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A Trillion Dollar Cut to Care: The Fight for Medicare and Medicaid

Commemorating 60 Years of Vital Programs — A Legacy in Jeopardy For 60 years, Medicare and Medicaid have been defining features of the health care landscape, serving as a vital lifeline by providin...

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Timeline of Trump’s New Health Care Law: What You Need to Know

Earlier this month, Republicans in Congress passed, and President Trump signed, their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes the largest health care cuts in history: more than $1 trillion over 1...

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Not Just a Budget Cut: How 17 Million Lives Are Being Harmed by “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Earlier this month, President Trump and Republican lawmakers’ big budget bill that guts Medicaid and threatens access to health care for 17 million Americans was signed into law. Now, families brace...

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Actions by Trump and Congress are Leading to Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums in 2026

President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress just passed the big budget bill which included the biggest cut to our health care system in history — $1 trillion — and put into law several d...

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Marketplace Final Rule Sets Major Hurdles to Coverage

The Trump administration finalized a dangerous rule that will make it much harder for people to enroll in ACA marketplace plans and will raise the price of ACA coverage. HHS estimates that over 1.8 mi...

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Congress’ Provider Tax Proposals Would Be A Huge Blow to State Budgets

Proposals in the House-passed and Senate-proposed budget bills to freeze and/or cut health care provider taxes put all state Medicaid budgets in an extremely precarious position. What’s more, these ...

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Gender-Affirming Care, Explained and the Importance to the Health Care System for All Americans

Lately we’ve heard a lot in the media and from politicians about gender-affirming care. This is the latest in a steady stream of attacks targeted at specific communities in this country, in this cas...

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Advocates Stand Together to Defend Medicaid: Key Takeaways from the E&C Markup

Over 26 hours through the night of May 13 and 14, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) held their marathon markup of the GOP budget reconciliation bill, including taking critical votes...

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Anthony Wright of Families USA testifying

Families USA’s Executive Director Anthony Wright Responds to Chairman Guthrie’s Medicaid Claims

In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed published on Mother’s Day, the Republican Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee described his budget proposal that would terminate Medicaid coverage for mil...

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Days of Action Demonstrate the Power of Advocacy to Defend Medicaid and Protect Valuable Health Coverage and Care

On May 6–7, Families USA joined forces with Community Catalyst, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), to help coordinate hundreds of organiza...

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