PPC Documents, Letters and Statements
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Letter to Ways and Means on Mental Health Package09/28/2022
Letter to leaders on the Ways and Means Committee re: their mental health package and urging it to include a robust set of services to treat mental health and substance use disorders.
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Comments Re: Patient Priorities for the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for Plan Year 202409/13/2022
Comments suggesting priorities for the NBPP which ensure affordability of patient cost-sharing, standardized health plans, outreach and enrollment, standards for web-brokers and direct enrollment entities, healthcare.gov shopping experience, adequacy of the essential health benefits, network adequacy, and workplace wellness
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Comments on Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Waiver Renewal08/31/2022
Comments supporting Washington's waiver emphasizing health equity and supporting the inclusion of continuous eligibility for children under six, pre-release coverage for the justice-involved population, expanded postpartum coverage, and inclusion of health-related services such as housing and transitional care and daily living supports.
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Letter to Congress on the Inflation Reduction Act08/05/2022
Letter to congressional leaders supporting extending the enhanced advance premium tax credits (APTCs) in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Comments re: Washington's Section 1332 Waiver07/14/2022
Comments to CMS supporting Washington's 1332 waiver including expansion of coverage and subsidies, and efforts to improve health equity.
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Comments re: Idaho's Section 1332 Waiver06/30/2022
Comments supporting Idaho’s efforts to strengthen its marketplace by submitting this application to establish a reinsurance program.
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Comments re: Minnesota's Section 1332 Waiver06/30/2022
Comments supporting support Minnesota’s efforts to continue to strengthen its marketplace by extending its insurance program, the Minnesota Premium Security Plan.
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Comments Re: Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees (IRS REG-114339-21) also known as the Family Glitch06/06/2022
Comments supporting the IRS’s proposed fix for the family glitch by aligning affordability regulation with the statute and modifying minimum value regulation.
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Letter to CMS Requesting Meeting on short-term, limited-duration health insurance05/23/2022
Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks- LaSure requesting a meeting re: non-compliant insurance offerings, including – but not limited to -- STLDI, which have disproportionately harmed patients with pre-existing conditions
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Letter to Congress re: Coverage Priorities in Reconciliation Package05/22/2022
Letter to Congress urging them to make expanded advanced premium tax credits permanent and to address Medicaid coverage gap
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Ad in support of making expanded advance premium tax credits (APTCs) permenant05/17/2022
Ad urging Congress to make expanded advance premium tax credits (APTCs) permanent
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Comments RE: Covered Connecticut Demonstration Waiver05/13/2022
Comments supporting Connecticut's 1115 Waiver to reduce financial barriers to care, improve the comprehensiveness of patients’ coverage and limit coverage losses during the unwinding of the COVID-19 PHE.
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Comments Re: Alaska 1332 State Innovation Waiver Extension05/13/2022
Comments supporting Alaska’s Section 1332 Waiver which strengthens its marketplace by extending the Alaska Reinsurance Program
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Comments on Washington’s Section 1332 State Waiver05/02/2022
Comments to the state supporting Washington's 1332 waiver including expansion of coverage and subsidies, and efforts to improve health equity
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Comments re: Maine Section 1332 State Waiver Amendment Application04/26/2022
Comments supporting Maine’s 1332 waiver including efforts to extend its reinsurance program to a pooled individual and small group market
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Comments on DHS Docket No. USCIS–2021–0013, the notice of proposed rulemaking, “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility”04/25/2022
Comments supporting finalizing DHS Public Charbe Ground of Inadmissability proposed rule to ensure that immigrant communities retain access to health care and other benefits.
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Comments re: New Jersey's 1115 Waiver Request04/22/2022
Comments supporting New Jersey's FamilyCare Comprehensive Demonstration including continuous eligibility of coverage for adult beneficiaries
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Comments to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the Request for Information re: Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid and CHIP.04/18/2022
Comments to CMS on Medicaid and CHIP supporting simplying eligibility and enrollment process, increasing outreach and education, ensuring continuity in coverage, improving network adequacy standards, and aligning payment and compliance processes
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Comments re: Oregon 1115 Waiver04/13/2022
Comments on Oregon's Health Plan 1115 Demonstration supporting continuous eligibility and importance of health equity and opposing limitations on coverage of accelerated approval drugs and the continued use of a prioritized list for Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
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PPC Letter to Congressional Health Futures Task Force re: Request for Information on Affordability02/22/2022
Letter responding to questions on the affordability of employer-sponsored insurance
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PPC Comments on Healthy Futures Taskforce Affordability RFI02/22/2022
PPC invited several representatives of the United States House of Representatives to come and speak to the coalition about their priorities related to increasing affordability in the coming months.
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PPC Letter to CMS re Premiums in Medicaid02/14/2022
PPC wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to thank the agency for its recent decision to remove a critical financial barrier to Medicaid coverage by rejecting and phasing out premiums in Section 1115 waivers.
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PPC Letter to Congress Supporting Healthcare Investments Fiscal Year 2022 budget Reconciliation Process02/11/2022
Letter to congressional leaders urging them to peremenantly expand enhanced advance premium tax credits (APTCs) and close the Medicaid coverage gap in Fiscal Year 2022 budget reconciliation process.
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PPC Letter to Congress re Healthcare Policies in Reconciliation Package02/11/2022
PPC wrote to the U.S. Speaker of the House and the U.S. Senate Majority Leader to ask that they act swiftly to permanently expand Affordable Care Act programs to ensure access to health care for the American people.
