It’s #OpenEnrollment season. Avoid enrolling in junk plans that may seem to offer a great upfront price but often don’t cover even basic services, meaning you’ll pay higher and unexpected costs down the line.

This Thanksgiving, we are taking time to express our gratitude for our partners — including the advocates, health care industry representatives, and policymakers that join us in shared efforts to achieve health policy goals for consumers.

This second announcement of negotiated drug prices shows what is possible when policymakers put patients before corporate profits and hold big drug companies accountable.

At last year’s Health Action Conference, we were inspired by the words of Sister Simone Campbell, a religious leader, attorney, poet, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Board Chair of Families USA.

ReShonda Young from Waterloo, Iowa is surviving cancer with the help of the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits. The tax credits made her monthly out-of-pocket payment $94 a month. Without it, the same policy would be $592 a month.

The fact that President Trump finally felt compelled to have a proposal at all suggests that the calls and cries for help from health care consumers are starting to be heard.

This holiday season, we are thankful for access to quality health coverage and the enhanced premium tax credits that make that coverage affordable for the 20 million+ individuals and families that rely on it.

Eileen Spickler traveled from Kansas to D.C. this week with her husband Barry to testify in front of Congress about how without enhanced premium tax credits, Barry will lose access to health coverage.

Eileen and Barry Spickler are two of the 22 million Americans that rely on enhanced premium tax credits to keep their family covered. For this Kansas couple, access to affordable health coverage through the Affordable Care Act is life or death.

Congress must take immediate steps to support families whose health and financial security are in jeopardy and to address the root causes of our nation’s health care cost crisis.

Despite having had several opportunities to act this year on meaningful affordability solutions, this Congress has failed to provide Americans with desperately needed relief from crushing health care costs.

Good news! MD's Rx Affordability Board took a step toward setting upper payment limits for Farxiga and Jardiance for state and local governments. marylandmatters.org/2025/11/17/m...

Across the country, people are experiencing sticker shock when they open their annual insurance rate notices and discover their 2026 premium increases.

As states grapple with implementing Republican health care cuts, many lawfully present immigrants are losing their health coverage, including people who have been working, paying taxes, and building strong communities at church and in rural areas in the United States for decades.

During #AmericanDiabetesMonth, we recognize the millions of Americans who have diabetes and the vast disparities in diagnosis and treatment among racial and ethnic minority groups and low-income communities.

Last week, Families USA staff joined public health professionals from around the world at @apha.org's Annual Meeting and Expo to learn how we're making public health a national priority.

📢Birth control is health care for millions of people, impacting their health, futures and freedom! This #ThxBirthControl Day, we’re joining @powertodecide.bsky.social and nationwide partners in fighting against misinformation and uplifting the truth: contraception changes lives.

This #VeteransDay, we are thinking of the more than 600,000 non-elderly, adult veterans that would qualify for enhanced premium tax credits in 2026 if they are extended. Without these health care tax credits, many veterans and their families won't be able to afford the health insurance they need.

We are profoundly disappointed that this agreement includes only a promise of a future vote on extending the enhanced premium tax credits that millions of Americans depend on to afford their coverage.

This week, we joined @apha.org and partners on the National Mall to show the strength, unity, and passion of the public health community — reinforcing that protecting the public’s health is not optional, it’s essential.

We applaud efforts to lower drugs costs, especially for high-priced drugs that patients need. However, we are concerned by the lack of detail in how this announcement may align with the most effective tool to lower drug costs — Medicare drug negotiation. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The message is clear — Congress must extend the enhanced premium tax credits, stop the premium spikes and protect affordable health care! #CareNotCuts #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Nearly every American — regardless of where they live, how much money they make, the type of health insurance they have, or which side of the political aisle they claim — believes skyrocketing health care costs are an urgent issue for Congress and the President to address

Now is the time to enroll in health care coverage for next year. Visit healthcare.gov and choose the right plan at the right price for you and your family. If you need help, reach out to a navigator or assister: healthcare.gov/find-local-help/.

We are looking forward to joining @apha.org and partners to raise our voice to highlight urgent public health priorities. See you tomorrow! #SpeakForHealth

🩺 Janet from IL has a medical implant that costs her $580 a month - in addition her $900/mo insurance premiums and $350/mo supplemental insurance for her husband. Without ACA tax credits, she can't afford that implant, but she definitely can't afford a $36,000 surgery to take it out either.

