Thank you to everyone who participated in our Health Care Affordability Digital Day of Action! We are so thrilled to share that the Energy and Commerce Committee has officially advanced bills on price transparency, Medicare Advantage reform and drug pricing.

Medicare Advantage insurers have gotten away with billions in questionable payments for too long. Tell Congress: pass the Saving MEDICARE Act and put real accountability back into Medicare. Take action: ow.ly/aJA550Zp4fU #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Congress can lower prescription drug prices by building off what’s already working: expand Medicare drug negotiation, cap out-of-pocket costs, end price-gouging. Build on the success of the Inflation Reduction Act. Take action: ow.ly/aJA550Zp4fU #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Families are drowning in health care costs — rising premiums, sky-high hospital bills, and drug prices that force people to choose between care and rent. Congress has real, bipartisan solutions on the table right now. Take action: ow.ly/aJA550Zp4fU #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

We’re joining advocates across the country to demand action on health care affordability. Congress has bipartisan solutions — hospital price transparency, lower drug costs, and more. Tell your lawmakers: patients can’t wait. ow.ly/aJA550Zp4fU #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Maternal mental health conditions, including postpartum depression and anxiety, too often go undiagnosed and untreated in Black women. Every Black mother deserves equitable access to quality care, culturally responsive support, and the resources needed to thrive.

🚨DHS finalized a new rule that penalizes lawfully present and eligible immigrants for accessing vital services, leaving some lawfully present immigrant families with the impossible choice of gambling that accessing care won’t cost them their future.

Families USA is proud to join other civil rights and health equity organizations from the Campaign for Community Healthcare in the release of a new report outlining how lawmakers can improve insurance affordability programs for people of color.

State directed payments (SDPs) keep people with Medicaid close to the doctors they need. In our newest “Dissecting the Deepest Cuts” video, Senior Advisor on Medicaid Policy Mary-Beth Malcarney breaks down what SDPs are and what's at risk in the latest proposed rule from CMS.

Health care costs are out of control and getting worse. We’re asking policymakers across the country: “What are you going to do about it?” Join Stop the Bleed. stopthebleed.familiesusa.org

Families USA wishes you a safe, healthy, and joyful Fourth of July as we celebrate our nation's 250th birthday.

Leading up to the one-year anniversary of H.R. 1 being signed into law, we caught up with our partners at @wvcag.bsky.social to discuss the devastating impacts being felt across the country. Mindy Holcomb discusses how Medicaid cuts are harming her state, one year later.

One year ago, Congress passed the biggest health care cuts in American history. 12 months later, millions of Americans are paying the price. With our partners, we’re tracking the damage. We're telling the stories. We're building the movement to reverse course.

NEW: As insurers submit their preliminary premium rates for the 2027 open enrollment period, Families USA has created a real-time tracker to show the higher prices consumers might face when shopping for individual plans offered this fall on the marketplaces created by the ACA.

For years, enhanced premium tax credits kept Steve Ramirez and his wife Lynn's ACA health plan affordable. After Congress passed the worst health care cuts in history and let those credits expire, Steve found that keeping comparable coverage would mean a 642% cost increase.

One year ago, President Trump signed into law the worst health care cuts in history. Now, we're seeing the impacts — services being scaled back and closed, premiums doubling, and millions falling off coverage, becoming uninsured, or underinsured. And it’s only going to get worse.

The 2025 budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) imposed new limits on state directed payments (SDPs) — a tool many states use to boost reimbursements to providers who serve Medicaid patients. A new CMS proposed rule could extend those restrictions even further.

🚨 New HHS data for 2026 enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace shows a dramatic decrease of millions of Americans losing health insurance.

Even after H.R. 1 slashed federal Medicaid funding, states are holding the line on expansion — and the ones still sitting it out are leaving real money on the table.

For almost 45 years we’ve been working toward our vision of a nation where everyone has access to affordable, quality health care. Take a look down memory lane with us!

Families USA is encouraged that the @housecommerce.bsky.social Health Subcommittee moved forward a stronger version of the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026, including key provisions for hospitals and plans to publish prices in dollars and cents with no exceptions.

TODAY: The @housecommerce.bsky.social Health Subcommittee will markup a series of health care bills that aim to increase price transparency throughout the health care system — a meaningful effort to shed light on prices and demand accountability.

Four years after the Dobbs decision, we’re clear about what’s at stake: access to abortion care, the future of medications like mifepristone, and patients’ ability to make their own health care decisions.

Four years after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, we’re seeing ongoing impacts on patients’ access to essential health care.

While big health care corporations rake in record profits, 100 million Americans struggle with medical debt. It’s time to take on the corporate greed that is driving up health care costs. Join us and #StoptheBleed: stopthebleed.familiesusa.org

Sky-high hospital prices are the leading driver of the health care affordability crisis in America, and patients and consumers are paying the price. But a momentum is building, and demanding that Congress act.

Today, Families USA is celebrating #Juneteenth by honoring Opal Lee, who led the effort to have this day recognized as a federal holiday! We will always fight to make sure that everyone has the health care that they need.

As states grapple with Republican-led health care cuts passed almost one year ago, they must also pass their budgets. While in Wisconsin, Exec Director @awright2care.bsky.social broke down how the state must make hard choices, risking the coverage of over 54K Wisconsinites.

Last week, Families USA staff joined public health leaders, policymakers, and advocates at the APHA Policy Action Institute to spread the message of #StopTheBleed — our campaign that asks candidates how they will hold health care corporations accountable and lower health care costs.

Health care costs are out of control. We’re asking candidates across the country: “What are you going to do about it?” Join Stop the Bleed. stopthebleed.familiesusa.org