Health Equity

Key Recommendations for Continued Equity Improvements, FY2025 IPPS Proposed Rule, IQR Program

Hospitals are essential to the U.S. health care system and have a critical responsibility to drive improvements in health equity and must be held accountable for driving those improvements and reversi...

Policy Development Strategies to Improve Maternal Health

Building a health care system that centers the needs of our mothers and babies requires new policy approaches: The United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at rate...

One-Pagers: Investing in Our Moms – Three Ways State Medicaid Programs Can Improve Maternal Health

The United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at rates the U.S. has not experienced since the 1960s. Maternal mortality rates increased by nearly 38% year-over-year fr...

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,...

The Difference a Year Makes in the World of Medicare: A Look at the Impact

It has been exactly one year since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, putting significant drug pricing reforms into effect that both expand access to medication and make it more affo...

Celebrating Disability Pride Month With Ola Ojewumi

July is Disability Pride Month, and Families USA was honored to have a conversation with Disability Rights Activist Ola Ojewumi about her personal health care journey and the work she do...

Ensuring Health Care Coverage for DACA Recipients

Families USA has submitted a comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule "Clarifying Eligibility...

All Hands on Deck: Keeping People Covered Through Unwinding

On June 22 Families USA and CMS hosted a webinar providing key information to advocates on how they can ensure that Medicaid unwinding goes smoothly in the coming months. Moderator: Yael Lehma...

Families USA Statement for the Record for House Education and Workforce Mark-Up of Health Care Legislation

Families USA submitted the attached statement for the record to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in advance of their mark-up of legislation related to health coverage, including: H.R...

Congressional Proposals to Cut Medicaid Would Harm Hardworking Families Relying on Key Services and Put Disabled People in Particular at Risk

*Medicaid cuts threaten coverage for millions of our nation’s children and families* Despite Medicaid’s clear importance and popularity, some congressional leaders are threatening to cut Medicaid...