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The Families USA Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Reform (Health Equity Task Force) brings together the leading organizations on the federal and state level working to ensure that efforts to transform…
Every person should have the right to know what a health care procedure costs at different hospitals or health care facilities, whether it is an X-ray, an MRI, or a surgery, yet that is…
High and rising health care prices are hurting America’s families. These high prices, driven largely by hospital consolidation, drive down workers’ paychecks, rachet up insurance premiums, and force tens of millions of Americans into…
The way the US pays for health care is a major driver of unaffordable, low-quality care and poor health for our nation's families and individuals. Despite a decade of payment reform, volume-based payment remains…
Increases in health care costs are negatively impacting individuals and small businesses in Illinois (and in other states) by making health insurance less affordable. This paper, developed by Families USA and the Shriver Center…
The following report details the potential of payment reform to transform our health care system into one that facilitates health equity and promotes racial justice by comprehensively providing disenfranchised individuals with tailored services and…
The following report lays out the popular case for payment reform as a way to bring down health care costs, improve care and eliminate inequities. It also signals to policymakers that taking action on…
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 current financing…
The effects of COVID-19 on the United States, and the world, underscore the importance of creating change that strengthens the health and economic well-being of vulnerable populations. Families USA launched the Building a New…
More than 80 million people rely on Medicaid for their health insurance. If states do not proceed carefully when the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration ends, a significant number of Medicaid enrollees…