2026

Inside the Work Reporting Requirement Implementation Guidance: How CMS’s New Rule Decimates Health Care Access for Millions

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its much-anticipated interim final rule with comment period (IFC) on June 1, 2026, providing guidance to states as to how they must im...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing

On June 10, 2026, Families USA Senior Director for Health Policy Sophia Tripoli testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in a hearing, “Lowering Health Care Costs for Al...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Hearing on “Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access”

Families USA submitted a statement for the record for the June 4 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing on "Medicines and IP: ...

Families Need Relief from Runaway Prescription Drug Costs: Congress Must End Patent Abuses That Drive Up Prices

Americans are increasingly struggling to manage rising health care expenses and are fearful of what a medical emergency could mean for their finances. Prescription drugs are — as they have been for ...

Ignoring Advocate Warnings, Trump Administration Finalizes Harmful ACA Marketplace Changes

People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will face new hurdles and weaker protections under a final rule issued by the Trump administration, which promotes plans with higher ded...

Advocates Were Right to Sound the Alarm: Congress Cut Over $1 Trillion from Health Care — And States Are Already Paying the Price

When Congress debated and ultimately passed H.R. 1 last year, health advocates warned the results would be deadly. Cutting $1 trillion from the health care system — with the majority of it coming fr...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Payment Reform

Today, Families USA submitted a statement for the record ahead of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on “Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for ...