Fact Sheet

Health Insurance Down Payments: The Maryland Plan

Update 2/26/2018: New data from Urban Institute show why Maryland needs the Protect Maryland Health Care Act. Update 2/20/2018: The Maryland General Assembly holds hearings this week on the bill...

Idaho Insurance Plans Violate Health Care Law and Require Federal Action

Update March 8, 2018: The Trump administration told insurers and regulators in Idaho that they cannot sell health plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the Centers for...

Funding CSR Payments in the Health Insurance Stabilization Package Could Harm Low- and Middle-Income Consumers

Families USA strongly supports bipartisan efforts to give consumers affordable health insurance in the individual market. A successful stabilization bill would enhance affordability and access by rai...

Final 2019 Marketplace Rules from the Trump Administration Will Harm Consumers

In early April, the Trump administration issued its final rule to set standards for health insurance sold in the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces in 2019. In keeping with the spirit of other rece...

Short-Term Plans Do Not Cover Life-Saving Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment

Families USA, Mental Health America, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the National Council for Behavioral Health are four nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations that represent health care co...

How the Affordable Care Act Makes Health Coverage More Affordable

This fact sheet explains how the Affordable Care Act guarantees that more Americans can afford to buy health insurance by providing financial assistance to help people pay for coverage. And thanks to ...

Seven Reasons the Trump Administration’s Short-Term Health Plans Are Harmful to Families

The Trump Administration wants to turn back the clock on protections for health care consumers established by the Affordable Care Act. This latest act of sabotage on the health law came in the form of...

Job-Based Health Coverage and the Affordable Care Act: Why the Law Won’t Cause Employers to Drop Coverage

If you're wondering how the Affordable Care Act will affect businesses that offer health insurance to their employees, you'll want to read this fact sheet full of data that demonstrate...

Keeping Coverage Affordable: Addressing CHIP “Premium Stacking”

This fact sheet examines the difficulty some low-income families will face with affording health coverage in the health insurance marketplaces. While the Affordable Care Act was designed ensure tha...

How the Midterm Elections Could Impact People in America with Preexisting Conditions: National and Key State Fact Sheets, Infographics, and Tables

This midterm election season, some candidates want to take away health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions. This would allow health insurers to return to abusive practices tha...