Anthony Wright
@awright2care.bsky.social
Executive Director, Families USA. Longtime health care consumer advocate working to make health care & coverage more accessible and affordable, and for health & economic security & justice, for all. Views my own. Go Yankees, Kings, Mammoths, and Sagehens.
We joined hundreds of groups in submitting comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding CMS’s interim final rule on Medicaid work reporting requirements, warning of the impacts on Medicaid and the millions who rely on the program for coverage.
@underwood.house.gov spoke with Executive @awright2care.bsky.social about the importance of the tax credits — and why the fight isn't over to extend them.
🚨DHS finalized a new rule that penalizes lawfully present and eligible immigrants for accessing vital services, leaving some lawfully present immigrant families with the impossible choice of gambling that accessing care won’t cost them their future.
What makes our neighborhoods healthier and safer isn’t ICE enforcement. It’s communities that can access the care, services, and resources they need to thrive and remain resilient, write @awright2care.bsky.social of @familiesusa.bsky.social and Adriana Cadena of Protecting Immigrant Families.
Attacks on Immigrant Communities Are Attacks on All of Our Health
The White House and their congressional allies are funding ICE’s brutal dragnet operations in our communities by cutting health coverage, defending clinics, and making it harder for families to get the care they need.
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"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world.. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.. He has excited domestic insurrections.."
More from the Declaration: "He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.. (5)
From the Declaration: "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither.. (4)
Given everything, it's appropriate that this 250th weekend, when we spotlight the Declaration of Independence, we are currently engaged in a similar fights against tyranny.. against many of the grievances it lists that are highly relevant today.. (3)
Celebrating the 250th of the Constitution in 1787 or Washington getting inaugurated in 1789 gives us a second chance and might make more sense, and we can use those dozen years to reclaim the principles of our founding documents towards that more perfect union. (2)
You never want to go out, but if you do, go out like Cape Verde.
With the President sidelining the official bipartisan America 250 events for his vanity events & politicized programming, my modest proposal is that civic society reset their previous plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in 1787. (1)
With the President sidelining the official bipartisan America 250 events for his vanity events & politicized programming, my modest proposal is that civic society reset their previous plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in 1787. (1)
A reminder that Dick Van Dyke retains the undisputed crown of America's Most Awesome Centenarian for two more days. On Sunday, Mel Brooks will be able to challenge him for that title.
Coming Up On TCM@comingupontcm.bsky.social · last mo.#ComingUpOnTCM CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (1968) Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries Dir.: Ken Hughes 5:00 PM PT An eccentric inventor uses his flying car to free a kingdom of oppressed children. 2h 25m | Musical | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty #IanFleming
As we recognize the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, @FamiliesUSA is proud to be a leader in the fight to protect and restore reproductive freedom. Join us: familiesusa.org/resources/do...
Dobbs Anniversary Day of Action Toolkit - Families USA
This Dobbs Day of Action, join advocates, providers, and organizations across the country in speaking out about the impact of the Dobbs decision.
familiesusa.org
Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...
The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network
NSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation.
easternherald.com
I have to say, removing a usurper king's name from a building really is a great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding.
True story: there's a department (state) and city in Paraguay named for a U.S. President, and I could give you twenty guesses and you'd still probably get it wrong. [It's Rutherford B. Hayes, who arbitrated a land dispute between Paraguay and Argentina in Paraguay's favor.]
Presidente Hayes Department - Wikipedia
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The crew is apparently, probably under orders, slow-walking the building of scaffolding to reach Trump's name... as a large and restless crowd chants "Take It Down"...
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING: Trump admin asks for a 12 hour delay in removing Trump's name from Kennedy Center, saying work got delayed due to thunderstorms. Crowd (including Rep. Beatty) has been outside the center most of the evening.
"Families USA, a nonprofit pushing for health care reforms that benefit everyday people: “We’re going to have a dramatic [increase] in the people who are uninsured and also underinsured; that’s going to put strain on the health care system that we all depend on.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The ACA affordability crisis Congress won't fix
Deductibles are up an average of $1,000 per person and families are gambling on staying healthy.
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“These are literally decisions that will determine whether millions of people will lose coverage,” said Anthony Wright, the executive director of the consumer-advocacy group Families USA @familiesusa.bsky.social www.notus.org/healthcare/t...
The Trump Administration Is Taking a Strict Approach to Medicaid Work Requirements
New rules would help determine whether millions will fall off the program over the next decade.
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These firings of #USPTF members without real rationale further threatens the trust & politicizes the processes that allows Americans to get key preventive services covered without cost-sharing. We must be vigilant to ensure access to vaccines, screenings, contraception and more.
Families USA@familiesusa.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨The Trump administration just fired two leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — the key advisory body that determines what preventive care must be covered at no cost to consumers under the Affordable Care Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-ben...
“It’s a huge issue, and we’re far from mission accomplished,” said Anthony Wright, the executive director for @familiesusa.bsky.social, a health care advocacy group in Washington, D.C. “We shouldn’t have insurers competing on how aggressively they deny needed care.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...
Medical Care Delays for Approval Persist, Despite Insurers’ Promises
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“Congress made deliberate decisions to have premiums spike, to have more people uninsured or underinsured,” Wright argued. “People who are older, they are the ones who got socked in a big way.” truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again
The GOP is heading into the midterms as the party that made health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.
truthout.org
Watch @awright2care.bsky.social break down Grady's situation and what new barriers to care in the Republican health care cuts mean for Medicaid enrollees in our latest Health Policy on "The Pitt" video. ⬇️
With millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage due to Republican health care cuts, we're going to see more situations like Orlando's. In our new Health Policy on “The Pitt” video, @awright2care.bsky.social breaks down what the evidence says about coverage— and how we can fight for better.
BIG WIN IN NEBRASKA: Thanks to the organizing efforts of @neappleseed.org and so many others that generated over 1,300 comments to the NE legislature, the legislature listened — the state is dropping a proposed waiver that would have eliminated retroactive Medicaid coverage entirely.
Families USA Executive Director @awright2care.bsky.social caught up with @neappleseed.org Executive Director Becky Gould to talk about why this matters.
We're continuing to explore health policy on "The Pitt"! 🏥 In this video, @awright2care.bsky.social breaks down medical debt — and it starts with Orlando revealing $100K in debt to his family in the ER. #ThePitt #HealthPolicy #MedicalDebt #ThePittHBO #ThePittSeason2
