Coverage

Families USA Submits Comments on Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for CY 2026 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies

Families USA submit comments on the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (i.e., the CY 2026 Advance Rate Notice)...

Ensuring Accountability: A New Era in Medicaid Managed Care Oversight

Though managed care is the dominant delivery system for Medicaid beneficiaries and Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) receive almost half of all Medicaid spending ($376 billion) annually, ex...

Rallying for Health Care Protection: Insights and Impact from the “Hands Off Medicaid” Day of Action

On February 6, 2025, Families USA, Community Catalyst, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), led hundreds of health care advocates from nationa...

Achieving Transparency, Accountability and Quality in Medicaid Managed Care: A State and Federal Policy Agenda

At a time when policymakers are looking to address health care efficiency and affordability, policymakers and consumers should have an accurate and transparent accounting of how health care entities s...

Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings

After a national election that focused on affordability, Families USA’s new affordability agenda outlines a list of concrete and actionable policy recommendations that would result in lower health c...

Medicaid Matters: To People, Our Economy and the Health Care System

Medicaid is a critical lifeline for 80 million people — including rural Americans, children, vulnerable seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income working families and veterans. This publicat...

Families USA’s Comments on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026

Families USA commented on the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters that affects Marketplace coverage for 2026. Our comments focused on: Ways Navigators and assisters might help people ...

November Is Diabetes Awareness Month

Raise Awareness! Every November, Diabetes Awareness Month is observed to raise awareness about the impact of diabetes, a chronic disease that affects millions of people in America. There are multip...

Marketplace Open Enrollment Helps Keep Families Connected to Affordable Health Coverage

On November 1, open enrollment begins for the 2025 plan year in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplaces across the country. Open enrollment offers individuals and families who don’t ...

Oral Health Digital Day of Action #MouthsinMedicare

Join Families USA for a Digital Day of Action! Medicare open enrollment starts October 15, but as people are shopping for plans, no traditional Medicare plans will include access to oral health cover...