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Request for Information on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care
Families USA submitted comments for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's Request for Information (RFI) on how to strengthen primary health ca...
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Community Voice and Equitable Policymaking in the United States: Lessons from COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
The effects of COVID-19 on the United States, and the world, underscore the importance of creating change that strengthens the health and economic well-being of vulnerable populations. Families USA la...
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Making Ends Meet: Reducing Costs at the Pharmacy Counter Will Help Americans Survive Inflation
The high cost of prescription drugs in the United States is a huge health problem and a significant economic problem. Consumers facing increased drug costs report cutting back on key areas of their bu...
View MoreConsumers First Comment Letter To The Federal Government On The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
Consumers First is an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, employers, labor unions, and primary care working to change the fundamental economic incentives and design of the health...
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Putting people first in health care
A person goes to the doctor. She’s been having back pain for a few weeks, but put off seeking care because she has a high deductible and needs her next paycheck to help cover out-of-pocket costs. Th...
View MoreReflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYA_qv7ZXQ[/embed] Families USA joined Community Catalys...
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Our Health Care System Has Lost Its Way
This is the first resource in Families USA's People First Care initiative. There are two principal financial drivers of unaffordable, inequitable health care and poor health for the American people...
View MoreConsumers First Response to Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
Consumers First, an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to change the fundamental economic incentives and d...
View MoreFamilies USA Comments in Response to Shaheen-Collins-DeGette-Reed Request for Feedback on Insulin Caps Framework
Families USA recently submitted the attached response to a request for comment on the legislative framework released by Senators Collins and Shaheen and Representatives DeGette and Reed that seeks to ...
View MoreConsumers First Recommendations to the Healthy Futures Task Force
Members of the Consumers First steering committee sent the attached letter in response to a series of requests for information by the Healthy Futures Task Force, which is a House of Representatives ta...
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