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Comments on “Medically Necessary” Dental Coverage in Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Without Medicare dental coverage, millions of older adults and people with disabilities cannot afford the care they need to get and stay healthy. In this year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS...

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Consumers First Submits Comments To CMS ON CY2023 Physician Payment Rule Supporting Improvements To The Medicare Shared Savings Program And Laying Out Vision For Telehealth Payment And Delivery Beyond The Pandemic

Consumers First submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule which sets the payment rates for how most physicians a...

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Request for Information on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care

Families USA submitted comments for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's Request for Information (RFI) on how to strengthen primary health ca...

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Medicare Oral Health Coalition Applauds CMS’ Inclusion of “Medically Necessary” Dental in Proposed 2023 MPFS

In this statement, the Medicare Oral Health Coalition applauds the inclusion of “medically necessary” Medicare dental coverage in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. We are thr...

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Consumers First Comment Letter To The Federal Government On The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

Consumers First is an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, employers, labor unions, and primary care working to change the fundamental economic incentives and design of the health...

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Families USA’s Comments on “Affordability of Coverage for Family Members of Employee” (the so-called “family glitch”)

Families USA commented in support of a proposed federal rule to fix the so-called "family glitch." Under current rules, employer-sponsored coverage is considered affordable to a family based on the em...

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Stakeholders Submit Letter to Democratic Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage Priorities

Families USA, along with a diverse group of co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, submitted a letter addressed to Democratic congressional leadership that hi...

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Consumers First Response to Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Request for Information on Merger Enforcement

Consumers First, an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, children, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to change the fundamental economic incentives and d...

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Diverse Array of Stakeholders Submit Letter to CMS on Medicaid Redeterminations

Families USA, along with over 110 co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, insurers, providers, and health equity organizations, submitted a joint letter to the...

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Families USA Comments in Response to Shaheen-Collins-DeGette-Reed Request for Feedback on Insulin Caps Framework

Families USA recently submitted the attached response to a request for comment on the legislative framework released by Senators Collins and Shaheen and Representatives DeGette and Reed that seeks to ...

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