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Today, Families USA was joined by 66 organizations representing patients, consumers, employers, and workers in urging Congress to fix a critical flaw in the No Surprises Act's arbitration process. Despite the law successfully preventing…
The No Surprises Act (NSA) represented a landmark bipartisan effort to protect patients from receiving surprise medical bills when it was passed in 2020, preventing an estimated 50 million surprise bills from reaching consumers…
The No Surprises Act has prevented an estimated 50 million surprise medical bills as of September 2026, but the law's reliance on a gameable independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for setting out-of-network payments has…
On Monday, the White House announced its latest round of “most-favored-nation" (MFN) drug pricing deals with nine more companies. The administration is touting these agreements as proof that drug prices are coming down — however,…
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, referred to at the time as “welfare reform.” This misguided and deeply harmful legislation redefined who…
This letter expresses the support of the Medicare Oral Health Coalition — which includes leading organizations representing oral health, health care consumers, older adults, people with disabilities, patients, providers, industry, social service, and others…
Families USA submitted a response to Representatives John Joyce, Greg Murphy, and Kim Schrier's Request for Information (RFI) inviting stakeholders to provide insights and suggestions to improve the Patients First Act. Families USA has…
As attacks on vaccine access mount at the federal, state, and local levels, health care advocates have an urgent role to play in protecting the health of our communities and broader public health. Advocates…
In July, the Trump Administration proposed major changes to how Medicare pays for hospital care and physician services in the annual Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) CY…
A new national poll released by Families USA in August shows that high health care costs are top of mind for voters this summer. Key findings include strong opposition to Medicaid cuts, significant bipartisan…