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A National Patient Safety Board: What America Needs to Ensure Patient Safety

One in four people experience harm from the U.S. health care system, with medical errors and safety events causing over 250,000 deaths each year. These errors are now the third leading cause of preven...

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Congress Must Act: Stop Big Health Care Corporations From Taking Advantage of Rural Communities

A new fact sheet by Families USA details America’s rural health care crisis and how big hospitals and health care corporations are making it worse, not better. Families living in rural communities f...

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La importancia de los créditos fiscales para las primas: Cómo costear un seguro médico a nivel nacional

En la actualidad, casi 20 millones de personas en todo Estados Unidos reciben ayuda para pagar su cobertura de salud a través de créditos fiscales para primas (también conocidos como créditos fisc...

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The Importance of Premium Tax Credits: Affording Health Insurance Coast to Coast

Currently, nearly 20 million people across the United States get help paying for their health coverage through premium tax credits (also known as advance premium tax credits, or APTCs), which they can...

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Families Need Relief from Runaway Prescription Drug Costs: Congress should expand the IRA to protect more people

The rising cost of prescription drugs affects millions of Americans, with nearly 30% of adults forced to ration or skip their medications due to costs. These high drug prices not only force families t...

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Families Need Relief from Runaway Prescription Drug Costs: State Prescription Drug Affordability Boards Can Help

States play a critical role in reining in prescription drug costs for individuals and families across the country. Enacting legislation that creates a prescription drug affordability board (PDAB) with...

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Capping Prescription Drug Copays Is Not Enough – Congress Must Help America’s Families by Addressing the Root Causes of High and Rising Drug Costs

The high and rising cost of prescription drugs in the United States is a significant health and economic problem for families in our country. As federal policymakers continue to address this problem, ...

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One-Pagers: Investing in Our Moms – Three Ways State Medicaid Programs Can Improve Maternal Health

The United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at rates the U.S. has not experienced since the 1960s. Maternal mortality rates increased by nearly 38% year-over-year fr...

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Congress Must Act: Families Across America Should Pay the Same Price for the Same Health Care Services

Americans are struggling with an affordability crisis and rising health care costs, yet our health care system is full of wasteful spending that does not improve people’s health. One prime example o...

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Congress Should Codify and Strengthen Hospital and Plan Price Transparency Regulations

People should know the price of health care services at a hospital or health care facility before they receive care, whether it is an X-ray, an MRI or a surgery. Yet, health care is one of the only se...

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