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Leading Coalitions Urge the Senate to Act on Health Care Affordability
The Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing coalition and the Consumers First alliance, two coalitions made up of leading organizations representing families, workers, primary care clinicians, employers, ...
View MoreFamilies USA Comments on “21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committees Information Blocking” Proposed Rule
Families USA submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule to establish disincentives for certain providers who participate in the practice of health infor...
View MoreFamilies USA and 10 undersigned organizations Comment On “Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations” Proposed Rule
Families USA and ten undersigned organizations submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule regarding Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations. T...
View MoreKey Recommendations for Continued Equity Improvements, FY2025 IPPS Proposed Rule, IQR Program
Hospitals are essential to the U.S. health care system and have a critical responsibility to drive improvements in health equity and must be held accountable for driving those improvements and reversi...
View MoreFamilies USA Stakeholder Letter to the House in Support of Lower Costs More Transparency Act
In America today, our healthcare system is burdening families with insurmountable challenges. The current payment model incentivizes expensive treatments while neglecting the fundamental aspect of qua...
View MoreLetter to Congress on Advancing Bipartisan Same Service Same Price Proposals
Consumers First and Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing sent a new letter to Congressional leadership urging the 118th Congress to act now to remedy some of the most obvious health system failings by ...
View MoreLetter to President Biden on Implementation of the No Surprises Act
Thirteen leading organizations representing consumers, patients and workers, sent the attached letter to President Biden, supporting his administration's work to successfully implement the No Surprise...
View MoreFamilies USA Statement for the Record for Senate HELP Mark-Up of Primary Care and Health Care Costs Legislation
Families USA submitted this statement for the record in advance of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)'s September 21 mark-up of S. 2840, the Bipartisan Primary Care ...
View MoreNearly 100 Groups Support Strong Implementation of Medicare Negotiation Program
Families USA, Center for Medicare Advocacy, and Public Citizen were joined by nearly 100 other organizations, representing consumers, labor, health care providers, and patients, to support the Departm...
View MoreConsumers First Submits Comment to FTC and DOJ on Draft Merger Guidelines
Consumers First's Steering Committee–American Academy of Family Physicians, American Benefits Council, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Families USA, and the Purchaser...
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