2025

Families USA Testimony for the New York State Site Neutral Payment Bill

On February 11 Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2025 Executive Budget Proposal:...

Rallying for Health Care Protection: Insights and Impact from the “Hands Off Medicaid” Day of Action

On February 6, 2025, Families USA, Community Catalyst, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), led hundreds of health care advocates from nationa...

Families USA Submits Comments On Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes

Families USA submit comments to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medic...

Achieving Transparency, Accountability and Quality in Medicaid Managed Care: A State and Federal Policy Agenda

At a time when policymakers are looking to address health care efficiency and affordability, policymakers and consumers should have an accurate and transparent accounting of how health care entities s...

Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings

After a national election that focused on affordability, Families USA’s new affordability agenda outlines a list of concrete and actionable policy recommendations that would result in lower health c...

Medicaid Matters: To People, Our Economy and the Health Care System

Medicaid is a critical lifeline for 80 million people — including rural Americans, children, vulnerable seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income working families and veterans. This publicat...

November Is Diabetes Awareness Month

Every November, Diabetes Awareness Month is observed to raise awareness about the impact of diabetes, a chronic disease that affects millions of people in America. There are multiple types of diabetes...