Health Care Value

Paying the Price: How Drug Manufacturers’ Greed Is Making Health Care Less Affordable for All of Us

Families across America are facing a health care affordability crisis, and the egregiously high costs of prescription drugs play a big part. People are forced to ration or skip their lifesaving and su...

Letter to Congress on Advancing Bipartisan Same Service Same Price Proposals

Consumers First and Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing sent a new letter to Congressional leadership urging the 118th Congress to act now to remedy some of the most obvious health system failings by ...

Medicaid Managed Care: A Multibillion-Dollar Business With Little Oversight

Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are essential to the U.S. health care system and are responsible for delivering health care services through state Medicaid programs to nearly 60 million Ame...

Capping Prescription Drug Copays Is Not Enough – Congress Must Help America’s Families by Addressing the Root Causes of High and Rising Drug Costs

The high and rising cost of prescription drugs in the United States is a significant health and economic problem for families in our country. As federal policymakers continue to address this problem, ...

Big Drug Companies VS. Lower Drug Prices: Breaking Down the Lawsuits

So, what is really happening with the IRA in the courts? Drug prices in the United States are higher than in any other peer country. People are forced to choose between their medications ...

Letter to President Biden on Implementation of the No Surprises Act

Thirteen leading organizations representing consumers, patients and workers, sent the attached letter to President Biden, supporting his administration's work to successfully implement the No Surprise...

2024 State Legislative Outlook: Top 10 Health Policies for Health Advocates’ Agendas in the Year Ahead

Over the last year, health advocates across the country worked with their state policymakers to secure meaningful progress toward our collective goal to improve health equity, bolster health coverage,...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Senate HELP Mark-Up of Primary Care and Health Care Costs Legislation

Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)'s September 21 mark-up of S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care ...

Nearly 100 Groups Support Strong Implementation of Medicare Negotiation Program

Families USA, Center for Medicare Advocacy, and Public Citizen were joined by nearly 100 other organizations, representing consumers, labor, health care providers, and patients, to support the Departm...

Consumers First Submits Comment to FTC and DOJ on Draft Merger Guidelines

Consumers First's Steering Committee–American Academy of Family Physicians, American Benefits Council, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Families USA, and the Purchaser...