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Response to Senate Finance Committee’s RFI on Solutions to Improve Maternal Health
Families USA, Every Mother Counts and March for Moms, organizations committed to the development of the strongest possible policies to support the health and wellbeing of moms and babies, responded to...
View MoreFamilies USA’s “Give Families and States COVID-19 Support Now!” Coalition Sign-On Letter
As Congress takes action today to finalize “Phase 3” legislation responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the undersigned organizations, who are dedicated to protecting the health of childr...
View MoreFamilies USA’s Comments on HIT NPRM CMS-9115-P
Families USA recently commented on a proposed CMS regulation aimed at promoting the interoperability of health information technology (health IT). We support the Administration’s efforts to utilize...
View MoreNo Surprises Letter: Congress Must Include an End to Surprise Billing in Pandemic Relief
Families are more vulnerable than usual right now to unexpected health care costs. The No Surprises Coalition sent this letter to Capitol Hill, urging leadership to act now and include surprise billin...
View MoreMulti-Organization Letter to HHS Regarding COVID-19
We, the undersigned organizations, write with urgent guidance on how to best ensure access to coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and treatment during the current pandemic. We welcome guidance f...
View MoreFamilies USA’s COVID-19 Recommendation Letter to the Hill
The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States has exposed many deficiencies within our public health and health care systems. The disease’s spread has been made wor...
View MoreFamilies USA’s Comments on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021
The “notice of benefit and payment parameters” is a federal rule, issued annually, that updates parameters for health plans operating in the federal and state marketplaces, and can make changes in...
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Medicaid Stakeholder Sign-On Letter Opposing Block Grant Guidance
Families USA led over 450 stakeholder organizations to oppose the recent block grant guidance released by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Together, we believe this guidance threatens the e...
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Federal Comment Letter on “Georgia Pathways to Coverage” 1115 Waiver
Families USA submitted this letter in response to CMS’s request for comments on Georgia’s proposal for a new section 1115 waiver to create a new Medicaid eligibility group and add a number of prov...
View MoreFamilies USA’s Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation Comment Letter
For more than 50 years, the Medicaid program provides various ways in which states can pay for part of their share of Medicaid spending outside of use of general funds. Recently proposed regulations -...
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