Health Care Value

Lay of the Land: Primary Care, Provider Payments and What’s Next

High-quality primary care is the foundation of an efficient, effective and comprehensive health care system. Primary care serves as the main entry point into health care for families, children, aging ...

Consumers First Legislative Agenda 2025: Policy Solutions for the 119th Congress to Drive Value into the U.S. Health Care System

Today, responding to voters clamoring for health care affordability and value, Consumers First, a national alliance representing families, working people, employers, and primary care clinicians, relea...

Families USA Testimony for the New York State Site Neutral Payment Bill

On February 11 Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2025 Executive Budget Proposal:...

Families USA Submits Comments On Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes

Families USA submit comments to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medic...

Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings

After a national election that focused on affordability, Families USA’s new affordability agenda outlines a list of concrete and actionable policy recommendations that would result in lower health c...

Stop Big Health Care Corporations from Keeping Workers and Small Businesses Under Water

American voters overwhelmingly say the economy and rising costs are the top issues that policymakers need to address. There is no better way for Congress to deliver for the American people and small b...

The Nuts and Bolts of Medicare Physician Payment — And Why It Needs Reform

All families and people across our nation should have access to the health care they need at a price they can afford. But our health care system is currently designed to rake in the highest possib...

Families USA’s Comments on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026

Families USA commented on the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters that affects Marketplace coverage for 2026. Our comments focused on: Ways Navigators and assisters might help people ...

Transforming Care: Addressing Health Inequities and Pitfalls through Innovative Models of Care

As part of our mission to advocate for equitable, affordable, high-quality care and coverage for all in the U.S., Families USA is working to support health care policies that move toward an equitable ...

Americans Could See Major Savings on Routine Imaging Services if Congress Makes, “Same Service, Same Price” a Reality

The scariest thing about getting medical treatment shouldn’t be the bill, but over the past few decades, big health care corporations have become big businesses, at a big cost to all of us. So, what...