2026

Despite Deep Federal Cuts, Medicaid Expansion Continues to Benefit States

The sweeping health care cuts enacted by Republicans in the 2025 budget reconciliation legislation (H.R. 1) take direct aim at states that expanded Medicaid coverage to low-income adults aged 19–64 ...

Post‑H.R. 1, the Fiscal Case for Medicaid Expansion in Holdout States Remains Strong

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) strengthens state economies, reduces the number of uninsured residents, lowers the risk of medical debt, stabilizes hospitals and providers, and ...

Hospital Prices are Crushing Americans: It’s Time for Bipartisan Bold Action to Lower Costs

When Families USA and the right-leaning Paragon Institute agree on something, Congress should take notice. Both organizations — with very little else in common — have released major reports this y...

Dobbs Anniversary Day of Action Toolkit

Reproductive Rights as Essential Health Care Defending and advancing reproductive rights is critical to advancing health equity, protecting personal freedom, and ensuring access to affordable, high-q...

Celebrating Key LGBTQ+ Figures in Health Care

Pride Month is a celebration — and this year, making time for that joy is more important than ever. The LGBTQ+ community is under sustained attack. Research into our health is being def...

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...

Families USA Submits Comments on the 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

Families USA submitted comments on proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Fiscal Year 2027. Changes made through the IPPS rule offer an important ...

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 ...