Health Care Value

What the Government Shutdown Debate is Really About: Health Care Tax Credits for Working Class Americans

Vice President JD Vance outright lied when he posted on X and said on Fox News that the government shutdown is over demands for illegal immigrants to get health care. No such demands exist. The issue ...

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...

Consumers First Submits Comments On MPFS CY 2026

Families USA, on behalf of Consumers First and joined by 14 organizations provided comments on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year 2026 proposed rule. Consumers First offers t...

Consumers First Submits Comments On OPPS CY 2026

Families USA, on behalf of Consumers First and joined by 16 organizations provided comments on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year 20...

Priorities in 2026 MPFS and OPPS Proposed Rules

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXrgWNM-vGg[/embed] In July, the Trump Administration proposed major changes to how Medicare pays for hospital care and physician services in the Ou...

Consumers First Statement For The Record For Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Affordability

Families USA, on behalf of the Consumers First alliance, submitted this statement for the record for the July 31 Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, "Making Health...

Consumers First 2025 Administrative Agenda: Regulatory Policy Solutions to Drive Value Into the U.S. Health Care System

America’s families, workers, employers and clinicians are caught in a severe health care affordability and quality crisis. While policymakers have taken steps in recent years to begin to lower healt...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing On Medicare Advantage

Families USA submitted a statement to the Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittees thanking committee members for holding a timely hearing and stressing the importance of reform in the Medica...

Families USA Submits Comments On 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

Families USA along with 30 organizations submitted comments on proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Calendar Year 2026. The comment letter details t...

Families USA and Public Citizen Lead 37 Organizations Representing Consumers, Patients, Providers, and Unions to Oppose the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act of 2025

Families USA and Public Citizen led 37 organizations representing consumers, patients, providers, and unions in sending a clear message to health care committee leadership that the IRA's Medicare Nego...