2025

Working America Relies on Medicaid: Congress Must Protect Essential Workers from Devastating Medicaid Cuts

In light of Congressional Republican efforts to pass a budget bill that cuts Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, Families USA conducted an original analysis detailing the s...

Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Force Rural Hospitals to the Brink of Closure

To highlight the impact of looming Congressional Medicaid cuts on hospital finances across the country, and particularly in rural communities, Families USA conducted a new analysis to estimate the pot...

Congress’ Provider Tax Proposals Would Be A Huge Blow to State Budgets

Proposals in the House-passed and Senate-proposed budget bills to freeze and/or cut health care provider taxes put all state Medicaid budgets in an extremely precarious position. What’s more, these ...

Harmful Impacts of Proposed House and Senate Budget Bills: What Is at Stake for the 10 States That Have Not Yet Expanded Medicaid

The House budget bill passed by congressional Republicans would cut $1.1 trillion from health care, resulting in 16 million Americans losing coverage and affecting health systems across all 50 states....

Families USA Submits Comments On 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

Families USA along with 30 organizations submitted comments on proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Calendar Year 2026. The comment letter details t...

Details of Provisions Related to Medicare, Medicaid & the Affordable Care Act

The House Budget Bill passed by Congressional Republicans would cause 16 million Americans to lose health care coverage, drive-up health care costs for consumers and states, and force cuts to hospital...

Harmful Impacts of Proposed Congressional Budget Bill on Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and Medicare

National Strategy Field Call

"National Strategy Field Call" [embed]https://youtu.be/xWOKQZ9coXg[/embed] The Senate will return from their recess next week to take up consideration of the House-passed 'One Big Beautiful Bi...

What They Are Saying: HHS “Marketplace Integrity” Rule

Earlier this year, Families USA submitted comments on CMS' proposed Marketplace Integrity Rule. The rule would drive up costs for people in marketplace plans, make it harder for people to enroll in co...

Gender-Affirming Care, Explained and the Importance to the Health Care System for All Americans

Lately we’ve heard a lot in the media and from politicians about gender-affirming care. This is the latest in a steady stream of attacks targeted at specific communities in this country, in this cas...