Health and Economic Security

Families USA Submits Comments on Trump’s Proposed Public Charge Rule

Families USA has submitted comments on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility proposed r...

Health access on the line: How Trump’s proposed public charge rule hurts all of us and weakens our health care system

Last week, Families USA submitted a comment on a proposed rule from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) titled Public Charge Ground of Inadm...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for New Jersey Senate Committee Hearing

On December 8, 2025, Sophia Tripoli submitted written testimony to the New Jersey Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens in support of A5376/S4299. S4299 will help slow decades...

Trump Administration Shuts Down Public Input, Undermining Transparency, Health Equity and Good Policy

HHS Must Reinstate the Richardson Waiver, A Critical Tool for Equitable and Transparent Health Policy Earlier this year, the Trump Administration rescinded the “Richardson waiver,” ending over 50...

Republicans’ Harmful Budget Cuts and Attacks Are Undermining Immigrants’ Health Care

Immigrant Communities Receive the First of Many Blows as States Tackle Federal Funding Cuts As states grapple with implementing the health care funding cuts passed in HR1, many immigrants are losing ...

America’s Voters: We Demand Lower Healthcare Costs

The Families USA poll conducted by Hart Research Associates shows that lowering health care costs is the top priority for American voters across party lines, even surpassing housing, jobs, crime, and ...

Families USA Submits Letter of Gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors

Families USA, along with 15 organizations representing patients, providers, and other advocates aiming to improve diabetes care, sent a letter of gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for expanding M...

Families USA Joins Amicus Briefs to Stop the Trump Administration’s Harmful Marketplace Integrity Rule

Families USA joined amicus briefs in two lawsuits to stop the Trump administration's harmful "marketplace integrity rule" from going into effect. The cases, City of Columbus et al v. Kennedy et al and...

Families USA Submits Comment Letter Pushing Back Against the Trump Administration’s Notice that Unjustly Attacks Immigrants’ Rights to Critical Health Services

Families USA provided a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice issued last month that reinterprets the definition of “Federal Public Benefit” in the Personal ...

Gender-Affirming Care, Explained and the Importance to the Health Care System for All Americans

Lately we’ve heard a lot in the media and from politicians about gender-affirming care. This is the latest in a steady stream of attacks targeted at specific communities in this country, in this cas...