Consumer Protection and Experience

Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Rule

Families USA, on behalf of the Consumers First steering committee, submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule. Consumers...

Protect Medicare’s Future: Hold Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program — now covering more than 33 million older adults — was created to deliver higher-quality, more coordinated care at a lower cost. Yet unchecked corporate profite...

The Program That’s Actually Lowering Drug Prices

For decades, policymakers talked about lowering prescription drug prices — in 2022, Congress actually did something about it by passing the Inflation Reduction Act which gave Medicare, for the f...

Families USA Kicks Off 2026 By Uniting Advocates at 31st Annual Health Action Conference

Recapping Health Action 2026, and spotlighting two Families USA storytellers who testified before Congress Families USA kicked off the year with more than 700 health care advocates in Washington, D.C...

Stop the Attacks on Our Communities, Including Our Health

Given our mission to advance health and health care for all, Families USA stands in support and solidarity with the people of Minnesota and across the country to end the current Administration attacks...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the Senate HELP’s Committee Hearing on Medication Abortion

Families USA submitted a statement for the record for the January 14 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, “Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Dru...

What Americans Really Want for the Holidays This Year

Lowering the cost of health care is at the top of nearly every American’s wish list this year. In polls and at the ballot box, voters of all ideologies have singled out health care costs as the top ...

Health Access on The Line: How Trump’s Proposed Public Charge Rule Hurts All of Us and Weakens Our Health Care System

Last week, Families USA submitted a comment on a proposed rule from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) titled Public Charge Ground of Inadm...

State Action Needed to Maintain Access to Reproductive Health: What Advocates Can Do

In the wake of the devastating Republican health care cuts, including sweeping reductions to Medicaid and the ACA, millions of Americans are being forced to grapple with the fallout. Patients seeking ...

Defend Progress. Extend Coverage. Empower Consumers. Protecting CGM Access at the State-Level

While significant progress has been made at the state level to expand coverage, recent cuts to Medicaid under H.R. 1, “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” have put immense pressure on state Medicaid pr...