Families USA Resources
Publications and Reports
Families USA released Families Need Relief from Runaway Prescription Drug Costs: Congress Should Expand the IRA to Protect More People, a fact sheet that advocates for expanding the Inflation Reduction Act by extending inflationary rebates to the commercial market, increasing e the number of drugs eligible for negotiation in Medicare, and allowing commercial insurers to voluntarily adopt the Medicare negotiated prices.
Families USA released a fact sheet on A National Patient Safety Board: What America Needs to Ensure Patient Safety to advocate for the establishment of a National Patient Safety Board (NPSB). An NPSB would identify and anticipate harm in the health care system, study precursors, and develop and deploy solutions to address the 250,000 deaths caused by medical errors each year.
Families USA and 16 co-signed organizations submitted comments to CMS on the Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. The comments focused on the proposed creation of bundled payment codes to advance health equity and the delivery of high-value primary care, proposed financial support for Medicare Shared Savings Program providers who deliver care to under-resourced communities, and the opportunity to connect more patients to providers who are held accountable for the cost and quality of their care.
Families USA submitted two comment letters, co-signed by 28 total organizations, on the Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. The first letter, submitted on behalf of Consumers First, advocates for strengthening and enforcing hospital price transparency, establishing comprehensive site-neutral policies, improving hospital quality measurements, and addressing our nation’s maternal health crisis through setting federal quality standards for the delivery of obstetric services. The second letter encompasses coverage issues, including various measures to improve health care quality, equity, and access, such as continuous coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP, expanding Medicaid reimbursement, and Medicare enrollment for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Families USA submitted a Statement for the Record for the Finance Committee Inflation Reduction Act Hearing to reaffirm the impact of the IRA on achieving affordable and accessible health care. Specifically, the statement highlights how the IRA makes prescription drugs more affordable for people on Medicare and is extending critical health insurance subsidies. For more information, check out our blog post, Tackling High Health Care Costs for Millions: The IRA’s Promising Path Forward.
Resources from our Partners
Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR)
Outpatient Facility Fee Reform – State Action Briefs
Primary Care Collaborative
The State of Primary Care – How Well Your State is Delivering Primary Care
U.S. of Care
Patient-First Care (a.k.a. Value-Based Care)
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
Why medical debt should be removed from credit reports
Upcoming Events
From the Frontlines: Forging the Path Forward Together: Health Action Conference 2025
Register now to join us for Families USA’s annual Health Action Conference 2025! This two-day hybrid event, held on January 23-24, 2025, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, marks a pivotal moment for health advocacy as we enter a new administration.
This year, we celebrate 30 years of collaboration while looking forward to shaping the future. Together, we'll ensure everyone in America has access to high-quality, affordable health care. Join us to learn from national experts, network with fellow advocates, and equip yourself with the tools to drive impactful policy change.
Overpayment, Marketing Abuses, Care Delays and More: Top Priorities for Medicare Advantage Reform
Join Families USA at 1 PM EST, on Tuesday October 8, as we host an expert panel discussion about MA policy challenges, including some of the biggest abuses driving MA overpayment, key policy solutions, and opportunities to organize and advance a pro-consumer MA policy agenda in 2025.
The Medicare Advantage (MA) program has grown rapidly over the past few decades and, as of 2023, provides coverage to more than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries. While enrollment continues to rise, MA plans are engaging in widespread corporate abuses that are a major driver of wasteful Medicare spending, threatening the sustainability of the Medicare program, and directly harming the financial well-being of those who rely on Medicare for their coverage.
The Time is Now: Coming Together to Win Against Big Hospital Corporate Greed
Join Families USA and leading health advocates at 3PM EST on Thursday, October 24 for a National Organizing Rally to energize national and state partners for the Congressional lame duck fight to rein in the greed of big health care corporations. We will discuss the state of play on key pro-consumer policy reforms including price and billing transparency legislation and same service, same price legislation, and opportunities to unify around key collective actions to ensure Congress feels a groundswell of support from all of us on the need to take action right now.
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