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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a new executive order to promote competition in the American economy, a wide-ranging order that includes 72 initiatives across more than a dozen federal agencies. Most…
Following the deadliest pandemic in more than a century and the sharpest economic downturn since the Great Depression, Americans understand, more clearly than ever before, that our nation’s capacity to thrive depends on health…
The Federal Office of Management and Budget requested detailed recommendations for federal policy regarding racial and social justice. Families USA and several partners on the Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation…
Consumers First and supporting partners submitted a detailed comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on its FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. This rule makes annual updates to…
by Frederick Isasi, Executive Director at Families USA, and Elizabeth Mitchell, President, and CEO, Purchasers Business Group on Health The realities of COVID-19 have made health and health care reform front-burner issues for all…
In every U.S. state, a disturbingly high percentage of people face the impossible choice of foregoing or rationing medications so they can afford other basic needs. This pattern is consistent year over year, with…
On May 19, 2021, The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a hearing on the impact of hospital consolidation on the cost and quality of American health care. Consumers…
In this May 5, 2021 testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Frederick Isasi, Executive Director at Families USA, discusses how high prescription drug costs…
In a letter co-led by American Federations of Teachers, Community Catalyst, Families USA, National Partnership for Women & Families, and Protect Our Care, nearly 200 organizations urge the Biden Administration and Congressional leadership to…
This publication was co-authored by Erica Cischke; American Academy of Family Physicians; Shawn Gremminger, Purchaser Business Group on Health; Jeremy Hoffman, American Federation of Teacher; Shaun O'Brien, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…