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On Tuesday December, 12th Families USA hosted Building Political Power to Win Against Health Care Pricing Abuses: Insights from California’s Approach to Tackle Unaffordable Prices, a webinar highlighting California's new Office of Health Care…
In America today, our healthcare system is burdening families with insurmountable challenges. The current payment model incentivizes expensive treatments while neglecting the fundamental aspect of quality care. This approach fosters soaring costs with little…
Imagine this scenario: It’s time for your child’s annual checkup. You head to the family doctor you’ve been seeing for the past three years. After you arrive and check-in for your appointment, the receptionist…
Families across America are facing a health care affordability crisis, and the egregiously high costs of prescription drugs play a big part. People are forced to ration or skip their lifesaving and sustaining medications…
Consumers First and Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing sent a new letter to Congressional leadership urging the 118th Congress to act now to remedy some of the most obvious health system failings by improving…
Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are essential to the U.S. health care system and are responsible for delivering health care services through state Medicaid programs to nearly 60 million Americans. As part of their…
Families USA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposed rule “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities.” Families USA commented…
The high and rising cost of prescription drugs in the United States is a significant health and economic problem for families in our country. As federal policymakers continue to address this problem, it is…
Building a health care system that centers the needs of our mothers and babies requires new policy approaches: The United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. Women are dying at…
So, what is really happening with the IRA in the courts? Drug prices in the United States are higher than in any other peer country. People are forced to choose between their medications…