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Comments re: Massachusetts 1115 Demonstration Extension02/02/2022
Comments supporting Massachusetts 1115 waiver extension to include justice-involved individuals and those experiencing homelessness, and on Medicaid continuous eligibility and retroactive eligibility
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Comments re: Colorado 1332 Waiver Amendment Request02/02/2022
Comment supporting Colorado's request to strengthen its marketplace through standardized plan options, network adequacy guardrails, subsidies and reinsurance
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PPC Comments on Massachusetts 1115 Waiver02/02/2022
PPC submitted comments on the Massachusetts 1115 Demonstration Extension Request for the MassHealth program.
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PPC Comments on Colorado 1332 Waiver02/02/2022
PPC wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Departments of the Treasury to express support of Colorado’s waiver application to expand access to quality, affordable coverage and to urge the Departments to approve this proposal.
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Health Partner Letter to HHS re Short-Term Plan Regulations01/31/2022
PPC wrote to the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor to request that new regulations be issued limiting the sale and availability of short-term, limited-duration (“STLD”) health insurance.
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Comments re: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule for 202401/27/2022
Letter requesting rulemaking to limit the sale and availability of short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health insurance
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Comments re: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule for 202301/27/2022
Comment letter addressing Guaranteed Availability of Coverage, Past-Due Premiums, Nondiscrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Risk Adjustment, Web-broker Website Requirements and Standards for Agents, Brokers, and Web-brokers, Annual Eligibility Redetermination, Re-enrollment Hierarchy, Special Enrollment Period Verification, User Fee Rates for the 2023 Benefit Year, Essential Health Benefits, Standardized Plan Options, Network Adequacy, Medical Loss Ratio, Quality Standards and Health Equity
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Comments re: Georgia 1332 Waiver on Access Model01/27/2022
Comments urging revocation of Georgia's Access model which prohibits Georgians from enrolling in health insurance coverage through Healthcare.gov and require use an insurer or broker.
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PPC Comments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 202301/27/2022
PPC wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services to offer comments and recommendations addressing specific provisions of the proposed rule.
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Comments Re: Virginia 1332 State Innovation Waiver Application01/25/2022
Comments supporting Virginia’s efforts to strengthen its marketplace by establishing a reinsurance program, and urging approval
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PPC Comments on the Georgia Access Model01/07/2022
PPC strongly urged the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services to revoke the Georgia Access Model portion of the state’s 1332 waiver.
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Consensus Healthcare Reform Principles01/01/2022
Statement on PPC's Principles for Healthcare Reform including that: Health Insurance Must be Affordable; Health Insurance Must be Accessible; and Health Insurance Must be Adequate and Understandable.
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Comments RE Proposal To Withdraw or Repeal the Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely regulation12/17/2021
Comments supporting repeal of the Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely (SUNSET) regulation as it creates unnecessary confusion and wastes governmental resources.
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Comments RE Surprise Billing and Implementation of the No Surprises Act12/06/2021
Comments in support implementation which provides consumers with clear, comprehensive protections against surprise bills where they have not knowingly obtained out-of-network care; and ensures the independent dispute resolution process does not lead to higher costs for patients.
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Comments RE Proposed Repeal of HHS Rules on Guidance, Enforcement, and Adjudication Procedures11/19/2021
Comments applauding withdrawal of the proposed rule and offering support to improve transparency and public input on important policies impacting patients with serious and chronic health conditions.
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Comments RE the Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-202611/07/2021
Comments on how HHS' strategic plan can improve coverage and care for the millions of patients and people with pre-existing conditions.
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Comments RE Kansas Continuous Eligibility Amendment11/05/2021
Comments urging approval of Kansas’ 1115 Waiver Amendment to provide 12-month continuous eligibility to parents and caretakers relatives enrolled in the Medicaid program.
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Comments RE Utah Section 1115 Waiver Extension Request10/21/2021
Comments supporting increased care coordination for justice-involved populations and expressing concerns with benefit limitations and the public comment process
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Comments RE Montana Section 1115 Waivers Request to Expand Continuous Eligibility10/19/2021
Comments supporting Montana's propsal to expand continuous eligibility in Medicaid.
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Comments RE Florida Managed Medical Assistance Program Section 1115 Waiver Amendment Request10/19/2021
Comments supporting expansion of Medicaid post-partum coverage and expressing concerns with proposals to waive retroactive eligibility and approve the waiver for ten years.
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Comments RE Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me (ARHOME) Demonstration Request10/19/2021
Comments supporting Arkansas’s efforts to continue Medicaid expansion, but urging the government not to approve provisions in this proposal that would add additional financial and administrative barriers for patients.
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Comments RE Requirements Related to Air Ambulance Services, Agent and Broker Disclosures, and Provider Enforcement10/18/2021
Comments supporting patient protections, their robust enforcement, and data collection efforts for Air Ambulance Services, Insurance Agents and Brokers, and Providers
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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Patient Priorities10/12/2021
Letter to Congress requesting action to permanently close the Medicaid coverage gap and make the enhanced advance premium tax credits permanent in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget reconciliation process.
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Letter to Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing/Medicaid Program Regarding the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency09/30/2021
Letter highlighting important steps states can and should take to ensure patients who remain eligible for Medicaid coverage maintain their access to care at the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, as well as support the state’s workforce and economy.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership Requesting that Advance Premium Tax Credits Enhancements Be Made Permanent and for the Medicaid Coverage Gap to be Addressed in Reconcilliation09/10/2021
Letter to Congressional Leadership Requesting that Advance Premium Tax Credits Enhancements Be Made Permanent and for the Medicaid Coverage Gap to be Addressed in Reconcilliation
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Comments RE TennCare Waiver Request09/09/2021
Comments expressing concern with proposals to change Tennesee's Medicaid financing, implement a closed formulary, continue denying retroactive coverage, and for a 10-year approval of the waiver.