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Families USA Submits Comments on Nebraska’s Proposed Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Families USA submitted comments to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services strongly urging the state to withdraw its proposed Sustainable Coverage Demonstration and retain retroactive Med...

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Dissecting the Deepest Cuts: Medicaid Provider Taxes and New H.R. 1 Restrictions

The 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) imposes major new restrictions on states’ ability to generate Medicaid provider tax revenue, including by narrowing states’ ability to obtain so-cal...

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Mind the Gap: Bridging the Oral Health Divide for More Affordable and Accessible Coverage

Our country’s affordability crisis is hurting everyday Americans’ access to health care and health coverage. That is just as true for oral health care as it is for other kinds of medical care. App...

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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...

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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...

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Higher Deductibles, More Barriers, Fewer Protections: How the New Marketplace Rule Would Further Erode Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage

People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will be negatively impacted by new regulations proposed by the Trump Administration, which would promote plans with higher deductibles and ...

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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...

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Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Rule Blocking Access to Gender-Affirming Care

Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Limiting Participation Bas...

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The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender-Affirming Care

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender- Affirming Care   The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on access to health care for transgender Americans, ...

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Our Courts Are Deciding the Future of Childhood Vaccines: What Advocates Need to Know

President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy are reshaping America’s public health infrastructure by taking unprecedented steps to alter the childhood vaccine schedule — changes driven by ideology ra...

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