2025

Families USA and 200 Organizations Send Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy Urging Him to Protect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

On the heels of widespread news reports indicating that Secretary Kennedy is considering removing the current United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) members en masse, Families USA, alon...

Families USA Submits Comments On South Carolina’s Proposed Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Families USA strongly urges CMS to reject South Carolina’s proposed 1115 Demonstration wavier, Palmetto Pathways to Independence, citing its failure to advance the statutory objectives of the Medica...

Families USA Submits Comments on Maine’s Whole Person Care Waiver

Families USA strongly urges CMS to approve Maine’s Whole Person Care waiver in full, citing it as cost-effective and beneficial for vulnerable MaineCare enrollees. Four programs in particular will p...

August of Accountability: Republicans’ Actions in July Are Causing Insurance Rates to Skyrocket

As Insurers Release Their Proposed Rates in All 50 States, Consumers to Face Shocking Premium Hikes The Republican health care cuts signed into law by President Trump this summer will have devastat...

Consumers First Statement For The Record For Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Affordability

Families USA, on behalf of the Consumers First alliance, submitted this statement for the record for the July 31 Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, "Making Health...

What’s Next for CMMI? Promise and Peril in the Latest Strategic Direction

Since its establishment, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has worked to transform U.S. health care payment and delivery by testing models that shift away from paying for ineffici...

A Trillion Dollar Cut to Care: The Fight for Medicare and Medicaid

Commemorating 60 Years of Vital Programs — A Legacy in Jeopardy For 60 years, Medicare and Medicaid have been defining features of the health care landscape, serving as a vital lifeline by providin...

Consumers First 2025 Administrative Agenda: Regulatory Policy Solutions to Drive Value Into the U.S. Health Care System

America’s families, workers, employers and clinicians are caught in a severe health care affordability and quality crisis. While policymakers have taken steps in recent years to begin to lower healt...

Timeline of Trump’s New Health Care Law: What You Need to Know

Earlier this month, Republicans in Congress passed, and President Trump signed, their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes the largest health care cuts in history: more than $1 trillion over 1...

Federal Budget Reconciliation Law Implementation Timeline for Key Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace Provisions

Families USA published a comprehensive timeline of when different provisions of the Republican health care law that will impact Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA enrollees take effect. This implementation p...