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States play a critical role in reining in prescription drug costs for individuals and families across the country. Enacting legislation that creates a prescription drug affordability board (PDAB) with the ability to set upper…
As a brand-new parent Lakeisha wanted to build something stable for her and her son, but she experienced a huge setback in 2019 when she was hospitalized with walking pneumonia. At the time her…
As a married Black father, the world that my wife and I have built together revolves around the joy and responsibility of raising our two young kids, Olivia Joy, and Caleb. Together, we navigate…
When you go to the doctor or to the hospital, you expect to feel safe. You expect to be in the best possible place to heal what is ailing you. But if you pull…
With the end of COVID-19 public health emergency-induced flexibilities, nearly 20 million people have lost Medicaid health insurance coverage. Some of these losses were due to those who were found to be no longer…
Medical errors account for 251,000 deaths a year in the U.S. and the error rate in the U.S. is higher than in other countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and the UK. 1…
Oral health is key to everyone’s overall health and wellness, employment opportunities, economic stability, and social connectedness. But for far too many people, affordable and high-quality dental services are out of reach. Significant disparities…
On March 26, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether mifepristone, one of the safest drugs on the market, will remain available for all Americans to take when and where they need…
Families USA submitted comments for the House Education and the Workforce's Request for Information (RFI) on ERISA's 50th Anniversary: Reforms to Increase Affordability and Quality in Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage. Central to Families USA’s mission…
Since the end of the federal public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 and the end of continuous eligibility for Medicaid in April 2023, states have been redetermining every enrollee’s eligibility for the program. In…