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Dissecting the Deepest Cuts: Medicaid Retroactive Coverage
5+ hour, 40+ min 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
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (635+ words) A few years later, another serious health issue emerged. Jessicadeveloped 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 no…...
Families USA Submits Comment Letter on Proposed Transparency in Coverage (Ti C) Rule
2+ 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
2+ 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
2+ 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
3+ 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…...
Ellen Allen: A Health Care Advocate Navigating Coverage Through the ACA
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (303+ words) It's the enhanced premium tax credits that make the Affordable Care Act truly affordable. Two years ago, Ellen enrolled in a health insurance plan through the ACA marketplace, and a record number of over 65, 000 other West Virginians enrolled alongside her…...
NEW REPORT: Big, Bad Budget Betrayal Would Bring Rural Hospitals to the Brink of Closure
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (840+ words) Cuts to Medicaid would push dozens more independent rural hospitals into the red, leaving nearly 400 independent rural hospitals across 26 states at serious risk of closure as the tip of the iceberg WASHINGTON, D. C. " Families USA today released a new report detailing…...