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Families USA Comments on BHP Funding Methodology

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed significant cutbacks to federal funding for states implementing the ACA’s Basic Health Program (BHP) option. Minnesota and New ...

Families USA Comments on Health Care Choice Compacts RFI

Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Request for Information (RFI) concerning Health Care Choice Compacts. This RFI seeks to “facilitate the purchase of ...

Testimony on Surprise Billing Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

In this June 12, 2019 testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Claire McAndrew, Director of Campaigns and Partnerships at Families USA, breaks dow...

Health Care Consumer Sign-On – Consider Additional Affordability Legislation

Families USA led 45 national organizations in the attached letter urging the Senate to swiftly take up recently House-passed proposals in H.R. 986 and H.R. 987 that improve health care coverage and ...

Dental Therapists Can Improve Access to Dental Care for Underserved Communities

Download full issue brief with endnotes (PDF) Millions of people in this country face significant barriers to obtaining the basic dental care they need to achieve good oral health. As a result,...

Health Reform 2.0: A Call to Action

What’s the next frontier in health reform? Both a call to action and a roadmap for progress, Families USA’s latest report, Health Reform 2.0 lays out a path for securing high-quality, affordabl...

Income Disparities in Oral Health and Well-Being for U.S. Adults

Despite some improvements since a landmark Surgeon General’s report in 2000, unacceptable numbers of adults across all income levels suffer from dental problems that degrade their qu...

Why States Should Offer Extensive Oral Health Benefits to Adults Covered by Medicaid

Millions of adults lack coverage for oral health care and cannot afford to pay for needed care on their own. States can make a difference by covering extensive oral health benefits in their Medicaid p...

Using Hospital Community Benefits to Improve Access to Oral Health Care

As part of their tax obligation to provide benefits to the community beyond hospital care, nonprofit hospitals can fund oral health initiatives such as community dental clinics, mobile dental services...

How Medicaid Waivers Could Limit Access to Oral Health Care

A Medicaid “waiver” is a state request to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain federal requirements of the Medicaid program. Traditionally, Medicaid waivers under section 11...