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Massachusetts passed major health-reform legislation three years ago with the goal of expanding coverage. How has it fared?
In 2006, under Republican governor Mitt Romney and a heavily Democratic legislature, Massachusetts passed a health-reform bill aimed at providing universal coverage to its citizens. The law required that individuals either have coverage through their employers or purchase it on their own (sometimes with subsidies), an approach that has inspired some current national proposals. -
Public support for health-care reform is high, but some CFOs take a different view.
Kate O'Sullivan, CFO Magazine
December 1, 2009
It's a paradox: For years, CFOs have bemoaned the continually rising cost of health care and have spent countless hours assessing what percentage of those costs can be passed through to employees. Yet when talk turns to reform efforts, many CFOs are lukewarm about the prospect, if not openly hostile. -
Dear Majority Leader Reid, Chairman Baucus, Senator Dodd, Chairman Harkin;We extend our sincere appreciation for the extensive work, thought and commitment represented by the release of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This legislation is an important step to enactment of comprehensive, principled health care reform. BHCT strongly supports substantial system reforms, such as the value-based purchasing, CMS...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Weiss for BHCT
Amy@pointblankpa.com
NOVEMBER 7, 2009 202-203-0448
STATEMENT BY JODY HOFFMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BETTER HEALTH CARE TOGETHER, ON THE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA ACT
Better Health Care Together (www.betterhealthcaretogether.org) today commends the House of Representatives’ passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
“Passage of a bill by the House is an important step to enactment of comprehensive, principled health care reform. The addition of the CMS Innovation Center as well as the Institute of Medicine study of geographic variation in health care spending and high value health care among all populations (including privately insured) combined with implementation of the IOM Medicare recommendations are noteworthy improvements of the original tri-committee bill and begin to establish overall... -
October 15, 2009The Honorable Max BaucusChairmanFinance CommitteeUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510Dear Chairman Baucus,We extend our sincere appreciation for the extensive work, thought and commitment represented by yesterday's approval of health reform legislation. The Senate Finance Committee legislation is an important step to advancing health care reform. For the
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September 17, 2009
The Honorable Max Baucus
Chairman
Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Baucus:
We extend our sincere appreciation for the extensive work, thought and commitment represented by yesterday's release of your Chairman's Mark, "American's Healthy Future Act of 2009". American's Healthy Future Act of 2009 is an important step in developing and enacting comprehensive health reform this year. -
Finance panel's plan would require individuals to purchase insurance but would not include an employer mandate to provide coverage.
September 10, 2009
Senate Committee’s Health Care Bill May Be Palatable to Business
Hours before President Barack Obama urged Congress to act on health care reform, the Senate Finance Committee moved toward offering the fifth legislative proposal on the issue and the one that could draw the most support from business.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eileen McMenamin,
Bipartisan Policy Center
(202) 379-1633,
emcmenamin@bipartisanpolicy.org
Thursday, September 3, 2009 Contact: Amy Weiss,
Better Health Care Together
(202) 203-0448,
amy@pointblankpa.com
Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle join SEIU’s Andy Stern and Wal-Mart’s Leslie Dach to discuss areas of bipartisan agreement in health reform
Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and Better Health Care Together announced today they will host a bipartisan health care forum to highlight areas of agreement among political, business and labor leaders in the health reform debate. -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy WeissSeptember 9, 2009 202-528-4214
Watch a live webcast of the health care forum here.
Better Health Care Together & Bipartisan Policy Center’s Joint Health Care Forum
Washington, D.C. - The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and Better Health Care Together’s bipartisan health care forum highlighted areas of agreement among political, business and labor leaders in the health reform debate. The event entitled, “Common Sense Collaboration: Health Reform Perspectives from Employers and Employees,” took place on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Weiss
August 12, 2009 202-203-0448
Better Health Care Together Urges Swift Action on Health Care Reform
(Washington, DC)-- Better Health Care Together (www.betterhealthcaretogether.org) a coalition of business, labor and think tanks, reiterated its full fledged commitment to working with the House, Senate and Administration to enact collaborative, common-sense health care reform. BHCT seeks 2009 enactment of a new, affordable, and sustainable American health care system for all, to be in place by 2012.
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