2026

Families USA Statement for the Record for Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs on Prescription Drugs

Families USA submitted a statement on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee outlining how big drug companies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) are driving up the cost of prescription drugs. ...

Protect Medicare’s Future: Hold Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program — now covering more than 33 million older adults — was created to deliver higher-quality, more coordinated care at a lower cost. Yet unchecked corporate profite...

The Program That’s Actually Lowering Drug Prices

For decades, policymakers talked about lowering prescription drug prices — in 2022, Congress actually did something about it by passing the Inflation Reduction Act which gave Medicare, for the f...

Deadline Day: Enroll in 2026 Health Coverage Today

Open enrollment for marketplace coverage closes in most of the country today. If you have not yet enrolled in coverage for 2026 or were auto-enrolled in a plan, here are some tips: Go to...

Families USA Kicks Off 2026 By Uniting Advocates at 31st Annual Health Action Conference

Recapping Health Action 2026, and spotlighting two Families USA storytellers who testified before Congress Families USA kicked off the year with more than 700 health care advocates in Washington, D.C...

Stop the Attacks on Our Communities, Including Our Health

Given our mission to advance health and health care for all, Families USA stands in support and solidarity with the people of Minnesota and across the country to end the current Administration attacks...

Comment on Contract Year 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule

Families USA was joined by Medicare Rights Center, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Legal Action Center, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, and National Association of Social Workers to submit comments...

Families USA and Over 40 Organizations Urge Congress to Address the Root Drivers of Rising Health Care Costs

Families USA was joined by over 40 organizations representing health care consumers, patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders in urging Congress to take action to rein in industry greed and addres...

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

America’s health care affordability and quality crisis stems from a fundamental misalignment between the business interests of the health care sector and the health and financial security of our nat...

Medicaid State Directed Payment for Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers: Opportunities that Remain and Challenges Ahead

Among the many provisions in the 2025 Republican budget bill (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on directed payments, which states use to boost r...