2022

Bleeding Americans Dry: The Role of Big Hospital Corporations in Driving our Nation’s Health Care Affordability and Quality Crisis

This is the second resource in Families USA's People First Care Initiative. The major strategy in hospitals' current business model is to generate profit by buying up other hospitals and doctor's o...

Comments on “Medically Necessary” Dental Coverage in Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Without Medicare dental coverage, millions of older adults and people with disabilities cannot afford the care they need to get and stay healthy. In this year’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS...

Consumers First Submits Comments To CMS ON CY2023 Physician Payment Rule Supporting Improvements To The Medicare Shared Savings Program And Laying Out Vision For Telehealth Payment And Delivery Beyond The Pandemic

Consumers First submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule which sets the payment rates for how most physicians a...

White Paper – A Hard Day’s Work: Promoting Sustainable Financing for Community Health Workers

In this white paper we discuss the importance of Community Health Workers (CHWs), and how they are essential to addressing health disparities in our communities. We then offer an overview of the curre...

Not a Moment to Lose: Critical Changes States Should Implement to Prevent Medicaid Coverage Losses

If states do not act, many of the over 88 million people who rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their health insurance could lose their coverage when the federal C...

“Let’s Talk About The No Surprises Act” Twitter Space

"Let's Talk About The No Surprises Act" Twitter Space [embed]https://youtu.be/WW4AGMZyPL8[/embed] Families USA hosted a Twitter Space, featuring Jane Sheehan, our Director of Federal Relations, an...

Health Justice Now Webinar Series Part 7: Effective Use of Peer Supports in Behavioral Health Care and Crisis Intervention

This is part 7 of the Health Justice Now series. Many states and communities use peer specialists –people with lived experience of substance use or mental illness –as part of teams to promote r...

Request for Information on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care

Families USA submitted comments for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's Request for Information (RFI) on how to strengthen primary health ca...

What the “Inflation Reduction Act” Means for Our Health

We did it! After over a year of emailing and calling and tweeting and persuading and writing and analyzing, congressional leaders finally listened to their constituents, and passed major legislation t...

New Protections from Unexpected Medical Bills: What You Need to Know about the No Surprises Act

On January 1, 2022, a new law went into effect that helps protect people from unexpected charges for some types of medical care. This law, the No Surprises Act, applies to people with health insurance...