Health and Economic Security
Trump Administration Shuts Down Public Input, Undermining Transparency, Health Equity and Good Policy
HHS Must Reinstate the Richardson Waiver, A Critical Tool for Equitable and Transparent Health Policy Earlier this year, the Trump Administration rescinded the “Richardson waiver,” ending over 50...
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Republicans’ Harmful Budget Cuts and Attacks Are Undermining Immigrants’ Health Care
Immigrant Communities Receive the First of Many Blows as States Tackle Federal Funding Cuts As states grapple with implementing the health care funding cuts passed in HR1, many immigrants are losing ...
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America’s Voters: We Demand Lower Healthcare Costs
The Families USA poll conducted by Hart Research Associates shows that lowering health care costs is the top priority for American voters across party lines, even surpassing housing, jobs, crime, and ...
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Families USA Submits Letter of Gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors
Families USA, along with 15 organizations representing patients, providers, and other advocates aiming to improve diabetes care, sent a letter of gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for expanding M...
View MoreFamilies USA Joins Amicus Briefs to Stop the Trump Administration’s Harmful Marketplace Integrity Rule
Families USA joined amicus briefs in two lawsuits to stop the Trump administration's harmful "marketplace integrity rule" from going into effect. The cases, City of Columbus et al v. Kennedy et al and...
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Families USA Submits Comment Letter Pushing Back Against the Trump Administration’s Notice that Unjustly Attacks Immigrants’ Rights to Critical Health Services
Families USA provided a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice issued last month that reinterprets the definition of “Federal Public Benefit” in the Personal ...
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Gender-Affirming Care, Explained and the Importance to the Health Care System for All Americans
Lately we’ve heard a lot in the media and from politicians about gender-affirming care. This is the latest in a steady stream of attacks targeted at specific communities in this country, in this cas...
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The Seven Biggest Threats to the ACA as it Turns 15
Despite Its Popularity, the ACA Remains Under Attack and Faces an Uncertain Future On Sunday, March 23, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will celebrate 15 years of giving hundreds of millions of America...
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Medicaid Cuts Would Rip Away Health Coverage from Millions of Americans, Disproportionately Harming People of Color
This report, co-authored by UnidosUS and other leading civil rights and health equity organizations, highlights the devastating impact of Medicaid cuts on communities across the United States, particu...
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Over 65 million Women Are Counting on the FDA to Maintain Access to Mifepristone
Access to reproductive care continues to be the focus of consequential decisions made in Washington D.C., including by perhaps unlikely people, like the potential leader of the U.S. Food and Drug Admi...
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