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Lynn Weidner: When Premiums Rose, Everything Else Had to Go
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (899+ words) Lynn Weidner is a home care worker in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She is 43 years old, and at any given moment, she is likely doing the work of three people. During the day, she cares for her two-year-old niece. Simultaneously, she manages…...
While Increasing Transparency, New Surprise Billing Regulation Won’t Stop Provider Abuses and Inflated Prices
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (167+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the release of the finalized Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Operations rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), executive director of Families USA Anthony Wright issued the following statement: “The No Surprises Act has…...
Susan Reabuck: When the Cost of Coverage Became a Matter of Life and Death
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (791+ words) We’re going to bankrupt the family if I have to go in the hospital. High health care costs can force families into impossible decisions. For Susan Reabuck, a 48-year-old mother of two living in Allentown, Pennsylvania, those decisions nearly cost…...
Big Systems, Bigger Profits: Consumers Are Paying the Price of Corporate Hospital Power
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (228+ words) By Sophia Tripoli, Alicia Camaliche, Aaron Plotke, Nicholas Chang, This report adds to decades of evidence showing a clear and disturbing trend: the more hospital chains consolidate, the higher prices Americans pay, in their premiums and their out-of-pocket costs. The…...
Dissecting the Deepest Cuts: Medicaid Retroactive Coverage
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (64+ words) 5.05.26 / Fact Sheet Nebraska’s Rushed Implementation of Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Puts Residents’ Health at Risk 4.28.26 / Insights Column Consumers First Letter to CMS on Priorities for Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Payment Rules Families USA Submits Comments on Request for Information (RFI) Related…...
Jessica Pineda: Fighting for Price Transparency While Her Symptoms Worsen
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (635+ words) A few years later, another serious health issue emerged. Jessica developed severe gastrointestinal symptoms and was told she needed both an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. But when the hospital called to confirm the procedure, she received devastating news: she was…...
Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Transparency in Coverage (TiC) Rule
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (61+ words) Families USA Comment on GUARD Drug Pricing Model Protect Medicare’s Future: Hold Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs 2.10.26 / Issue Brief The Program That’s Actually Lowering Drug Prices 2.09.26 / Insights Column 1225 New York Avenue NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC…...
NEW REPORT: Wasteful Spending and Unchecked Growth of Medicare Advantage Threatening the Future of Medicare
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (92+ words) The report details how the program’s flawed payment system has allowed insurers to inflate their payments from the federal government without following through on the promise of providing better care to seniors. In the report, Families USA identifies six solutions…...
Protect Medicare’s Future: Hold Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies Accountable for Rising Health Care Costs
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (111+ words) By Sophia Tripoli, Aaron Plotke, In this paper, Families USA pulls back the curtain on the MA business model and puts forward six solutions to rein in MA overpayments, stop industry abuses, and restore integrity and fairness to the program....
Deadline Day: Enroll in 2026 Health Coverage Today
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (134+ words) Open enrollment for marketplace coverage closes in most of the country today. If you have not yet enrolled in coverage for 2026 or were auto-enrolled in a plan, here are some tips: Because Congress has not yet extended enhanced premium tax…...