Coverage

The Looming Equity Crisis in Children’s Health Care: Federal and State Action Is Needed to Prevent Millions of Children from Losing Medicaid

Two years of unprecedented Medicaid coverage protections during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented mass coverage losses at a time when families could least afford them. But now, at least 6.7 million chil...

Time for Medicare to cover our entire body

You’ve worked your entire life — raising a family, paying taxes, doing all the things you were supposed to do. Now you’re retired and getting Medicare benefits that you spent decades paying into...

The Time is Now for Administrative Action to Improve Medicare Dental Coverage

With millions of older adults and people with disabilities unable to afford the dental care they need to stay healthy, adding oral health coverage to Medicare is both much needed and in high demand. T...

Medicare Oral Health Coalition Applauds CMS’ Inclusion of “Medically Necessary” Dental in Proposed 2023 MPFS

In this statement, the Medicare Oral Health Coalition applauds the inclusion of “medically necessary” Medicare dental coverage in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. We are thr...

Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future

Reflections with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: The Past, Present, and Future [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYA_qv7ZXQ[/embed] Families USA joined Community Catalys...

Stakeholders Submit Letter to Democratic Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage Priorities

Families USA, along with a diverse group of co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, submitted a letter addressed to Democratic congressional leadership that hi...

Unless Congress Acts, Health Care Costs Will Soon Skyrocket for People Who Buy Their Own Insurance

Millions of families struggle every day to pay the rising cost of food, gasoline, and other necessities. The last thing they need is a 53% increase in their health insurance premiums. But that’s the...

Case Study: Strategies for States to Maximize Medicaid Ex Parte Renewals and Limit Coverage Losses

More than 80 million people rely on Medicaid for their health insurance. If states do not proceed carefully when the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration ends, a significant numb...

Diverse Array of Stakeholders Submit Letter to CMS on Medicaid Redeterminations

Families USA, along with over 110 co-signers representing a broad coalition of national and state consumer groups, insurers, providers, and health equity organizations, submitted a joint letter to the...

Request for Information on Access to Care and Coverage for People Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP

Today, Families USA submitted comments for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) on how to provide better, equitable access to care. As the redetermin...