Coverage
All Hands on Deck: Keeping People Covered Through Unwinding
On June 22 Families USA and CMS hosted a webinar providing key information to advocates on how they can ensure that Medicaid unwinding goes smoothly in the coming months. Moderator: Yael Lehma...
View MoreFamilies USA Statement for the Record for House Education and Workforce Mark-Up of Health Care Legislation
Families USA submitted the attached statement for the record to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in advance of their mark-up of legislation related to health coverage, including: H.R...
View MoreCongressional Proposals to Cut Medicaid Would Harm Hardworking Families Relying on Key Services and Put Disabled People in Particular at Risk
*Medicaid cuts threaten coverage for millions of our nation’s children and families* Despite Medicaid’s clear importance and popularity, some congressional leaders are threatening to cut Medicaid...
View MorePowerful Group of Senators Urge CMS to Improve Medically Necessary Medicare Dental Coverage
In this letter, a powerful group of Senators urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use its existing authority to further improve coverage of medically necessary dental care in M...
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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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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...
View MoreFamilies 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...
View More115 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...
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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...
View MoreHealth 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...
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