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Virtual Media Briefing: Ensuring Older Adults Relying on Medicare can Afford Life-Saving Medications

On Wednesday, September 6, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Families USA and Patients for Affordable Drugs Now for a virtual press conference to break down and discuss the future impact and implicat...

Finishing the Job: It’s Time to Build Back Better with Affordable Health Care

by Frederick Isasi, Executive Director at Families USA, and Elizabeth Mitchell, President, and CEO, Purchasers Business Group on Health The realities of COVID-19 have made health and health care re...

Virtual Media Briefing: Affordable Care Act: SCOTUS Decides, Families USA Reacts

On June 17, 2021 Families USA policy experts held a briefing for reporters on the Supreme Court’s decision to affirm the Affordable Care Act. They discussed what it means for consumers and the ne...

Too Many People Are Skipping or Changing Medications Because They Are Too Expensive

In every U.S. state, a disturbingly high percentage of people face the impossible choice of foregoing or rationing medications so they can afford other basic needs. This pattern is consistent year ove...

Infographic: Lost Your Job or Your Hours Were Cut? How to Get Free Health Insurance

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Virtual Roundtable – United for Health: A Dialogue on Health Reform

On June 8, 2021, Leaders from Families USA, Purchaser Business Group on Health, and Small Business Majority held a virtual roundtable discussion, United for Health: A Dialogue on Health Reform, about ...

Consumers First Letter of Support to Senate Judiciary Committee on Hospital Consolidation Hearing

On May 19, 2021, The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a hearing on the impact of hospital consolidation on the cost and quality of American heal...

TESTIMONY BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE ON “Lower Drug Costs Now: Expanding Access to Affordable Health Care”

In this May 5, 2021 testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Frederick Isasi, Executive Director at Families USA, discusses ...

Principles to Advance Child Health and Well-Being in the 117th Congress: What Children and Families Need from Policymakers

As policymakers continue to focus on addressing the health and economic fallout from COVID-19, it is critical that the needs of children and families do not get lost in the shuffle. Even before the pa...

California Takes Steps to Move Its Health Care System Toward Health Equity and Social Justice

Over the last two years, consumer advocates, community leaders, insurers, providers, community-based organizations, and other key stakeholders in California developed specific policy recommendations t...