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Federal grants support much of the health care system and programs that Americans rely on — a new proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) threatens to change how that funding system works by placing the…
Families USA, along with 24 organizations representing consumers, patients, families, immigrants, people with disabilities, children, older adults, health care providers, small business owners, and communities across the country, submitted a statement for the record…
Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) implementing Medicaid work reporting (community engagement) requirements. Our comments strongly urging CMS to redraft the rule…
July 30 marks 61 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the law creating the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Medicaid was enacted alongside Medicare to establish a health care safety net and economic security for…
We have a health care affordability crisis in this country. Americans are being forced to choose between basic needs and paying for health care, including needed medications or doctor’s visits. It doesn’t have to…
More than 19 million Americans rely on the ACA marketplaces for coverage, and the majority of these individuals qualify for a premium tax credit (PTC) that lowers the cost of their monthly premiums. Enrollment is down in 2026 largely…
After reviewing the proposed rule, Families USA requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdraw the portions of the proposed rule that go beyond H.R.1 and retain flexibility for states to…
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…