Celebrating the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act — important steps forward but unfinished business the nation must address
CHN Staff,
August 9, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will keep health care costs down for millions of Americans, and will make historic progress in protecting us from the ravages of climate change. It will have immediate benefits, and it invests in our future. The Coalition on Human Needs congratulates the Senate leadership for shepherding the bill to its passage in the Senate and celebrates all senators who voted for this important legislation. We look forward to its enactment in the House, and to President Biden’s signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law.
CHN urges Senate to pass Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
CHN Staff,
August 7, 2022
The Coalition on Human Needs supports enactment of The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376. This bill will prevent millions of people from seeing their health insurance premiums rise or become uninsured. It will take important steps towards combating climate change and helping people to shift to cheaper, environmentally sound energy sources. It will reduce the cost of prescription drugs. And it will make a start towards requiring multi-billion-dollar corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes.
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, August 5, 2022
CHN Staff,
August 5, 2022
The reconciliation edition. The Senate is finally poised to enact legislation to address some urgent problems. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is estimated to reduce disastrous carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030, and its support for the transition to renewable energy sources will save the average family $500/year. The bill will prevent millions of people from drastic increases in their health insurance and will stop 3 million from becoming uninsured. At long last, Medicare will be able to negotiate to lower drug prices, and Medicare recipients’ drug costs will be capped, with prescription and health insurance savings expected well beyond Medicare.
CHN unveils 2022 Reconciliation Resource Library
David Elliot,
August 2, 2022
This week, the Coalition on Human Needs unveiled its 2022 Reconciliation Resource Library. This resource will offer one-stop shopping for those wanting to learn more about the Inflation Reduction act of 2020, what it will do, and why it should pass. CHN is posting to the site statements from its member groups and allied groups, as well as analysis of the Act by leaders in Congress, other government entities and a range of experts.
Faith leaders call on Congress to close Medicaid coverage gap
David Elliot,
July 29, 2022
With the clock ticking toward Congress’ annual August recess, faith leaders convened on Capitol Hill this week to urge Congress to close the Medicaid coverage gap as part of reconciliation legislation. Leaders also called for advancing racial equity, addressing climate change, higher taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. But with reports surfacing that the legislation pending in the Senate would not include a provision to help more than two million low-income Americans in 12 states, mostly people of color, access health care, pressure mounted on Senate Democrats to close the coverage gap in states that opted not to do so as part of the Affordable Care Act.
