Hello partners,

As we approach January 30 and a potential opportunity to advance a health extenders package, please join us in sending this letter to Congress urging it to pass pro-consumer reforms that will lower healthcare costs now and provide relief to families.

You can read the letter here. To sign on in support, please fill out this form by EOD Tuesday, January 20.

In 2025, nearly half of all American’s struggled to afford the healthcare they and their families needed and over one-third of Americans reported skipping needed care, all due to the high cost driven by health care industry. Unless Congress acts in 2026, the problem will only get worse.

This letter lifts up many of the policies that were passed by the House in the 2023's Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, legislation that was considered by Congressional leadership in the December 2024, and other bipartisan policies to rein in industry greed that are wildly popular with consumers across the country.

Our letter urges Congress to:

Prohibit health systems from charging Medicare more for the same procedure if performed at a hospital facility instead of a doctor’s office (84% of voters support)
Close legal loopholes that allow drug companies to raise prices by blocking generics, and rein in key patent abuses such as patent thickets, product hopping and pay-for-delay practices to improve innovation and competition in the prescription drug market (87% of voters support)
Prohibit Medicare Advantage companies from billing abuses such as exaggerating health risks to get paid more (79% of voters support)
Strengthen hospital and health plan price transparency by requiring all hospitals and health plans to disclose their negotiated rates in dollars and cents with no exception. (91% of voters support)
End dishonest billing and require hospital-owned clinics to indicate when procedures are conducted in out-patient settings to prevent hospital systems from charging higher rates for routine care (82% of voters support)
Prohibit anti-competitive contracting, including contracts between providers and insurers that limit patients’ access to alternative sources of health care (78% support)

Collectively, these policies represent an agenda that prioritizes health care affordability and addresses the root causes of our nation’s health care cost crisis by holding corporate health systems accountable for charging excessive health care prices. We hope you can join us.

Thank you, and please reach out if you have any questions.

Mike Persley

Strategic Partnerships Campaign Manager

Families USA