2020

Unemployment Insurance Websites Are Not Telling Laid-Off Workers About Available Health Programs, Despite Enormous Losses of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Millions of laid-off workers and their families need health insurance. Since mid-March, an estimated 33 million newly unemployed workers filed new claims for unemployment insurance (UI). Experts proje...

Top Three Priorities for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recession Digital Leave-Behind

Key Messages America is in the throes of a profound crisis: deadly disease, economic downturn, and an erosion of families’ financial security. Our elected leaders must act boldly now on behalf of f...

Top Three Priorities for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recession Infographic

Three Key Focus Areas Congress Must Address To Help America’s Families During COVID19

[embed]https://youtu.be/uAkc0TBovJU[/embed] The United States is facing its greatest public health emergency in more than a century. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has devastated families acros...

During COVID-19 Health and Financial Crises, States Should Act Now to Protect Families from Surprise Medical Bills

As our nation confronts a public health and economic threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-ranging effects of C...

The Evolving State Medicaid Landscape in the COVID-19 Era

While waiting for additional federal Medicaid and state fiscal relief support, many governors, state legislators, and Medicaid agencies are finding creative ways to address their residents’ needs. S...

Florida’s Legislature Must Expand Medicaid Now to Protect Workers

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, it is vital that all Americans have health insurance coverage to access testing and treatment. Yet thousands of working Floridians are rapidly losing their jobs and the...

Consumers First Letter to Congress Urging Action on COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a public health and economic crisis in the United States. Three months after the U.S. made its first COVID-19 diagnosis, more than a million people have contracted th...

North Carolina Must Expand Medicaid Now to Protect its Workers

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, it is especially vital that all Americans have health insurance coverage to access testing and treatment. Yet many working North Carolinians are rapidly losing their jo...

Over 400 Organizations Call on Congress to Prioritize Families’ Health in Next COVID-19 Relief Package

On April 23rd, 2020, Families USA led over 400 national, state, and community organizations in this letter to Congress outlining key health and health care priorities for the next COVID-19 response le...