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Families USA has submitted comments on Montana’s proposed Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Project, the Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Demonstration Program (“HELP Demonstration”). Due to the monumental changes states will undergo due to…
Risk adjustment is a critical mechanism to account for the differences in patients’ health care costs and underlying health care needs. Using certain patient characteristics, like age, sex, medical diagnoses and sometimes even health-related…
For too long, Americans have struggled to pay the price of medications they need, with politicians on both sides of the aisle promising action. In Washington, D.C. and in states across the country, new…
Families USA, along with 15 organizations representing patients, providers, and other advocates aiming to improve diabetes care, sent a letter of gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for expanding Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose…
As the government shutdown continues and negotiations in Congress stall, Families USA led 153 organizations in calling on Congress to take immediate action and permanently extend the enhanced premium tax credits that make health care…
Currently, nearly 22 million people across the United States get help paying for their health coverage through premium tax credits (also known as advance premium tax credits, or APTCs), which they can use to…
Vaccines represent some of the greatest public health achievements in history, building on science, expert policy and public trust to strengthen America’s security and protect millions of lives across generations. From the U.S. eradication…
Vice President JD Vance outright lied when he posted on X and said on Fox News that the government shutdown is over demands for illegal immigrants to get health care. No such demands exist.…
Across the country, 22 million Americans use health care tax credits to afford their health care coverage. With costs for everything rising, from groceries to rent to health care, without the support of these…
Millions of people benefit from premium tax credits that help them buy and afford health coverage on healthcare.gov or on state-based marketplaces. In light of rising health care costs and the huge impact they…