2020

Comments on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Standards, and State Innovation Waiver Regulations

Families USA commented on a set of proposed regulations issued late in the Trump administration regarding a large set of marketplace issues. We objected to a proposed shift to private entities for enr...

Partnerships between providers and advocates: A key to oral health integration in a value‐based care environment

Families USA is proud to be part of a newly released special issue of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, A System Ripe for Change: Progressing Value-Based Care in Oral Health. Value‐based care...

Medicaid Enrollment In The Age Of COVID-19: A Nine-Month Analysis Of Trends Across The Nation

From February through November 2020, Families USA has closely monitored state-by state Medicaid enrollment related to COVID-19 and the economic downturn. Throughout the summer and fall, we observed ra...

Webinar Preview: United for Health- An Advocate’s Guide to Messaging with Shared Values

On Thursday, December 17, for Families USA hosted our webinar, United for Health: An Advocate’s Guide to Messaging with Shared Values. In this session, we released our new messaging guide, United fo...

Health Equity Task Force Urges Biden-Harris Transition Team to Prioritize Racial Equity in Pandemic Response and Recovery Efforts

On December 15, 2020, members of the Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation, a Families USA coalition of national and state health equity leaders, submitted a letter to the B...

United for Health: Messages that bridge the political divide to finish the job on health reform (ABRIDGED VERSION)

If we want to break through the political noise and make real, lasting change, it’s time to talk about health and health care differently. This guide is a science-based messaging tool for advocates,...

Affordable Medicines Are Still Elusive: America’s Families Want Fair Prices

Time and again, people in America recount the increasingly grim trade-offs they must make to afford health care. Today, one in every two people fears bankruptcy due to an unaffordable medical event. F...

Measuring and Improving the Quality of Medicaid-Funded Care to Reduce Disparities in Health and Health Care Outcomes: A Primer for Health Equity Advocates

Despite notable disparities in health status and access to high-quality health care in communities of color and other minority populations, the United States health care system has not prioritized ach...

Over 320 Organizations Urge Biden-Harris Transition Team to Prioritize Health and Health Care

On December 10, 2020, Families USA led over 320 national, state, and community organizations in this letter to the Biden-Harris Transition Team urging the incoming administration to prioritize health ...

Making Progress Toward Health Equity: Opportunities for State Policymakers to Reduce Health Inequities Through Payment and Delivery System Reform

In light of the stark disparities in COVID-19 illnesses and deaths among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color, decision-makers must prioritize policy solutions that measurably improve ...