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Consumers First Submits Comments On MPFS CY 2026

Families USA, on behalf of Consumers First and joined by 14 organizations provided comments on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year 2026 proposed rule. Consumers First offers t...

Consumers First Submits Comments On OPPS CY 2026

Families USA, on behalf of Consumers First and joined by 16 organizations provided comments on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year 20...

Families USA and Nearly 60 Organizations Send Letter to Congress to Bring Down Skyrocketing Health Care Costs

Families USA and nearly 60 organizations sent a letter to Congressional leadership, calling on policymakers to address the root causes of the health care affordability crisis that is raging in America...

Families USA Submits Comment Letter Pushing Back Against the Trump Administration’s Notice that Unjustly Attacks Immigrants’ Rights to Critical Health Services

Families USA provided a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice issued last month that reinterprets the definition of “Federal Public Benefit” in the Personal ...

Families USA and 200 Organizations Send Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy Urging Him to Protect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

On the heels of widespread news reports indicating that Secretary Kennedy is considering removing the current United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) members en masse, Families USA, alon...

Families USA Submits Comments On South Carolina’s Proposed Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Families USA strongly urges CMS to reject South Carolina’s proposed 1115 Demonstration wavier, Palmetto Pathways to Independence, citing its failure to advance the statutory objectives of the Medica...

Families USA Submits Comments on Maine’s Whole Person Care Waiver

Families USA strongly urges CMS to approve Maine’s Whole Person Care waiver in full, citing it as cost-effective and beneficial for vulnerable MaineCare enrollees. Four programs in particular will p...

Consumers First Statement For The Record For Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Affordability

Families USA, on behalf of the Consumers First alliance, submitted this statement for the record for the July 31 Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, "Making Health...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing On Medicare Advantage

Families USA submitted a statement to the Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittees thanking committee members for holding a timely hearing and stressing the importance of reform in the Medica...

Families USA Submits Comments On Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations — Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole Proposed Rule

CMS proposes a major policy change to its existing waiver process concerning health care-related taxes — important funding mechanisms that help states finance their share of Medicaid costs. Families...