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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…
Families USA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its proposed rule (CMS-4215-P) implementing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program. Families USA strongly…
Families USA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) implementing Medicaid work reporting (community engagement) requirements. Our comments strongly urging CMS to redraft the rule…
July 30 marks 61 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the law creating the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Medicaid was enacted alongside Medicare to establish a health care safety net and economic security for…
After reviewing the proposed rule, Families USA requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdraw the portions of the proposed rule that go beyond H.R.1 and retain flexibility for states to…
In 2025, Congress enacted the most damaging Medicaid cuts in history and let enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) that made health coverage affordable for 22 million Americans expire. The consequences are already visible: states that have approved their FY2027 budgets…
A national coalition of nine leading civil rights and health care advocacy groups, including Families USA, has released a report, “Seamless, Accountable and Fair: A Civil Rights Agenda for Reconstructing Insurance Affordability Programs.” The…
One year ago, President Trump signed his big budget bill (H.R. 1) that slashed more than $1 trillion in health care to pay for permanent tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations.…
Among the many provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) that gut Medicaid, one of the most consequential is the imposition of new limits on state directed payments (SDPs), which many states…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its much-anticipated interim final rule with comment period (IFC) on June 1, 2026, providing guidance to states as to how they must implement new burdensome work reporting requirements in…