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Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. We connect a network of family organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN.
We promote partnership with families at all levels of health care–individual and policy decision-making levels—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.
Do you have a child or teen who has special health care needs or disabilities? Find support in your local community.
¿Tiene un niño o adolescente que tiene necesidades especiales de salud o discapacidades? Haga clic aquí para buscar ayuda.
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Family Voices News
Affordable Care Act (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
REMEMBER: 2019 Open Enrollment runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, 2018. Study: 4.2 Million Uninsured People Eligible for Free Obamacare Coverage (The Hill, 12/11/18) On December 11, the Kaiser Family Foundation published a report, How Many of the Uninsured Can Purchase...
TRICARE (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
Missed TRICARE Open Season? There's Still Time to Act! Dec. 11, 2018 If you missed TRICARE Open Season, you still have time to enroll. For this year only, you can enroll in or change your TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select plan through Dec. 31, 2018, for coverage...
Other News, Information, and Resources (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
NEWS Comments on the “Public Charge” Rule As reported in earlier Updates --see September 26 Update (p. 3) and October 31 (p. 4) – the Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule to broaden the public benefits that would be considered when determining whether an...
Your Input Sought/Announcements/Of Possible Interest (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
YOUR INPUT SOUGHT Comments on New Standards for ACA Innovation Waivers (§1332 waivers) – due Dec. 24 On October 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released new guidance...
CMS Response to Typhoon Yutu (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
CMS Acts to Help with Typhoon Yutu Emergency Response From the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The actions will include temporarily waiving or modifying certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requirements; creating...
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