Affordability and Value

Families USA Submits Comments On Proposed Rule Expanding State-Directed Payment Limits

After reviewing the proposed rule, Families USA requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdraw the portions of the proposed rule that go beyond H.R.1 and retain flexibi...

Health Care Affordability Week of Action Digital Toolkit

Get Involved Americans are facing an affordability crisis, with millions forced to make impossible choices between paying for health care and other basic needs. Families USA knows now is the time to...

ACA Marketplace Premium Rate Tracker: Insurers Likely to Propose Premium Increases for 2027

*Note: The tracker will be updated in real time as states release preliminary rate filings. Check back regularly for state-by-state updates. Across the country, insurers are beginning to submit th...

Hospital Prices are Crushing Americans: It’s Time for Bipartisan Bold Action to Lower Costs

When Families USA and the right-leaning Paragon Institute agree on something, Congress should take notice. Both organizations — with very little else in common — have released major reports this y...

Families USA Submits Comments on the 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

Families USA submitted comments on proposed Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) regulation for Fiscal Year 2027. Changes made through the IPPS rule offer an important ...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing

On June 10, 2026, Families USA Senior Director for Health Policy Sophia Tripoli testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in a hearing, “Lowering Health Care Costs for Al...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Hearing on “Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access”

Families USA submitted a statement for the record for the June 4 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing on "Medicines and IP: ...

Families Need Relief from Runaway Prescription Drug Costs: Congress Must End Patent Abuses That Drive Up Prices

Americans are increasingly struggling to manage rising health care expenses and are fearful of what a medical emergency could mean for their finances. Prescription drugs are — as they have been for ...

Advocates Were Right to Sound the Alarm: Congress Cut Over $1 Trillion from Health Care — And States Are Already Paying the Price

When Congress debated and ultimately passed H.R. 1 last year, health advocates warned the results would be deadly. Cutting $1 trillion from the health care system — with the majority of it coming fr...

Big Systems, Bigger Profits: Consumers Are Paying the Price of Corporate Hospital Power

Today Families USA published a new data analysis, "Big Systems, Bigger Profits: Consumers are Paying the Price of Corporate Hospital Power,” that found that just a small number of large corporate he...