to improve behavioral health condition management among persons with intellectual and…
Promising Practices for Promoting Person-Centered Communication and Care Coordination
This webinar highlights key takeaways from discussions among health plans that participated in the Integrated Care Community of Practice focused on care coordination of dually eligible individuals. Health plans share…