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Families USA Submits Response to Request for Information on New Legislation to Improve Primary Care

Families USA joined 19 other organizations (including consumer, provider, and employer advocacy groups) in submitting recommendations on the bipartisan Pay PCPs Act. Primary care is a cornerstone of o...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for Senate Committee on Aging

On Thursday, July 11, 2024, Families USA Senior Director of Health Policy Sophia Tripoli testified before the Senate Committee on Aging in a hearing titled, Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs an...

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and Consumers First Letter to Senate Committee On Aging to advance bipartisan policies this year

The Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing coalition and the Consumers First alliance - organizations representing families, workers, employers, and health care consumers across the United States - calle...

Families USA Comments to CMS on Medicare Drug Negotiation Guidance

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on how they will implement future rounds of the Medicare drug negotiation process. Families USA submitted comments supporting sev...

Families USA Comments on Proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Regulation for Calendar Year 2025

Families USA submitted comments on the proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Calendar Year 2025. Medicare payment policy establishes a standard often...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Hearing on the Transition To Value-Based Care

Families USA has submitted the statement for the record for the E&C Health Subcommittee hearing “Checking-In on CMMI: Assessing the Transition to Value-Based Care.” Our statement for the re...

Consumers, Workers, Employers, and Providers Urge Senate to Hold Hearing on Health Care Affordability

Families USA led nearly 50 partners in a letter calling on the Senate Finance Committee to hold an immediate hearing on the nation’s health care affordability crisis and the ways in which big health...

Families USA Comment on Tri-Agency Consolidation Request for Information

Families USA appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) on Consolidation in Health Care Markets. Central to Families USA’s mission is a commitment to guaranteeing th...

Families USA responds to CMS Request for Information on Medicare Advantage Data

Families USA submitted comments on the Medicare Program; Request for Information on Medicare Advantage Data (i.e., 2024 Medicare Advantage Data RFI). As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans now provide he...

Testimony of Sophia Tripoli Before the House Budget Committee On “Breaking Up Health Care Monopolies: Examining the Budgetary Effects of Health Care Consolidation”

Chairman Arrington, Ranking Member Boyle, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at this critical hearing focused on the budgetary effects of health care consolidation and ...