Policy Agenda

Consumers First Legislative Agenda 2025: Policy Solutions for the 119th Congress to Drive Value into the U.S. Health Care System
Today, responding to voters clamoring for health care affordability and value, Consumers First, a national alliance representing families, working people, employers, and primary care clinicians, relea...
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Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings
After a national election that focused on affordability, Families USA’s new affordability agenda outlines a list of concrete and actionable policy recommendations that would result in lower health c...
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Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing Legislative Agenda
The high and rising cost of hospital care is a leading driver of our nation’s health care affordability and quality crisis. Nearly half of all Americans have reported having to forgo medical care du...
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A Pro-Consumer Policy Agenda to Achieve Meaningful Health System Transformation
Families USA and four of our consumer advocacy partners — American Heart Association, National Consumers League, National Partnerships for Women and Families, and Third Way — are proud to introduc...
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Families USA’s Center for Affordable Whole Person Care’s Policy Agenda
Families USA's Center for Affordable Whole Person Care will be focused on building a consumer-driven health care value movement that will reorient the health care system to deliver health, and provide...
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Consumers First 2021 Administrative Agenda: Policy Solutions to Strengthen the Infrastructure of U.S. Health Care Payment and Delivery
This publication was co-authored by Erica Cischke; American Academy of Family Physicians; Shawn Gremminger, Purchaser Business Group on Health; Jeremy Hoffman, American Federation of Teacher; Shaun O'...
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An Oral Health Equity Agenda For The Biden Administration
Featured in Health Affairs Blog, on February 23, 2021. Contributing authors Melissa Burroughs, Danny A. Kalash, Colin Reusch, Ifetayo B. Johnson, Kata M. Kertesz. COVID-19 has demonstrated the need...
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Securing Our Healthy Future: A Road Map for the 117th Congress to Improve Health and Health Care in Every American Community
The 117th U.S. Congress is convening at a pivotal moment in the history of our nation. We face a significant set of challenges, but also a momentous opportunity to greatly improve the lives of struggl...
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Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation: Eight Recommendations for Federal Policy Priorities in 2021
In the new presidential term and the 117th Congress, it is imperative that we have bold, innovative leadership to steer us through one of the biggest health and economic crises in generations and embr...
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Consumers First Letter to Biden Transition Team on Key Administrative Priorities
Consumers First, the alliance that brings together diverse interests representing families and children, working people, employers and primary care providers to improve the fundamental economic incent...
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