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Advocates Were Right to Sound the Alarm: Congress Cut Over $1 Trillion from Health Care — And States Are Already Paying the Price

When Congress debated and ultimately passed H.R. 1 last year, health advocates warned the results would be deadly. Cutting $1 trillion from the health care system — with the majority of it coming from… Read more.

05.21.2026 / Ben Anderson, / Insights Blog

Erased Twice: Federal Disinvestment Is Deepening AAPI Maternal and Reproductive Health Disparities

May 2026 marks the 35th annual official Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. There is much to celebrate: for generations, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have been core to U.S. society, currently comprising… Read more.

05.19.2026 / Megan Rossiter, / Insights Blog

Families USA Recognizes Maternal Mental Health Week and the Stories of Moms Who’ve Been There

As we approach Mother’s Day, we also mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 4-8), which brings attention to an issue that is often overlooked or minimized: maternal mental health. The postpartum period brings… Read more.

05.08.2026 / Mackenzie Marshall, Kasey Hampton, / Insights Blog

Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk

On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ 2025 big budget bill (H.R. 1). Work reporting requirements… Read more.

04.28.2026 / Mary-Beth Malcarney, / Insights Blog

Black Maternal Health Is a Fight for All of Us 

As participants in Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) commemorate the week’s 10-year anniversary, Families USA’s deputy senior director of strategic partnerships, Tasha Dawson, sat down with three trailblazers leading the way toward a more… Read more.

04.20.2026 / Ben Anderson, Tasha Dawson, / Insights Blog

Mind the Gap: Bridging the Oral Health Divide for More Affordable and Accessible Coverage

Our country’s affordability crisis is hurting everyday Americans’ access to health care and health coverage. That is just as true for oral health care as it is for other kinds of medical care. Approximately… Read more.

03.24.2026 / Bailey Reavis, / Insights Blog

The Battle Over Mifepristone Access in 2026

Mifepristone, commonly known as Mife, is a safe and effective medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than 25 years ago. It has been used by millions of patients in… Read more.

03.10.2026 / Mackenzie Marshall, / Insights Blog

Virginia Has the Opportunity to Lead on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

The high cost of prescription drugs continues to strain families and state budgets alike. Now, Virginia has the opportunity to take a major step forward in lowering drug costs for families at the state… Read more.

03.06.2026 / Bailey Reavis, / Insights Blog

Higher Deductibles, More Barriers, Fewer Protections: How the New Marketplace Rule Would Further Erode Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage

People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will be negatively impacted by new regulations proposed by the Trump Administration, which would promote plans with higher deductibles and cost-sharing and plans with no networks,… Read more.

02.27.2026 / Erin Hemlin, / Insights Blog

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender-Affirming Care

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender- Affirming Care The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on access to health care for transgender Americans, this time by cutting off Medicare and Medicaid… Read more.

02.17.2026 / Maya Holcomb, Christine Nguyen, / Insights Blog

Our Courts Are Deciding the Future of Childhood Vaccines: What Advocates Need to Know

President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy are reshaping America’s public health infrastructure by taking unprecedented steps to alter the childhood vaccine schedule — changes driven by ideology rather than scientific evidence. These actions have… Read more.

02.13.2026 / Naomi Fener, Megan Rossiter, / Insights Blog

The Program That’s Actually Lowering Drug Prices

For decades, policymakers talked about lowering prescription drug prices — in 2022, Congress actually did something about it by passing the Inflation Reduction Act which gave Medicare, for the first time, the power to directly negotiate with drug… Read more.

02.09.2026 / Bailey Reavis, / Insights Blog

Families USA Kicks Off 2026 By Uniting Advocates at 31st Annual Health Action Conference

Recapping Health Action 2026, and spotlighting two Families USA storytellers who testified before Congress Families USA kicked off the year with more than 700 health care advocates in Washington, D.C. to strategize, educate, and… Read more.

01.30.2026 / Tess Herdman, / Insights Blog

Stop the Attacks on Our Communities, Including Our Health

Given our mission to advance health and health care for all, Families USA stands in support and solidarity with the people of Minnesota and across the country to end the current Administration attacks on… Read more.

01.28.2026 / Anthony Wright, / Insights Blog

Medicaid State Directed Payment for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers: Opportunities that Remain and Challenges Ahead

Among the many provisions in the 2025 Republican budget bill (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on directed payments, which states use to boost… Read more.

01.16.2026 / Mary-Beth Malcarney, / Insights Blog

Deadline Day: Enroll in 2026 Health Coverage Today

Open enrollment for marketplace coverage closes in most of the country today. If you have not yet enrolled in coverage for 2026 or were auto-enrolled in a plan, here are some tips: Go to… Read more.