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Families USA Statement for the Record for Senate HELP Hearing on High Drug Costs
Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)’s February 8 hearing "Why Does the United States Pay, by Far,...
View MoreTestimony of Sophia Tripoli Before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee “Health Care Spending in the United States: Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers” Hearing
Hearing Highlights Hearing Playlist In this January 31 testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA, dis...
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Cracking the Code on Surprise Medical Bills Pt 1: The No Surprises Act Explained
What Are Surprise Medical Bills? You’re probably asking yourself: what’s the surprise? You go to the doctor, or the ER, or the hospital, or any other medical facility, so you should expect to pay...
View MoreFamilies USA’s Comments On Notice Of Benefit And Payment Parameters For 2025
The “notice of benefit and payment parameters” is a federal rule, issued annually, that updates parameters for health plans operating in the federal and state marketplaces, and can make changes in...
View MoreFamilies USA and 10 undersigned organizations Comment On “Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations” Proposed Rule
Families USA and ten undersigned organizations submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule regarding Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations. T...
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Open Enrollment avoids closing the door on families who rely on Medicaid coverage
Imagine this scenario: It’s time for your child’s annual checkup. You head to the family doctor you’ve been seeing for the past three years. After you arrive and check-in for your appointmen...
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One-Pagers: Investing in Our Moms – Three Ways State Medicaid Programs Can Improve Maternal Health
The United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at rates the U.S. has not experienced since the 1960s. Maternal mortality rates increased by nearly 38% year-over-year fr...
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2024 State Legislative Outlook: Top 10 Health Policies for Health Advocates’ Agendas in the Year Ahead
Over the last year, health advocates across the country worked with their state policymakers to secure meaningful progress toward our collective goal to improve health equity, bolster health coverage,...
View MoreLetter to President Biden on Implementation of the No Surprises Act
Thirteen leading organizations representing consumers, patients and workers, sent the attached letter to President Biden, supporting his administration's work to successfully implement the No Surprise...
View MoreStatement for the Record, House Committee on Ways and Means hearing on No Surprises Act implementation
Families USA Action submitted this Statement for the Record for the September 19, 2023 House Committee on Ways and Means hearing entitled "Reduced Care for Patients: Fallout from Flawed Implementation...
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