Coverage
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...
View MoreDigital 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...
View More
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...
View More
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...
View MoreThe 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 ...
View More
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...
View MoreHow 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...
View MoreCross-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 ...
View MoreFighting 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 ...
View MoreWebinar: 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...
View More