The organization works in more than 40 states, with a primary focus on health issue campaigns, such as access to dental care, preventing substance abuse, and hospital community health benefit programs. The organization supports consumer advocacy networks that impact state and federal health care policy and ensures consumers have a seat at the table as health care decisions are made. Bernard Rosof moderated an open discussion among the workshop participants after the presentations.Ĭommunity Catalyst, explained Taylor, is a national nonprofit advocacy organization that works with national, state, and local consumer organizations, policy makers, and foundations to build consumer and community leadership to improve the health care system. ![]() The final panelist, Renée Bougard, a project scientist in the National Network Coordinating Office at the National Library of Medicine, spoke about the important role that libraries and librarians can play in providing understandable information of consumers on health and health insurance. Amy Cueva, co-founder and chief experience officer of Mad*Pow, reviewed the user-centered design approach her team uses to design readable medical bills and other materials for consumers. Robert Krughoff, president of Consumers’ Checkbook’s Center for the Study of Services, spoke about the tools his organization developed for comparing health plan information. Erin Hemlin, national director of training and consumer education at Young Invincibles, discussed the successful strategies her program uses to reach the young and healthy. Dara Taylor, director of Community Catalyst’s Expanding Coverage through Consumer Assistance Program, described a successful approach for supporting navigators. There are some steps people can take to try to save money.The workshop’s second panel session featured five presentations describing the approaches taken to address various pieces of health insurance literacy. They have limited options to save money by shopping elsewhere, especially if they rely on public transportation. area has several “food deserts.” It means people are locked into whatever price and quality are offered at their local grocery store. What’s a real problem, said Brasler, are choices. READ ALSO | 7News On Your Side: Tips on reaching your financial goals in 2023 “A big complaint about grocery delivery remains that the stuff they delivered, it's not what I would have picked out,” he said. The only store that really comes close is Wegmans,” he said.īrasler also said quality seems to suffer when consumers let someone else pick their produce. area, there's really no one choice where you can get really high-quality products, great produce and pay low prices. READ ALSO | Inflation's impact: American families spending about $371 more a month than year ago For that, consumers may have to pay a little more. ![]() Those stores really do have the lowest prices in the area,” Brasler said.īut they may not have the highest quality. “If you're looking to really cut back on grocery expenses, your best bets are Food Lion, Walmart, Lidl, and Aldi. Overall, they noticed prices everywhere increased between 25 and 30 percent from four years ago. area with a list of 150 items to compare prices, quality, and customer service. Kevin Brasler said for the first time in four years, the organization sent researchers to grocery stores around the D.C. ![]() 7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis spoke with the Executive Editor of Washington Consumers’ Checkbook.
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