Health Care Value

The Difference a Year Makes in the World of Medicare: A Look at the Impact

It has been exactly one year since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, putting significant drug pricing reforms into effect that both expand access to medication and make it more affo...

Pushing the Needle Forward on Health Insurance Protections and Fighting Junk Plans

The Biden administration recently issued a proposed new rule to restrict the sale of “junk insurance” plans -- including short-term limited duration insurance and fixed indemnity policies -- which...

Families USA joins Public Citizen Amicus Brief to Defend Important Health Care Protections

Update (Feb. 27, 2025): This case has now moved on to the Supreme Court. For the new amicus brief, please visit Families USA Joins Public Citizen Amicus Brief to Defend Cost-Free Preventive Services. ...

All Hands on Deck: Keeping People Covered Through Unwinding

On June 22 Families USA and CMS hosted a webinar providing key information to advocates on how they can ensure that Medicaid unwinding goes smoothly in the coming months. Moderator: Yael Lehma...

California’s Office of Health Care Affordability: An Opportunity to Realize True Affordability

California is facing a health care affordability crisis resulting in some of the highest and most varying health care costs in the country. Behind the state’s extreme health care unaffordability are...

Families USA Statement for the Record for House Education and Workforce Mark-Up of Health Care Legislation

Families USA submitted the attached statement for the record to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in advance of their mark-up of legislation related to health coverage, including: H.R...

Consumers First Joint Statement for the Record for Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Consolidation

Consumers First, the alliance that brings together the interests of consumers, employers, labor unions, and primary care clinicians working to realign and improve the fundamental economic incentives a...

Gaming the System: How Hospitals Are Driving Up Health Care Costs by Abusing Site of Service

Health care providers should be reimbursed at a level that supports the most efficient, highest quality care irrespective of the location in which it is provided – this is a foundational principle i...

Consumers First Joint Statement for the Record for the House Energy and Commerce Legislative Hearing

The Power of Price Transparency: Unveiling Health Care Prices to Promote Accountability and Lower Costs

Every person should have the right to know what a health care procedure costs at different hospitals or health care facilities, whether it is an X-ray, an MRI, or a surgery, yet that is not how it wor...