Coverage

Joe Merlino: Consumer Experience

Joe Merlino: Consumer Experience [embed]https://youtu.be/A-9UpY6vnx0[/embed]

Families Deserve a Plan Digital Day of Action Promo

Families Deserve a Plan Digital Day of Action Promo [embed]https://youtu.be/91W5lN8CoEY[/embed]

Protecting and Expanding Access to Oral Health in 2020: Learning from State Trends in Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage

Six months into the pandemic and resulting national economic crisis, state policymakers are making – and will continue to have to make – tough budget decisions. As advocates, it is our job to make...

Brief for Amici Curiae Families USA Et Al. In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants’ Petition For Rehearsing En Banc

Families USA, together with Young Invincibles and Georgians for a Healthy Future, has filed an amici brief in the case Association for Community Affiliated Plans v. Trump. This case challenges rules t...

Digital Toolkit: Families Deserve A Plan Digital Day of Action

With Congress back in session on September 8th, it’s time to dial up the pressure for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, now. Our community’s advocacy was critical to getting the House to pa...

Rapid Increases in Medicaid Enrollment: A Review of Data from Six Months

In May, Families USA analyzed early trends in Medicaid enrollment related to COVID-19. That analysis highlighted states with early spikes in enrollment in the wake of the pandemic. Not surprisingly, a...

Previous Temporary Increases to the Federal Medicaid Match Have Been Critical to Pandemics and Economic Downturns and Have Phased Out Without Controversy

As Congress considers an urgently needed package of pandemic response measures, questions have arisen regarding whether a temporary increase to the federal Medicaid matching percentage will become per...

State Lawmakers Can and Should Protect Consumers from Prescription Drug Price Gouging during COVID-19 and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the brutal reality of a health care system that is fundamentally unprepared and struggling to meet the needs of America’s families and consumers. While Ame...

The Pandemic Story That Needs to Be Told: How Families with Mixed Immigration Status Are Experiencing the Public Health Crisis

Now that COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 170,000 people in America, there is no doubt our nation is facing an extraordinary public health and economic crisis. While the effects of the pandemic ...

How to Boost Health Insurance Enrollment: Three Practical Steps that Merit Bipartisan Support

NOTE: This blog was originally published in Health Affairs on August 17th, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the vulnerability of working Americans to loss of their health insurance. Employer...