2018

A National Priority Agenda to Advance Health Equity Through System Transformation

The Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation’s Top 19 Recommendations for 2019 and Beyond. The United States is struggling with an increasingly expensive and inefficient hea...

The Role of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Improving Evidence and Advancing Health Equity

The ongoing effort to transform health care in the United States is an important opportunity to address racial, ethnic, and other health inequities directly and deliberately. A central pillar in deliv...

Taking on High Prescription Drug Costs in Illinois: Q&A with Rep. Will Guzzardi

Illinois HB 4900 prevents pharmaceutical companies from price gouging on generic drugs Climbing prescription drug prices threaten the health and wellbeing of families and individuals who depend on li...

Family Separation Is Harmful to Children’s Health

UPDATE: President Trump signed an executive order which would end the practice of separating minor children from their parents at the border. Families USA is analyzing the impact of the executive o...

America’s Seniors Deserve Dental Coverage in Medicare: Martha’s Story

Medicare doesn’t cover one part of the body that causes many health problems—the mouth. Two-thirds of the seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare do not have any oral health coverage and ...

Standards for Health Insurance Provider Networks: Examples from the States

When health plans design their provider networks, they need to ensure that these networks are adequate and provide meaningful access to care. The Affordable Care Act established the first-ever feder...

Health Insurance Down Payments: The Maryland Plan

Update 2/26/2018: New data from Urban Institute show why Maryland needs the Protect Maryland Health Care Act. Update 2/20/2018: The Maryland General Assembly holds hearings this week on the bill...

Idaho Insurance Plans Violate Health Care Law and Require Federal Action

Update March 8, 2018: The Trump administration told insurers and regulators in Idaho that they cannot sell health plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the Centers for...

Funding CSR Payments in the Health Insurance Stabilization Package Could Harm Low- and Middle-Income Consumers

Families USA strongly supports bipartisan efforts to give consumers affordable health insurance in the individual market. A successful stabilization bill would enhance affordability and access by rai...

Final 2019 Marketplace Rules from the Trump Administration Will Harm Consumers

In early April, the Trump administration issued its final rule to set standards for health insurance sold in the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces in 2019. In keeping with the spirit of other rece...