What We Do
Building a Better Health Care System
Our goal is to expand access to quality, affordable health care in the near term while paving a path toward durable federal policies centered on the needs of people.
Our Current Priorities
Our nation’s elected leaders face monumental challenges in improving our health care system. We prioritize improvements that will build the health care system people want.
Maternal & Child Health
Everyone deserves a safe, dignified pregnancy, but that’s often not the case in the U.S. At United States of Care, we listen to people first, leading to our United Solutions for Care. With stark racial disparities, especially for Black women, we’re committed to improving the maternal health and postpartum journey by centering the voices of those most affected.
Affordability
USofCare is working to make sure that people across the country have certainty they can afford their health care. People want to know that they can afford the care they receive and that they won’t have to choose between their health and potential bankruptcy.
Mental Health
USofCare is working to make sure that people across the country can access the mental health care they need, when and how they need it – we do this by listening to people’s needs. We know we must ensure people can afford and depend on their health coverage, and that our health care system recognizes that our mental health is just as important as our physical health.
Public Option
Getting the health coverage that people need has become too expensive for too many Americans. A public health insurance option, often called a “public option” is an emerging solution that would create a high-quality, dependable, more affordable option for health insurance.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence holds immense potential to revolutionize healthcare by empowering patients, supporting providers, and improving diagnostics. However, it risks diminishing the human element and exacerbating racial inequities if we don’t address concerns about AI in health care. At USofCare, we bridge the gap between people’s needs and those in power to ensure AI enhances, rather than harms, the health care experience. Explore our resources to learn more about AI’s impact and public sentiment.
Dependable Coverage
Through our listening work and public opinion surveys, we know that people want the certainty they can afford their health care and the security and freedom that dependable health care coverage provides as life changes.
Virtual Care
At USofCare, we are bringing people, policymakers, providers and entrepreneurs together to build a virtual care system of the future, centered on people’s needs that closes gaps and removes barriers to access. We are providing policymakers with evidence to make informed decisions on how best to use virtual care to close gaps in people’s ability to access care.
Patient-First Care
Since 2019, USofCare has listened deeply to understand what people want from healthcare: affordable, high-quality care, more time with doctors, better provider communication, and personalized treatment. Through extensive public opinion research, we’ve developed strategies to communicate this approach effectively. Explore our resources to learn how to align healthcare communication with what people truly want.
We work at the state and federal levels to secure legislative, executive and administrative solutions that most effectively address people’s needs.
Our Process
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Our Vision
Addressing people’s health care needs
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Our Work
Research & Listening
Innovation & Policy Design
State & Federal Efforts
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Our Impact
Achieving short and long term success
Health Care That Meets People’s Needs
We envision a future where all people have dependable access to high-quality health care in a way that meets their unique needs at a price they can afford.
This means building a better health care system based on the following outcomes:
- Affordable: People have certainty they can afford their health care.
- Dependable: People have the security and freedom that dependable health care coverage provides as life changes.
- Personal: People can get the personalized care they need, when and how they need it.
- Understandable: People experience a health care system that’s understandable and easy to navigate.
What We Do
Challenging the System
At United States of Care, we aim to drive a unique, cross-sector, people-centered approach to prioritize, create, and advance state and federal policies that meet people’s needs.
Our work is in three key areas:
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Research & Listening to People
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Innovation & Policy Design
Driving health care policy design centered on the needs of people and mapping the building blocks of the health care system. -
State & Federal Efforts
Securing targeted near- and long-term health care wins that address people’s needs.
Latest Updates
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November 20, 2024News & Updates
United States of Care Responds to 2026 Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameters (NBPP)
Last week, United States of Care (USofCare) submitted comments [link to PDF of comments] in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule for 2026, which outlines the rules and regulations for health care plans offered on the Affordable…
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November 7, 2024Press Release
USofCare Releases Statement on the Outcome of the 2024 Election
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November 4, 2024Dependable Coverage, News & Updates
United States of Care Statement: Final 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule & Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rules Incorporate USofCare Priorities and Promotes Health Equity
On Friday, November 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rules. Taken together, both final rules will expand people’s access to affordable, equitable coverage while also moving provider payment closer toward a system grounded…
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