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Families USA Submits Comments On 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

Families USA along with 30 organizations submitted comments on proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Calendar Year 2026. The comment letter details t...

What They Are Saying: HHS “Marketplace Integrity” Rule

Earlier this year, Families USA submitted comments on CMS' proposed Marketplace Integrity Rule. The rule would drive up costs for people in marketplace plans, make it harder for people to enroll in co...

Families USA Submits Comments On Georgia Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Extension Request

Families USA submitted comments strongly urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject the Georgia Pathways demonstration waiver extension and all future attempts from states...

Families USA Submits Comments On Missouri 1115 Waiver Extension Application; Former Foster Care Youth

Families USA submitted comments in support of Missouri’s waiver to extend Medicaid coverage to youth reside in the state but were formerly in foster care in other states — an essential bridge corr...

Families USA Submits Comments to CMS on Arizona’s Section 1115 Waiver Amendment for AHCCCS Works Program

Families USA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Arizona Section 1115 Waiver Amendment Request pertaining to the proposed Arizona Health Care Cost Containment ...

Families USA Submits Comments to CMS on Arkansas’ ARHOME Medicaid Waiver Amendment

Families USA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Arkansas’ request to amend its Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Project, Arkansas Health and Opportuni...

Families USA and Public Citizen Lead 37 Organizations Representing Consumers, Patients, Providers, and Unions to Oppose the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act of 2025

Families USA and Public Citizen led 37 organizations representing consumers, patients, providers, and unions in sending a clear message to health care committee leadership that the IRA's Medicare Nego...

Families USA Submits Comments on the Proposed ACA Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule

Today, Families USA submitted comments opposing a proposed federal rule that would drive up costs for people in marketplace plans, make it harder for people to enroll in coverage, remove DACA recipien...

Families USA Submits Comments On the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s (ODM) Group VIII Demonstration Waiver

Families USA submitted comments strongly urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject Ohio’s Group VIII Demonstration Waiver and all future attempts from states to adopt w...

Families USA Submits Comments on Colorado’s “Expanding the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Continuum of Care” 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Extension Request

Families USA commented to strongly support multiple aspects of Colorado's waiver extension request, including continuous eligibility for children zero to three years old, 12 months of continuous eligi...