Coverage

Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk

On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ ...

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and Allied Organizations Statement for the Record for the Ways and Means Committee Hearing with Health System CEOs

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and allied organizations submitted this statement for the record to the Ways & Means Committee ahead of their April 28 hearing with health system CEOs. The stat...

Black Maternal Health Is a Fight for All of Us 

As participants in Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) commemorate the week’s 10-year anniversary, Families USA’s deputy senior director of strategic partnerships, Tasha Dawson, sat down with three ...

Families USA Submits Comments on Nebraska’s Proposed Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Families USA submitted comments to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services strongly urging the state to withdraw its proposed Sustainable Coverage Demonstration and retain retroactive Med...

Dissecting the Deepest Cuts: Medicaid Provider Taxes and New H.R. 1 Restrictions

The 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) imposes major new restrictions on states’ ability to generate Medicaid provider tax revenue, including by narrowing states’ ability to obtain so-cal...

Mind the Gap: Bridging the Oral Health Divide for More Affordable and Accessible Coverage

Our country’s affordability crisis is hurting everyday Americans’ access to health care and health coverage. That is just as true for oral health care as it is for other kinds of medical care. App...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli To Nebraska Committee On Retroactive Medicaid Coverage

On February 25, 2026, Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the Nebraska Committee on Health and Human Services, in support of Legislativ...

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...