PPC Documents, Letters and Statements
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PPC Statement on Medicaid Unwinding and Protecting Patients’ Access to Medicaid Coverage in 202401/26/2024
PPC organizations strongly urge governors and states to take additional action to protect coverage for the children and families over the next year and offer suggestions for policies which do just that.
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PPC Comments RE: Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 202501/08/2024
Comments expressing appreciation for the administration’s ongoing commitment to improving the accessibility, affordability, and adequacy of care for all patients and confidence that many of the policies included in the proposed rule will continue to advance these shared goals.
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Comments RE: the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations under the No Surprises Act01/02/2024
Comments on a proposed rule applauding the Departments’ efforts to improve the Independent Dispute Resolution process outlined under the No Surprises Act.
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Comments RE: Nevada Section 1332 Waiver Application12/20/2023
Comments supporting the Nevada’s commitment, as codified by Senate Bill 420, to implement a new coverage program for improving access to affordable coverage, and urging the state to use pass-through funds generated by the waiver to support a premium subsidy program for Nevadans with low-incomes.
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Comments RE: North Carolina Medicaid Reform Demonstration Extension Request12/20/2023
Comments applauding the North Carolina’s work to improve health equity under this waiver and supporting the inclusion of continuous eligibility for children and pre-release coverage for justice-involved populations.
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PPC Statement RE: Strengthening Consumer Protections in Association Health Plans12/19/2023
Patient groups applaud the Department of Labor’s newly proposed rule strengthening consumer protections in association health plans (AHPs).
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Comments RE: Proposed Rule on Comments on Processes for Assessing Compliance with Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity in Medicaid and CHIP12/04/2023
Comments in support of the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services’ (CMCS) efforts to increase access to affordable, high-quality and culturally-competent mental health and substance use disorder services for patients covered by Medicaid and CHIP.
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PPC Comments RE: Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act10/16/2023
Comments supporting proposal to strengthen the standards for insurers and health plans to demonstrate that they are not imposing greater treatment limitations on enrollees’ access to treatments for mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) than are applied to medical/surgical (M/S) treatment but urging the Departments to remove certain proposed exceptions, which threaten to undermine this important progress.
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PPC Letter to House Budget Committee RFI on Health Care Cost Containment10/15/2023
Letter indicating that any efforts to reduce health care spending by Congress must ensure that insurance is accessible, adequate, and affordable for patients.
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PPC Letter to CMS RE Medicaid Unwinding and Additional Flexibilities10/10/2023
Letter to Medicaid director thanking the Administration for recent efforts to reinstate Medicaid coverage for 500,000 children and adults and ensure that states fix errors in the renewal process.
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PPC Statement for Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Surprise Medical Bills and the No Surprises Act10/03/2023
Statement supporting the No Surprises Act and expressing concern that amending the statute may destabilize the gains that have been made since its passage.
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PPC Comments RE: NPRM on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance09/11/2023
Comments expressing strong support of this proposal, which would reduce the risk that products not subject to the insurance market rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be marketed and sold to consumers as a substitute for ACA compliant comprehensive coverage.
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PPC Comments RE: Request for Information Regarding Medical Payment Products09/11/2023
Comments to HHS, Treasury, and CFPB regarding medical debt, junk plans and other challenges to ensuring health insurance is affordable, accessible, adequate.
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PPC Comments Re: Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Amendment09/08/2023
Comments supporting Washington's waiver proposal to implement multi-year continuous eligibility for young children as a method to reduce negative health outcomes in Washington.
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PPC Statement on Medicaid Unwinding08/21/2023
PPC statement urging that states use flexibilities in Medicaid to minimize unnecessary coverage losses, ensure lost coverage is reinstated as quickly and seamlessly as possible, and proactively notify beneficiaries of coverage reinstatements so that patients have access to the health care they need.
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PPC Letter to CMS re: Premiums in Medicaid08/18/2023
Letter supporting elimination of premiums in the Medicaid program that go beyond those authorized in statute
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Comments re: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule for 202408/18/2023
Letter requesting rulemaking to limit the sale and availability of short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health insurance
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Leading Patient Organizations Call for Immediate Action to Protect Patients’ Medicaid Coverage07/28/2023
Following the administration’s release of its first monthly Medicaid unwinding data report, patient organizations call for urgent, meaningful actions to address the unprecedented coverage losses occuring over the past few months.
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Letter to HHS RE: Patient Priorities for the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Plan Year 202507/27/2023
Letter thanking the Administration for its ongoing efforts to ensure the effective implementation of the patient protections and consumer-focused policies of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and offering input for future rulemaking for the 2025 plan year and beyond.
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PPC Comments RE: Illinois 1115 Behavioral Health Transformation Extension07/27/2023
Comments supporting 1115 waiver application and Illinois' efforts to improve equitable access to quality and affordable health coverage.
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PPC Comments Re: Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME) 1115 Amendment07/14/2023
Comments strongly opposing Arkansas’ proposal to implement a complex new demonstration amendment that includes both work requirements and time limits for Medicaid beneficiaries as they will greatly threaten access to and continuity of care for Medicaid patients while creating additional barriers and implementation challenges within the ARHOME program.
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PPC Letter to the White House on Medicaid Unwinding07/10/2023
Letter to the White House urging the Administration to take immediate action to protect Medicaid coverage for patients in states with high procedural termination rates.
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Patient Organizations Applaud Proposed Rule to Rein in Short-Term Plans07/07/2023
Patient groups applaud the Biden Administration’s newly proposed rule designed to protect patients from short-term health plans, a rapidly growing form of low-quality health coverage.
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PPC Comments RE: Proposed Rule on Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality06/29/2023
Comments supporting critical policies to improve access to care in Medicaid, including access and network standards, state directed payments, in lieu of services, and quality.
