The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its much-anticipated interim final rule with comment period (IFC) on June 1, 2026, providing guidance to states as to how they must implement new burdensome work reporting requirements in… Read more.
People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will face new hurdles and weaker protections under a final rule issued by the Trump administration, which promotes plans with higher deductibles and cost-sharing, allows plans with no provider… Read more.
When Congress debated and ultimately passed H.R. 1 last year, health advocates warned the results would be deadly. Cutting $1 trillion from the health care system — with the majority of it coming from… Read more.
May 2026 marks the 35th annual official Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. There is much to celebrate: for generations, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have been core to U.S. society, currently comprising… Read more.
As we approach Mother’s Day, we also mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 4-8), which brings attention to an issue that is often overlooked or minimized: maternal mental health. The postpartum period brings… Read more.
On Friday, May 1, Nebraska will become the first state to subject Medicaid enrollees to work reporting requirements — eight months before states are required to do so under the Republicans’ 2025 big budget bill (H.R. 1). Work reporting requirements… Read more.
As participants in Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) commemorate the week’s 10-year anniversary, Families USA’s deputy senior director of strategic partnerships, Tasha Dawson, sat down with three trailblazers leading the way toward a more… Read more.
Our country’s affordability crisis is hurting everyday Americans’ access to health care and health coverage. That is just as true for oral health care as it is for other kinds of medical care. Approximately… Read more.
The high cost of prescription drugs continues to strain families and state budgets alike. Now, Virginia has the opportunity to take a major step forward in lowering drug costs for families at the state… Read more.
People who buy coverage individually through the marketplace will be negatively impacted by new regulations proposed by the Trump Administration, which would promote plans with higher deductibles and cost-sharing and plans with no networks,… Read more.
The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Medically Necessary, Gender- Affirming Care The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on access to health care for transgender Americans, this time by cutting off Medicare and Medicaid… Read more.
President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy are reshaping America’s public health infrastructure by taking unprecedented steps to alter the childhood vaccine schedule — changes driven by ideology rather than scientific evidence. These actions have… Read more.
For decades, policymakers talked about lowering prescription drug prices — in 2022, Congress actually did something about it by passing the Inflation Reduction Act which gave Medicare, for the first time, the power to directly negotiate with drug… Read more.
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. to strategize, educate, and… Read more.
Given our mission to advance health and health care for all, Families USA stands in support and solidarity with the people of Minnesota and across the country to end the current Administration attacks on… Read more.
Among the many provisions in the 2025 Republican budget bill (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on directed payments, which states use to boost… Read more.
