Health Care Value

41 Consumer and Patient Groups Urge the Trump Administration to Take Real Action on Prescription Drugs

Families USA, Public Citizen, and 39 other national and state-based organizations including the Services Employees International Union, the National Partnership for Women and Families, the AFL-CIO, AF...

Families USA’s Comments on Proposed Rule on Medicare Part D Protected Classes

    Late last year, the Trump administration released a proposed rule as part of its efforts to lower prescription drug prices that, if finalized, could have a significant impact on Medi...

Families USA Comments on Safe Harbor Rule

Families USA submitted this comment to Secretary Azar on the proposed safe harbor rule changes. Under the proposed rule, discounts awarded by prescription drug manufacturers to plan sponsors under M...

Letter to Congress: Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act.

  Families USA submitted the attached letter to U.S. House of Representatives Leadership in support of H.R. 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act....

Frederick Isasi’s Testimony on High Drug Prices to the House Energy and Commerce Committee

In this testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on May 21, 2019, Frederick Isasi, Executive Director of Families USA, breaks down the problem with high drug ...

Medicare’s Drug Benefit: With Regulatory Action Off the Table, All Eyes Are on Capitol Hill

On May 16th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a final regulation for Medicare’s Part D drug benefit for 2020.  The regulation backed off of a proposal that would have crea...

Representative Doggett’s Medicare Negotiation Proposal to Meaningfully Lower Drug Prices

High and rising drug prices jeopardize consumers’ health and well-being.1 To address the harms of high drug prices, families across America want and deserve meaningful reforms that target and reduc...

Consumers First Launch Social Media Toolkit

Value You Can See

We all want value for the dollar when we make a big purchase. Especially when we buy something expensive, we want to know that we're getting a high-quality product that makes a hit to the bank account...

Families USA’s Letter to Capitol Hill on Support for Surprise Billing Legislation

On August 13, Families USA sent this letter to Capitol Hill offering support for legislation to end “surprise billing,” along with specific recommendations for lawmakers as they consider legisla...