Coverage

Cross-Sector Coverage Sign On Letter

On August 11, Families USA and 25 national partners representing consumer advocates, equity organizations, employers, health care providers, patients, unions, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and health ...

Fighting The COVID-19 Crisis By Protecting American Health Insurance

NOTE: This blog was originally published in Health Affairs on August 7th, 2020. As the nation faces its gravest health danger in a century, nothing is more important than making certain that those ...

Webinar: COVID-19 and the Urgent Need to Modernize America’s Benefit Programs

For months, headlines have been filled with alarming stories of middle- and low-income families struggling to obtain benefits they have qualified for: unemployment insurance, Supplemental Nutrition As...

Webinar: Advancing Health Equity through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations

New research supports the value and versatility of CHWs and PPs in advancing health equity. This webinar will discuss our evidence-based and equity-focused policy recommendations to better include thi...

Webinar: Advancing Health Equity through Better Asthma Care

Patients deserve evidence-based, high-value health care rooted in the most rigorous scientific methods. However, research practices that generate our current evidence base have historically excluded a...

State Surprise Billing Laws in the 2020 Session

Surprise medical bills have been harming families for decades. They result when patients unknowingly receive out-of-network care due to no fault of their own. Surprise medical bills can amount to hund...

Telebriefing: Without Federal Support for Health Insurance, Many More Jobs Will Be Lost

This media telebriefing discussed Families USA's new report, Without Federal Support for Health Insurance, Job Losses will Become Significantly Worse, which explores the impact of COVID-19-related ins...

America’s Coverage Crisis Deepens: New Survey Data Show Millions of Adults Became Uninsured, Starting in Late June

Recent research by Families USA and others projects, based on past coverage patterns, that job losses from the COVID-19 economic crash are causing historic increases in the number of uninsured. A New ...

Without Federal Support for Health Insurance, Many More Jobs Will Be Lost

Major health insurance losses are under way, resulting from the COVID-19 economic collapse. This report finds that, even if economic conditions remain no worse than those in May, health insurance loss...

Frederick Isasi and Dr. Amber Hewitt reflect on Rep. John Lewis’ legacy

Frederick Isasi and Dr. Amber Hewitt reflect on Rep. John Lewis' legacy [embed]https://youtu.be/ZExY0DnEneQ[/embed] Rep. John Robert Lewis was a stalwart champion for civil rights, a congression...