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In 2025, Congress enacted the most damaging Medicaid cuts in history and let enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) that made health coverage affordable for 22 million Americans expire. The consequences are already visible: states that have approved their FY2027 budgets…
A national coalition of nine leading civil rights and health care advocacy groups, including Families USA, has released a report, “Seamless, Accountable and Fair: A Civil Rights Agenda for Reconstructing Insurance Affordability Programs.” The…
Families USA submitted comments on the proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, strongly urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw the proposed rule in its…
Get Involved Americans are facing an affordability crisis, with millions forced to make impossible choices between paying for health care and other basic needs. Families USA knows now is the time to advance an affordability…
*Note: The tracker will be updated in real time as states release preliminary rate filings. Check back regularly for state-by-state updates. Across the country, insurers are beginning to submit their preliminary premium increases for the 2027…
One year ago, President Trump signed his big budget bill (H.R. 1) that slashed more than $1 trillion in health care to pay for permanent tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations.…
Among the many provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on state directed payments (SDPs), which many states…
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 improves families’ financial security. Despite new federal constraints…
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 under the Affordable Care…
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 year reaching the same…