Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra spoke at Families USA’s annual Health Action Conference. He talked about steps the Biden administration is taking to close gaps in health c…
159 viewsStacey Abrams, Georgia’s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate and the House minority leader in her state, addressed the Health Action Conference. In her remarks, she talked about the heal…
530 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke at the 2019 Health Action Conference. She talked about diversity in the House Democratic Caucus as well as health care, the government shutdown, and L…
408 viewsPanelists discussed efforts to expand Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as efforts to improve health care access for legal immigrants. “The Future of Me…
156 viewsSenator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) outlined the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for families and urged continued funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This was the keyn…
126 viewsRepresentatives from Washington and Texas talked about the expansion of Medicaid in their states. Topics included efforts to enroll as many people as possible and the various plans available…
2,553 viewsKentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D) gave the keynote address at Families USA’s Winter Conference. He talked about implementation of Medicaid expansion in Kentucky, the only Republican- contr…
3,954 viewsVice President Joe Biden spoke at the opening session of Families USA’s Health Action 2014 conference. He thanked the health care advocacy group for their involvement in the passage of the A…
860 viewsVan Jones talked about the role of government in providing health care and other basic services for individuals.
560 viewsParticipants spoke about implementation of health care reform legislation and strategies for increasing favorable public perception of the health care law. They also talked about health care…
160 viewsPanelists talked about the health care debate in congress and their insights on where the legislation could head next. They also responded to questions from members of the audience.
108 viewsNancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, talked about the Obama administration’s views on health reform, the president’s plans for working with Congress to ach…
193 viewsMs. Tanden spoke to health care activists about strategies for bring reform to the health care system and expected initiatives by the Obama administration. Her remarks were followed by a pan…
83 viewsRepresentative Henry Waxman spoke to health care activists about congressional plans to improve health care policy and various proposals that might be achieved with a Democratic Congress and…
122 viewsParticipants talked about the state of health care in the U.S. and called for grassroots efforts to improve health care systems and coverage. Among the issues they addressed were provisions …
154 viewsFive organizations announced their joint efforts to make health care reform the top domestic priority for the next president and Congress. A new television ad to debut the next weekend was s…
185 viewsWade Henderson talked about health care as a fundamental civil right. He recalled the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, fight for economic justice and the links between economics and healt…
51 viewsGovernor Bill Richardson participated in a health care forum sponsored by Federation of American Hospitals and Families USA. This was the sixth in a series of one-hour discussions with the p…
135 viewsRepublican presidential candidate Senator McCain had five minutes to present his ideas for health care reform. He was questioned by health policy journalists on topics such as the health cov…
119 viewsDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton was questioned about her health care reform policy by journalists. Topics included ways of meeting her health care reform goals, ava…
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