People's Experience

Measuring and Improving the Quality of Medicaid-Funded Care to Reduce Disparities in Health and Health Care Outcomes: A Primer for Health Equity Advocates

Despite notable disparities in health status and access to high-quality health care in communities of color and other minority populations, the United States health care system has not prioritized ach...

Turning Coverage Into Care: How Advocates Can Leverage Administrative Services Organization Contracts to Improve Medicaid Oral Health Benefits For Consumers

While Medicaid adult oral health coverage is foundational for ensuring that all people have access to quality, affordable care, it works only if people know they are eligible for oral health care, hav...

ACA Policy & Impact: Panel and Discussion

ACA Policy & Impact: Panel and Discussion [embed]https://youtu.be/FXe-RqcJTjQ[/embed] The National Health Law Program and Families USA hosted a media briefing for reporters after the Supreme...

It’s Open Enrollment for 2020! Resources to Help Consumers Get Covered

Open enrollment season began on November 1, 2020, and ends on December 15, 2020! Right now, individuals and families looking for health insurance can find and enroll in, high-quality coverage through ...

Letter Urging Improvements to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant System to Better Support Families and Save Lives

Families USA urges the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move quickly to issue a pending rule that would bring much-needed accountability and oversight to our nation’s organ procurement and ...

Supreme Court Decision Will Determine Whether Millions of Americans Will Lose Health Coverage

On November 10, the Supreme Court, with either eight or nine justices, will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down the Affordable Care Act and eliminate critical health care protec...

Why the Supreme Court Should Uphold the Affordable Care Act’s Protections

I am haunted by the memory of an uninsured woman who had advanced uterine cancer. Though a free clinic referred her to a hospital, the hospital refused to treat her, saying it would operate only when ...

The State of Rural Health

Families across America are facing an uncertain future, with concerns about health care front and center. Anxieties fueled by the pandemic are driving conversations about the quality of health care, a...

Webinar: Affordable Medicines are Still Elusive: America’s Families Want Fair Prices

Even before the pandemic, too many families were struggling to make ends meet and making difficult trade-offs between paying for basic needs and unaffordable medicines. These life-altering trade-off...

Meeting this Moment: Preparing to Seize a New Opportunity for Health Care Reform

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health and economic security of every person in our nation, providing us with a new understanding of health. Among many important lessons, COVID-19 has made clea...