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Protecting Consumers When Health Insurance Marketplaces Allow Direct Enrollment through Web Brokers

Some health insurance marketplaces allow “web brokers” to conduct direct enrollment. This means privately run web broker sites can enroll consumers in marketplace coverage and financial assistance...

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America’s Seniors Deserve Dental Coverage in Medicare: Martha’s Story

Medicare doesn’t cover one part of the body that causes many health problems—the mouth. Two-thirds of the seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare do not have any oral health coverage and ...

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Oral Health For All Story Collection Postcard

This postcard advertises Families USA’s Oral Health for All story collection website, which provides an avenue for people with unmet oral health needs to get involved in changing oral health policy...

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How High Prescription Drug Costs Harm Families

Drug companies consistently set high prices, which forces families to make impossible choices between their health care and other basic needs. Drug companies set exorbitant prices by design to maximiz...

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Webinar: State Options to Rein in High Drug Prices

High prescription drug prices hurt families and consumers by adding financial stress to devastating illness. States have led the way to take action against high and rising drug prices, and with the...

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Statement of Principles: The Coalition for Fair Drug Prices

Eight in ten Americans say the cost of prescription drugs is “unreasonable.” This is a problem driven by high launch prices and price increases, which are rooted in drug corporations’ monopoly ...

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Consumers First Call to Action

Families USA, in partnership with American Academy of Family Physicians, American Benefits Council, American Federation of State, Country, and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Fir...

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Families Need Congress to Stop Surprise Medical Bills Now

For far too long, families have face unaffordable medical costs due to “surprise billing.” Surprise billing, also called surprise out-of-network balance billing, is a common problem when, through ...

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Reining in High Prescription Drug Prices: What Families Need from Congress

This paper from the Coalition for Fair Drug Prices outlines bold recommendations for how Congress can rein in prescription drug prices for America’s families. Congressional committees have advanc...

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