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Fighting Back: State Responses to Federal Attacks on Health Care in 2026 and the Advocacy Road Ahead

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 are cutting provider rates, restricting enrollment, and spending tens of millions just to implement H.R. 1’s new administrative mandates — and […]

Families USA Submits Comments on Maine’s Whole Person Care Waiver

Families USA strongly urges CMS to approve Maine’s Whole Person Care waiver in full, citing it as cost-effective and beneficial for vulnerable MaineCare enrollees. Four programs in particular will provide critical service and care options: Contingency Management, Pre-Release Medicaid Services for Justice-Involved Individuals Initiative, Food is Medicine and Recuperative Care.