Brick Williams grew up in Cedar Hills, Utah where he has built a career as a full-time guitar teacher for the past 24 years.

Open enrollment has begun! Go to healthcare.gov to view the #ACA marketplace plans available in your area and #GetCovered. Enroll by Dec 15 for coverage effective Jan 1. #OpenEnrollment

It may be Halloween, but there is nothing spooky about Health Action Conference! 🎃

It’s Halloween, but don’t be scared! 😱 Open enrollment starts tomorrow. Make sure you have everything you need to apply for 2026 health care coverage with this checklist so you’re not spooked when it’s time to enroll. www.healthcare.gov/downloads/ap...

For Idahoan Brittany Rush, increased premiums will make health insurance unaffordable in 2026. If Congress doesn’t extend the enhanced premium tax credits, this will be the reality for millions of Americans across the country.

This health care crisis isn’t about partisan politics, it’s about people’s lives. If Congress does not extend premium tax credits, Americans across the country will begin to see their health care premiums skyrocket as we near the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period.

In 2017, Dawn Wheeler received a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis. Because of her ACA coverage, she had access to the care she needed to survive. She endured five rounds of intense chemotherapy, followed by a mastectomy and reconstruction, all covered by her ACA plan.

We were proud to join @popdemoc.bsky.social and partners at today’s rally lifting up the stories of those that depend on the Affordable Care Act for affordable health care.

📢 Mark your calendar! 🗓️ Open enrollment begins this Saturday, November 1. You can preview 2026 health insurance plans that will be available in your area during the open enrollment period at www.healthcare.gov/see-plans/.

WATCH: House Democrats hold hearing on strengthening the care economy and protecting access to health care. We must do better to invest in affordable care for all. LIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/live/OnYuwKY...

In the wake of the Republican health care cuts, the Trump admin’s changes to ACA marketplace rules, and Congress’s lack of action to extend enhanced premium tax credits, people looking to purchase health insurance during open enrollment are likely to have a lot of questions.

At every turn, big drug companies employ a barrage of tactics to undermine efforts to improve drug affordability in order to protect their outsized profits.

A new CBO report shows the Republican health care cuts passed earlier this year include an $8.8B handout to big drug companies at the expense of seniors and people with disabilities. The bill weakens Medicare’s power to lower drug prices for blockbuster drugs.

For too long, Americans have struggled to pay the price of medications they need, with politicians on both sides of the aisle promising action.

Our new poll shows that regardless of where you live, your income, your type of insurance, or your politics — nearly every American believes unreasonable health care costs are an urgent issue for Congress and the President to take on.

Jody Fieulleteau receives her health insurance from the Georgia marketplace. She rushed to schedule surgery next week because she’s concerned about having insurance.

Families USA's latest poll tells an important story — Americans on both sides of the aisle agree health care prices are too high, and they want bold action and real reforms to tackle this problem. Is Washington listening? familiesusa.org/resources/am...

NEW FAMILIES USA POLL: The message voters are sending is crystal clear. 91%❗️said Washington should do something about high and rising health care prices. familiesusa.org/resources/am...

NEW POLL: Lowering health care costs is the top priority for American voters across party lines. We asked voters on both sides of the aisle and found near-unanimous bipartisan support not only for extending premium tax credits but for broader reforms to bring down costs.

Christine has worked as a hairstylist in Pennsylvania for over three decades and because she doesn’t receive insurance through her employer, she gets coverage through the state’s health insurance Marketplace, Pennie. Premium tax credits help her afford that coverage.

After nearly three weeks of closure, it’s clear to members on both sides that premium tax credits must be addressed. Members should get back to work to permanently extend the credits without changes and open the government. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trying to live without health insurance would be “financially devastating” for Stan Clawson, a freelance filmmaker and adjunct professor who lives with paralysis. Without premium tax credits, he may have to buy cheaper groceries or find a new job that provides insurance.

Families USA was joined by 15 organizations representing patients, providers, and other advocates aiming to improve diabetes care, in sending a letter of gratitude to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey for expanding Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).

📢Don't miss out!📢 The early bird deadline for the Families USA Health Action Conference is coming up this Monday!