2026
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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Erased Twice: Federal Disinvestment Is Deepening AAPI Maternal and Reproductive Health Disparities
May 2026 marks the 35th annual official Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. There is much to celebrate: for generations, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Island...
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Families USA Recognizes Maternal Mental Health Week and the Stories of Moms Who’ve Been There
As we approach Mother’s Day, we also mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 4-8), which brings attention to an issue that is often overlooked or minimized: maternal mental health. The po...
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Families USA and 40 Organizations Urge CMS to Continue Key Oral Health Coverage in Medicare
Families USA was joined by 40 organizations, representing a broad cross section of stakeholders including national and state advocates for patients, families, older adults, and people with disabilitie...
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Big Systems, Bigger Profits: Consumers Are Paying the Price of Corporate Hospital Power
Today Families USA published a new data analysis, "Big Systems, Bigger Profits: Consumers are Paying the Price of Corporate Hospital Power,” that found that just a small number of large corporate he...
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Dissecting the Deepest Cuts: New Restrictions Limiting Access to Medicaid Retroactive Coverage
The 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) imposes major new federal restrictions on retroactive coverage, a critical aspect of Medicaid coverage that protects people from financial hardship whil...
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Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk
On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ ...
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Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and Allied Organizations Statement for the Record for the Ways and Means Committee Hearing with Health System CEOs
Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and allied organizations submitted this statement for the record to the Ways & Means Committee ahead of their April 28 hearing with health system CEOs. The stat...
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