Health Care Value

Families USA Statement for the Record for Finance Committee Inflation Reduction Act Hearing

Families USA submitted this statement for the record for the Finance’s hearing “Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act.” In our stateme...

Families USA Submits Comments on 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule

Families USA, joined by 16 organizations, submitted comments on the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. If implemented, the recommended payment changes have t...

Families USA Submits Comments on Annual Rulemaking to Improve Health Equity, Value, and Coverage

Families USA submitted two comment letters, co-signed by 28 total organizations, on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year 2025. Submitte...

Proposed Health Insurance Premium Increases: A Call to Action for Advocates

On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted proposed increases in health insurance rates for 2025 on Healthcare.gov. These proposed increases often go unnoticed this tim...

Families USA Pens Letter of Support for Critical Health Care Affordability Legislation in Pennsylvania State Legislature

WASHINGTON - Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy for Families USA, today penned a letter of support to Pennsylvania State House Health Committee leadership about PA HB2344. The legislatio...

Tackling High Health Care Costs for Millions: The IRA’s Promising Path Forward

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law in 2022, laying the foundation for a new pathway to affordable and accessible health care by addressing both the symptoms and root causes of high ...

CMS Issues Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule

On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospit...

America, We Have a Drug Pricing Problem

Congress must act to rein in the cost of prescription drugs for the millions of families struggling. Today, millions of families across the United States are worried about affording the healt...

Congress Must Act: Stop Big Health Care Corporations From Taking Advantage of Rural Communities

A new fact sheet by Families USA details America’s rural health care crisis and how big hospitals and health care corporations are making it worse, not better. Families living in rural communities f...

Families USA Submits Comments on the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

Too many people die waiting for kidney transplants while emerging clinical evidence demonstrates that organs previously deemed not fit for transplant could safely be used, therefore dramatically impro...