Coverage

Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule

Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule. Many of the policies proposed in the 2027 NB...

Higher Deductibles, More Barriers, Fewer Protections: How the New Marketplace Rule Would Further Erode Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage

People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will be negatively impacted by new regulations proposed by the Trump Administration, which would promote plans with higher deductibles and ...

Families USA Comment on GUARD Drug Pricing Model

Families USA submitted comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) model GUARD (Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs). Families USA supports the broader efforts to...

Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Rule Blocking Access to Gender-Affirming Care

Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Limiting Participation Bas...

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender-Affirming Care

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender- Affirming Care The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on access to health care for transgender Americans, ...

Our Courts Are Deciding the Future of Childhood Vaccines: What Advocates Need to Know

President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy are reshaping America’s public health infrastructure by taking unprecedented steps to alter the childhood vaccine schedule — changes driven by ideology ra...

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...

Deadline Day: Enroll in 2026 Health Coverage Today

Open enrollment for marketplace coverage closes in most of the country today. If you have not yet enrolled in coverage for 2026 or were auto-enrolled in a plan, here are some tips: Go to...

Medicaid State Directed Payment for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers: Opportunities that Remain and Challenges Ahead

Among the many provisions in the 2025 Republican budget bill (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on directed payments, which states use to boost r...