Consumer Protection and Experience

Families USA Submits Testimony Opposing Drug Exemptions in Colorado

On April 2, 2026, Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee, in opposition of SB26-140. T...

Consumers First Letter to CMS on Priorities for Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Payment Rules

Consumers First, an alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to realign and improve the fundamental economic incentives an...

Written Testimony of Sophia Tripoli To Nebraska Committee On Retroactive Medicaid Coverage

On February 25, 2026, Sophia Tripoli, senior director of health policy at Families USA, submitted written testimony to the Nebraska Committee on Health and Human Services, in support of Legislativ...

Families USA Statement for the Record for the Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee Hearing on Combatting Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Families USA submitted a statement for the record for the March 17 Energy and Commerce Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing “Protecting Patients and Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars: The...

Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Proposed Rule

Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule. Many of the policies proposed in the 2027 NB...

The Battle Over Mifepristone Access in 2026

Mifepristone, commonly known as Mife, is a safe and effective medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than 25 years ago. It has been used by millions of patients in the...

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...

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 Kicks Off 2026 By Uniting Advocates at 31st Annual Health Action Conference

Recapping Health Action 2026, and spotlighting two Families USA storytellers who testified before Congress Families USA kicked off the year with more than 700 health care advocates in Washington, D.C...