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The 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) imposes major new restrictions on states’ ability to generate revenue to support state Medicaid programs by limiting the amount states are able to raise from health care-related…
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…
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…
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…