Fact Sheet

Pennsylvania Poll Shows Universal Concern for Cost of Prescription Drugs, Support for Government Action and Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Addressing high and rising drug costs across the country is a key to ensuring high-quality, affordable health care and improved health for all. And it is an issue affecting millions of families regard...

The Reality of Prescription Drug Innovation: Drug Manufacturers Limit Innovation to Protect Patents and Profits

For the first time in history, thanks to prescription drug price reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act, the federal government can negotiate directly with big drug companies to lower the outrageous p...

Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Get Health Insurance

Lost Medicaid or CHIP? Learn How to Get Health Insurance Beginning April 1, 2023, and over the next 12 months, millions of people with Medicaid or CHIP will be renewing their coverage. Some will no...

Keeping Health Insurance Affordable in Illinois: Why We Need Robust Rate Review

For many individuals and small businesses, the cost of health insurance is unaffordable, unpredictable and likely to keep rising — unless Illinois takes action now. Unlike in many other states, Illi...

Congress Should Lower Insulin Costs by Addressing Pricing Abuses in Addition to Capping Co-Pays

Insulin is a critical life-saving and life-sustaining medication for millions of families, and yet the cost remains unaffordable for far too many because of unnecessary price gouging by drug manufactu...

Not a Moment to Lose: Critical Changes States Should Implement to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Losses

If states do not act, many of the over 88 million people who rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their health insurance could lose their coverage when the federal C...

New Protections from Unexpected Medical Bills: What You Need to Know about the No Surprises Act

On January 1, 2022, a new law went into effect that helps protect people from unexpected charges for some types of medical care. This law, the No Surprises Act, applies to people with health insurance...

Nuevas protecciones contra facturas médicas inesperadas: Lo que necesita saber sobre la Ley Sin Sorpresas

El 1 de enero de 2022, entró en vigencia una nueva ley que ayuda a proteger a las personas de cargos inesperados por algunos tipos de atención médica. Esta ley, la Ley Sin Sorpresas, se aplica a la...

The Time is Now for Administrative Action to Improve Medicare Dental Coverage

With millions of older adults and people with disabilities unable to afford the dental care they need to stay healthy, adding oral health coverage to Medicare is both much needed and in high demand. T...

Advancing Equity in 2022: Federal Policy Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Health System Transformation

Our nation must heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a disproportionate toll on people of color and exposed painful but persistent truths about structural inequities in access to...