Affordability and Value

Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Rule

Families USA, on behalf of the Consumers First steering committee, submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule. Consumers...

Families USA Comment on GUARD Drug Pricing Model

Families USA submitted comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) model GUARD (Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs). Families USA supports the broader efforts to...

Families USA Submits Testimony Expressing Support for the Fair Pricing Act

On February 10th, 2026, Families USA submitted written testimony to the New York State Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health, expressing support for the Fair Pricing Act (S. 705/A. 2140). ...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs on Prescription Drugs

Families USA submitted a statement on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee outlining how big drug companies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) are driving up the cost of prescription drugs. ...

Protect Medicare’s Future: Hold Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program — now covering more than 33 million older adults — was created to deliver higher-quality, more coordinated care at a lower cost. Yet unchecked corporate profite...

The Program That’s Actually Lowering Drug Prices

For decades, policymakers talked about lowering prescription drug prices — in 2022, Congress actually did something about it by passing the Inflation Reduction Act which gave Medicare, for the f...

Families USA and Over 40 Organizations Urge Congress to Address the Root Drivers of Rising Health Care Costs

Families USA was joined by over 40 organizations representing health care consumers, patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders in urging Congress to take action to rein in industry greed and addres...

Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings

America’s health care affordability and quality crisis stems from a fundamental misalignment between the business interests of the health care sector and the health and financial security of our nat...

Federal Officials Have Spoken, and Now it’s the States’ Turn: “Lookback Period” for Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements

The Republican budget bill passed in July 2025 included massive cuts to health care and an upheaval of Medicaid eligibility requirements that will make it harder for millions of Americans to get on an...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for New Jersey Senate Committee Hearing

On December 8, 2025, Sophia Tripoli submitted written testimony to the New Jersey Senate Committee on Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens in support of A5376/S4299. S4299 will help slow decades...