Insights Column

Health Insurance Choices and Yesterday’s Announcement by the President

We are almost six weeks into the open enrollment period, and despite the glitches, thousands of people have signed up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov and state marketplace websites. This means ...

Health Action 2014: Making the Promise Real

Please join us for Health Action 2014, where you will hear from experts about the political context that informs our work, learn to identify unanticipated challenges, and join us in turning our focus ...

Health Security for Young Adults as They Build for the Future

The flexibility and affordability of new health plans under the Affordable Care Act has led to an increased number of young adults buying health coverage. Though the media often criticize Millennia...

Free or Subsidized Health Coverage Available to Most Uninsured African Americans through Affordable Care Act

Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that gave more than 4 million uninsured African Americans one more ...

Families USA’s 2014 Health Action Conference Will Discuss How to Improve Marketplaces for Consumers

Throughout the past six months, the health care advocacy community has focused on outreach and enrollment in the new health insurance marketplaces. This work will continue, but with the New Year, we w...

The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio requirement contributed to slowed growth in health care spending

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest data from the National Health Expenditure Accounts, which show the portion of our economy that was devoted to healt...

Health Action 2014: Advancing the Fight for Health Equity

Health advocates share the hope that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the racial and ethnic health disparities that remain realities in today’s health care system. These disparities transcend age...

Halbig Lawsuit Dismissed: Federal Judge Upholds Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits

A Washington federal court’s recent ruling on the validity of premium tax credits confirmed what most people have assumed since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010: the original inten...

Live from Health Action 2014…Thursday 1/23/14

From: Kate Blocher 6:00pm That wraps up the first day of Health Action 2014. Make sure to join us tomorrow morning when we'll hear from Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear about his experiences implem...

Live from Health Action 2014…Friday 1/24/14

From Talia Schmidt 6:30pm Families USA’s health system reform expert, Kim Bailey, takes the stage to introduce her panel. Her energy is as evident and bright as her fiery red hair as she asks, �...