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Comment
12.22.2023
Families USA submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule to establish disincentives for certain providers who participate in the practice of health information blocking. Families USA supports…
Comment
12.20.2023
Hospitals are essential to the U.S. health care system and have a critical responsibility to drive improvements in health equity and must be held accountable for driving those improvements and reversing the effects of…
Webinar
12.15.2023
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…
Comment
12.11.2023
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…
Insights Column
11.15.2023
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…
Issue Brief
11.14.2023
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…
Comment
11.13.2023
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…
Issue Brief
11.08.2023
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…
Comment
11.08.2023
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…
Fact Sheet
11.02.2023
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…