Maine’s Ballot Initiative to Expand Medicaid
A critical test of the popularity of the Affordable Care Act will take place in less than two weeks. On Nov. 7, voters in Maine will cast a vote on Question 2, a ballot… Read more.
Ending Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Wreak Havoc on Families
Yesterday, President Trump and Acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan announced the “immediate” end of payments to fund cost-sharing reductions (CSRs). Coming three weeks before open enrollment, this is the most malicious and harmful attack… Read more.
10.13.2017 / / Insights Blog
President Trump’s Executive Order Another Act of ACA Sabotage
President Trump’s Executive Order accomplishes nothing on its own. However, it asks HHS and the Department of Labor to take the Trump Administration’s ACA sabotage campaign to new heights. With less than three weeks… Read more.
10.12.2017 / / Insights Blog
Another Hidden ACA Attack in Congress
This blog post originally appeared in The Hill. After a decade of fruitlessly besieging the city of Troy, the Greeks seemed to sail away for home, leaving behind a gift. “What lovely sculpture,” exclaimed the… Read more.
10.06.2017 / / Insights Blog
The ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reductions: Protecting Consumers from High Out-of-Pocket Health Costs
The Trump administration announced it will stop making cost sharing reduction payments. Without these payments, a number of insurers have said they will have to leave marketplaces or raise their rates by another 20 percent. In… Read more.
10.05.2017 / / Insights Blog
With Graham-Cassidy Withdrawn, What’s Next for Health Care?
At least for the next few months, Congress has shelved its attempts to take health insurance away from tens of millions of people through severe and partisan cuts to the ACA and Medicaid. This… Read more.
09.28.2017 / / Insights Blog
Urgent Health Care Business for Congress: CHIP and Community Health Centers
Today’s headlines were about Congress turning its attention to tax reform, but there’s still some critical health care business to take care of. Congress needs to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program… Read more.
09.27.2017 / / Insights Blog
The New Version of Graham-Cassidy: Terrible for America’s Families
Update 9/25/17: The new Congressional Budget Office report released late Monday confirms that Graham-Cassidy will take health care from millions of people and take a trillion dollars out of Medicaid. Early on the morning of… Read more.
09.25.2017 / / Insights Blog
12 Facts About the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill
Update 9/21: The Senate could vote next week on Graham-Cassidy. Learn what you can do to stop it. The latest Republican repeal and replace plan may be the last, which is why the plan authored by… Read more.
09.19.2017 /
Three Things Congress Must Do Now to Protect Marketplaces and Consumers
Following the failed effort in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in early September, members on both sides of the aisle came together to find bipartisan solutions to the most pressing challenge facing… Read more.
09.14.2017 / / Insights Blog
Threatening Immigrant Youth Undermines Our Nation’s Health
As health equity advocates, we at Families USA share a fundamental vision of a nation where every single human being has an equitable chance to enjoy the best health possible, no matter who they… Read more.
09.12.2017 / / Insights Blog
Congress Must Pass CHIP Funding Soon
Time is running out for Congress to pass legislation that should be easy: extending funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). If Congress doesn’t act to extend CHIP funding, health coverage for 9… Read more.
09.11.2017 / / Insights Blog
Advocates Should Comment on Radical Maine and Utah Medicaid Waiver Proposals
A growing number of states are using the waiver process to make fundamental changes to the Medicaid program. Many of these waivers set a dangerous precedent for the Medicaid program and affect the entire… Read more.
09.11.2017 / / Insights Blog
Hope for Our Nation’s Families as Congress Turns the Page
Today, an important new phase begins in the seemingly endless debates over U.S. health care. For the first time in many years, a committee of the U.S. Congress – the Senate Committee on Health,… Read more.
09.06.2017 / / Insights Blog
Health Care-Packed Week for Congress
Congress is back from summer vacation and has little time to waste on a packed September agenda. Legislative items on its plate this month include: passing a government funding bill and disaster relief; extending funding for… Read more.
09.05.2017 / / Insights Blog
How to Counter Trump Administration Cuts to Marketplace Enrollment Funding
Yesterday, the Trump administration announced drastic funding cuts for outreach and enrollment. This deliberate effort to sabotage the health care law follows previous efforts to reduce marketplace enrollment by slashing advertising funding. The cuts amount… Read more.