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Families USA Submits Comments on CMS 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice for Changes to Medicare Advantage Payment Policies
Families USA submitted comments on the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (i.e., 2...
View MoreFamilies USA Statement for the Record for Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Rare Diseases
Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health “Legislative Proposals to Support Patients with Rare Diseases” on February 2...
View MoreA Pro-Consumer Policy Agenda to Achieve Meaningful Health System Transformation
Families USA and four of our consumer advocacy partners — American Heart Association, National Consumers League, National Partnerships for Women and Families, and Third Way — are proud to introduc...
View MoreThe Human Impact of Payment Reform
The current predominant model for health care payment and delivery encourages one costly medical procedure after another, often embedded with hidden fees and ultimately failing to actually help patien...
View MoreBehind the Cost of Care: An Analysis of High and Irrational California Health Care Prices
Families across California are grappling with the devastating effects of high health care costs. Over half of all Californians have had to skip or postpone needed health care services due to the cost ...
View MoreFamilies USA Provides Comment on Proposed Guidance for March-In Authority
Families USA submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce, and Department of Health and Human Services on a Request from Information Regardin...
View MoreFamilies USA Statement for the Record for Senate HELP Hearing on High Drug Costs
Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)’s February 8 hearing "Why Does the United States Pay, by Far,...
View MoreFamilies USA Comment on Discrimination on HHS’s Proposed Rule: Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities
Families USA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposed rule “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activit...
View MoreSophia Tripoli Testimony To The PA Office Of Attorney General on the Proposed Merger Of Washington Health Care Services, Inc., Into The University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA, submitted testimony to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in advance of their public hearing on January 18, 2024 on the propo...
View MoreMeeting Consumers Deepest Health Care Needs: A Call for True Payment Reform
Consumers across the United States are grappling with a health care system that is failing to meet their needs. Health care is expensive, inaccessible, and often low-quality, resulting in poorer healt...
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