2024

Help Alabama Families Impacted by Diabetes: Expand CGM Access

The burden of diabetes across the state of Alabama weighs heavily on communities and families. This webinar features insight from folks on-the-ground who have expertise in chronic disease management, ...

Priorities in 2025 MPFS and OPPS Proposed Rules

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released annual proposed rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) with request for publ...

The Weight of High Hospital Prices: Keeping Workers and Small Businesses Under Water

Our nation's health care affordability crisis not only harms patients and their families, it is actively hurting workers and small businesses. High and rising hospital prices are a hidden driver of st...

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing Legislative Agenda

The high and rising cost of hospital care is a leading driver of our nation’s health care affordability and quality crisis. Nearly half of all Americans have reported having to forgo medical care du...

Families USA Comments on Proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Regulation for Calendar Year 2025

Families USA submitted comments on the proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Calendar Year 2025. Medicare payment policy establishes a standard often...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Hearing on the Transition To Value-Based Care

Families USA has submitted the statement for the record for the E&C Health Subcommittee hearing “Checking-In on CMMI: Assessing the Transition to Value-Based Care.” Our statement for the re...

Cracking the Code on Surprise Medical Bills Pt 2: NSA Under Threat

Medical debt shouldn't ruin lives, but unfortunately, it's still a big issue in the U.S. Before 2021, one of the nastiest surprises people could face was getting slammed with unexpected medical bills ...

Breaking Barriers in Health Equity: The Vital Need for Increased Representation in Health Care Professions

The United States has become increasingly more diverse over time, with individuals who identify as persons of color; Black, Latino, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) making up 43.6% of th...

Consumers, Workers, Employers, and Providers Urge Senate to Hold Hearing on Health Care Affordability

Families USA led nearly 50 partners in a letter calling on the Senate Finance Committee to hold an immediate hearing on the nation’s health care affordability crisis and the ways in which big health...

Families USA Comment on Tri-Agency Consolidation Request for Information

Families USA appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) on Consolidation in Health Care Markets. Central to Families USA’s mission is a commitment to guaranteeing th...