Consumer Protection and Experience

Families USA Recognizes Maternal Mental Health Week and the Stories of Moms Who’ve Been There

As we approach Mother’s Day, we also mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 4-8), which brings attention to an issue that is often overlooked or minimized: maternal mental health. The po...

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...

Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk

On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ ...

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and Allied Organizations Statement for the Record for the Ways and Means Committee Hearing with Health System CEOs

Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing and allied organizations submitted this statement for the record to the Ways & Means Committee ahead of their April 28 hearing with health system CEOs. The stat...

Black Maternal Health Is a Fight for All of Us 

As participants in Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) commemorate the week’s 10-year anniversary, Families USA’s deputy senior director of strategic partnerships, Tasha Dawson, sat down with three ...

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 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...