Health Equity

40 States In, 10 States to Go: Medicaid Expansion, A Critical Step to Closing the Health Coverage Gap

After what seemed to be endless years of legislative opposition, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper finally signed Medicaid Expansion into law on March 27, 2023. So, what does this mean for North Caro...

Health Equity Task Force: 2023 Federal Priorities

The Families USA Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Reform (Health Equity Task Force) brings together the leading organizations on the federal and state level working to ensure that eff...

115 House Representatives Urge CMS to Improve Medicare’s “Medically Necessary” Dental Coverage

In this letter, 115 members of the House of Representatives are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to use its existing authority to further improve coverage of medically neces...

From Amarillo, Texas to Your Medicine Cabinet – Extremist Judges Are Paving the Way for Religious Ideology not Science to Determine Your Family’s Access to Prescription Medications

In the last three weeks, ideological judges – from Texas all the way up to the Supreme Court --have been weighing in on a consequential decision by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in All...

HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Comment Letter

Families USA has submitted a comment letter responding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) r...

Health Consequences of a Mifepristone Ban Infographic

As courts weigh extremist attacks on mifepristone, one of the safest drugs on the market, it is important to consider the dire consequences that allowing judicial interference in the FDA gold-standard...

Need for Oral Health Improvements Finally Being Heard in Congress

Oral health is key to overall health and wellness, employment opportunities, economic stability, and social connectedness. Policymakers have the power--- and arguably the responsibility-- to enact pol...

Families USA Comments on the “Initial Proposals for Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards”

Families USA comments in support of the proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards with a few additional recommendations on how to furth...

Families USA and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance Respond to the Senate HELP Committee’s Workforce Shortage RFI

Families USA is a leading national, non-partisan voice for health care consumers that centers our work around four pillars: value, equity, coverage, and consumer experience. Black Mamas Matter Allianc...

2023 Health Justice Advocate of the Year for Health Equity – Brittney A Newton

"2023 Health Justice Advocate of the Year for Health Equity - Brittney A Newton" [embed]https://youtu.be/TUjajIufjEg[/embed] Families USA has recognized Brittney A. Newton, MPH, Sr. Policy Analyst...