Affordability and Value

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...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli for House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing

On December 10, 2025, Families USA Senior Director for Health Policy Sophia Tripoli testified before the House Oversight Subcommittees on Health Care and Financial Services and Economic Growth, Energy...

Congress Must Extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and Lower Health Care Costs Now

There are just a few weeks left for Congress to act and extend the enhanced premium tax credits that lower health care costs for millions of Americans. If Congress does nothing, premiums will skyrocke...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the Senate HELP’s Committee Hearing on Making Health Care Affordable Again

Families USA submitted this statement for the record for the December 3 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing, “Making Health Care Affordable Again: Healing a Broken System...

State Policy Options to Address Health Care Consolidation and Lower Hospital Prices

Across the country, high health care costs are threatening the financial wellbeing of families, business, and state and local governments. High prices driven by unchecked health care consolidation hav...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Senate Finance Committee Rising Cost of Health Care Hearing

Families USA submitted this statement for the record for the November 19 Senate Finance Committee hearing, “The Rising Cost of Health Care: Considering Meaningful Solutions for all Americans." In...

Why Health Insurance Premiums Continue to Skyrocket

Across the country, people are experiencing sticker shock when they open their annual insurance rate notices and discover their 2026 premium increases. People with employer-sponsored health coverage a...

Smoke and Mirrors vs. Policy and Meaningful Change: What’s Real and What’s Political Theater in the Fight for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

For too long, Americans have struggled to pay the price of medications they need, with politicians on both sides of the aisle promising action. In Washington, D.C. and in states across the country, ne...

Risk Adjustment 101: Protecting Access to High-Quality Health Care

Risk adjustment is a critical mechanism that works to ensure value-based care payments account for the differences in patients’ health care costs and underlying health care needs. Using certain pa...