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PPC Comments RE: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services06/29/2023
Comments supporting policies to improve access to Medicaid for individuals with chronic illness and to empower the voice of enrollee stakeholders and offering recommendations to strengthen the proposed rule.
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Comments on a Proposed Rule Clarifying Eligibility for a Qualified Health Plan Through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, a Basic Health Program, and for Some Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs06/23/2023
Comments supporting clarification that young people granted deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy are eligible to enroll in critical federal health coverage affordability programs
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Letter to House Leadership re: the detrimental impact of policies included in HR 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; HR 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act, and HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act06/21/2023
Letter opposing policies included in about the detrimental impact of policies included in HR 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; HR 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act, and HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act
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Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership re: the detrimental impact HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act06/21/2023
Letter opposing policies included in HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act
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Letter to House Education and Workforce Leaders re: Concerns about detrimental impact of policies included in HR 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; and HR 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act06/06/2023
Letter opposing policies included in HR 2868, the Association Health Plans Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; and HR 2813, the Self-Insurance Protection Act
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Comments re: Alabama 1115 Substance Use Disorder Demonstration Proposal06/02/2023
Comments supporting efforts to address substance use disorder and encouraging the state to expand Medicaid.
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PPC Letter to HHS and CMS re: Medicaid Unwinding05/31/2023
Letter urging HHS and CMS to take immediate action in response to Medicaid unwinding coverage losses.
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Comments to Arkansas Medicaid Program on ARHOME 1115 Amendment05/23/2023
Letter opposing the ARHOME 1115 Amendment that would implement work requirements and time limits for Medicaid.
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PPC Statement: Patient Organizations Concerned by the Loss of Health Coverage for Nearly 75,000 Arkansans05/11/2023
PPC statement on Medicaid Unwinding coverage losses released by Arkansas.
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30 Patient Organizations Oppose Legislation Threatening Healthcare for Millions of Patients04/28/2023
This legislation is a clear attack on access to quality and affordable healthcare with particularly devastating consequences for patients with serious, acute and chronic illnesses. We urge Congress to reject this bill.
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PPC Statement for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Hearing on “Reducing health care costs for working Americans and their families”04/26/2023
Statement fora hearing on reducing health care costs, which expresses concern about Association Health Plans(AHPs) and telehealth as an excepted benefit.
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PPC Statement - House of Representatives’ Work Requirements Policy Proposal Threatens Healthcare for Millions of Americans04/17/2023
Statement in response to the release of House Leadership proposal to institute work requirements for Medicaid as part of the debt ceiling and fiscal policy negotiations
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23 National Health Organizations Comment on Braidwood v. Becerra Ruling that Threatens No-Cost Preventive Care03/30/2023
Patient groups representing millions of people with serious health conditions released a statement today in response to the ruling in the Braidwood versus Becerra case, which threatens coverage of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended preventive services without cost sharing as required under the Affordable Care Act.
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PPC Statement to House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee for Hearing on “Why Health Care is Unaffordable”03/23/2023
Statement for the record highlighting the ACA and other policies that have made quality health care more affordable and asking for Congress to make the Enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) permanent, limit short-term limited duration and other non-compliant plans, address affordability of out-of-pocket costs and expand Medicaid.
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PPC Letter to White House re: Protecting Medicaid in Fiscal Negotiations03/23/2023
Letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris urging them to protect Medicaid in fiscal negotiations around raising the debt ceiling.
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PPC Letter to Congress re: Protecting Medicaid in Fiscal Negotiations03/23/2023
Letter to Congressional leaders urging them to protect Medicaid in fiscal negotiations around raising the debt ceiling.
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PPC letter to CCIIO re: Georgia SBE Blueprint Letter03/22/2023
Letter urging CMS to reject Georgia's plan to transition to a state-based exchange (SBE) for plan year 2024, since it would jeopardize coverage for hundreds of thousands of Georgians.
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PPC Statement on Supporting and Protecting the Medicaid Program03/17/2023
One-page statement with facts about the importance of Medicaid for people with chronic conditions and urging Congress to support and protect the Medicaid program.
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Protecting Patients’ Access to Care as the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirements End03/17/2023
Statement urging federal and state policymakers to protect patients' access to care at the end of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement (Medicaid Unwinding)
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Comments on Proposed Rule and Request for Information; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes03/13/2023
Comment letter addressing Application Program Interfaces (API), prior authorization time frames, reporting requirements, and communication with providers, among other topics.
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Statement for the Record to Energy and Commerce on Reconcilliation Priorities02/11/2023
Statement in support of including policies to strengthen Medicaid coverage and mitigate costs associated with COVID-19 for patients and consumers.
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Comments on Delaware 1115 Demonstration Extension Request02/10/2023
Comment letter supporting the state’s decision to reinstate retroactive coverage for all Medicaid beneficiaries
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Comments on Rhode Island 1115 Demonstration Extension Request02/03/2023
Comment letter supporting the emphasis on health equity, inclusion of pre-release coverage for justice-involved populations and extended postpartum coverage, while opposing that the state continues to waive retroactive coverage for the general Medicaid population
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Comments on Oklahoma 1115 Demonstration Extension Request02/03/2023
Comment letter opposing Oklahoma’s continued waiver of three-month retroactive coverage for most of the state’s Medicaid population
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Comments on Kansas KanCare 1115 Demonstration Extension Request02/03/2023
Comment letter supporting Kansas' inclusion of continuous eligibility for parent and caretaker relatives and for children aging out of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
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Comments on the Request for Information on Essential Health Benefits01/30/2023
Comment letter addressing several policies related to updating the Essential Health Benefits, including barriers of accessing services due to coverage and cost, prescription drugs as EHB and substitution of EHB.