Consumer Protection and Experience

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...

Written Testimony of Anthony Wright for Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Hearing

On December 11, 2025, Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright testified before the Senate HELP Committee in a hearing, “Examining the Future of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation ...

Unprecedented Changes by a Little-Known Committee That Controls Our Vaccine Access

This week, a little-known federal committee is meeting to make decisions that could fundamentally change our access to lifesaving vaccines. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has ...

Families USA and 66 National and State Partners Send Letter of Support to Reinstate the Richardson Waiver

Families USA, along with 66 national and state partner organizations representing health care consumers, patients, workers and clinicians has submitted a letter urging Senate Leadership to support S.J...

Not Just a Budget Cut: How 17 Million Lives Are Being Harmed by “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Earlier this month, President Trump and Republican lawmakers’ big budget bill that guts Medicaid and threatens access to health care for 17 million Americans was signed into law. Now, families brace...

The Seven Biggest Threats to the ACA as it Turns 15

Despite Its Popularity, the ACA Remains Under Attack and Faces an Uncertain Future On Sunday, March 23, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will celebrate 15 years of giving hundreds of millions of America...

Families USA Joins Public Citizen Amicus Brief to Defend Cost-Free Preventive Services

Families USA and other nonprofit organizations filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case Robert F Kennedy et al. v Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. The Braidwood case challenges the Afforda...