Coverage

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...

40 States In, 10 States to Go: Medicaid Expansion, A Critical Step to Closing the Health Coverage Gap

After what seemed to be endless years of legislative opposition, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper finally signed Medicaid Expansion into law on March 27, 2023. So, what does this mean for North Caro...

Families USA’s Cheryl Fish-Parcham on Braidwood v. Becerra Case

"Families USA's Cheryl Fish-Parcham on Braidwood v. Becerra Case" [embed]https://youtu.be/RDbCmSX6iiY[/embed] Families USA's Cheryl Fish-Parcham appears on Care Talk to discuss the Texas court rul...

115 House Representatives Urge CMS to Improve Medicare’s “Medically Necessary” Dental Coverage

In this letter, 115 members of the House of Representatives are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use its existing authority to further improve coverage of medically neces...

Nearly 230 Organizations Tell Congress: No Cuts To Medicaid

Families USA, alongside almost 230 national and state partner organizations, submitted a letter to Congressional Leadership in support of the critically important Medicaid program and to express our u...

Health Consequences of a Mifepristone Ban Infographic

As courts weigh extremist attacks on mifepristone, one of the safest drugs on the market, it is important to consider the dire consequences that allowing judicial interference in the FDA gold-standard...

Medicaid Redeterminations Are Here: States Still Have Options to Pave the Way Toward Greater Government Efficiency

On April 1, 2023, states began to redetermine tens of millions of people’s eligibility for health care benefits through Medicaid for the first time in three years — and millions of people are like...

Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Get Health Insurance

Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Get Health Insurance Beginning April 1, 2023, and over the next 12 months, millions of people with Medicaid or CHIP will be renewing their coverage. Some will no...

Need for Oral Health Improvements Finally Being Heard in Congress

Oral health is key to overall health and wellness, employment opportunities, economic stability, and social connectedness. Policymakers have the power--- and arguably the responsibility-- to enact pol...

Families USA Comment on “Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the ACA”

Families USA commented in support of a proposed rule to address coverage of contraceptive services under the Affordable Care Act. Achieving improved health for all requires that birthing people have t...