Health and Economic Security

Families USA Statement for the Record for the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing On “Examining Legislative Proposals to Reform Medicare Provider Payment and Bolster Health Care Cybersecurity”

Today, Families USA submitted a statement for the record to the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing “Examining Legislative Proposals to Reform Medicare Provider Payment and Bolster Healt...

Families USA Joins Additional Amicus Brief to Stop the Trump Administration’s Harmful Marketplace Integrity Rule

Families USA joined an amicus brief in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration’s harmful “marketplace integrity rule” from going into effect. The case, City of Columbus et al v. Kennedy et al...

An Advocate’s Guide to Vaccine Access: Understanding Federal, State and Local Levers for Immunization Policy

As attacks on vaccine access mount at the federal, state, and local levels, health care advocates have an urgent role to play in protecting the health of our communities and broader public health. Adv...

New National Poll Indicates High Health Care Costs and Hospital Prices Are Top Voter Concerns

A new national poll released by Families USA in August shows that high health care costs are top of mind for voters this summer. Key findings include strong opposition to Medicaid cuts, significant bi...

OMB’s Grantmaking Overhaul Threatens Health Care

Federal grants support much of the health care system and programs that Americans rely on — a new proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) threatens to change how that funding sy...

Families USA Submits Comments On Proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

Families USA submitted comments on the proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, strongly urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Health and Human Services...

Families USA and Leading Civil Rights and Health Care Advocacy Groups Release New Report for More Inclusive Health Care

A national coalition of nine leading civil rights and health care advocacy groups, including Families USA, has released a report, “Seamless, Accountable and Fair: A Civil Rights Agenda for Reconstru...

Families USA Kicks Off 2026 By Uniting Advocates at 31st Annual Health Action Conference

Recapping Health Action 2026, and spotlighting two Families USA storytellers who testified before Congress Families USA kicked off the year with more than 700 health care advocates in Washington, D.C...

Families USA Submits Comments on Trump’s Proposed Public Charge Rule

Families USA has submitted comments on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility proposed r...

Health Access on The Line: How Trump’s Proposed Public Charge Rule Hurts All of Us and Weakens Our Health Care System

Last week, Families USA submitted a comment on a proposed rule from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) titled Public Charge Ground of Inadm...