PPC Documents, Letters and Statements
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In the Wake of Senate Passage, Coalition Warns: H.R. 1 Is a Dangerous Setback for Patients07/01/2025
Today, a coalition of leading non-partisan, non-profit patient advocacy organizations issued a sharp rebuke following Senate passage of H.R. 1, warning of devastating coverage losses nationwide.
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PPC Letter RE: One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Impact on Patients06/28/2025
PPC letter urging Members of the Senate to oppose this legislation as the vast majority of health-related policies included would make it significantly harder for patients to access and afford their care and jeopardize the programs which are literal lifelines for the millions of patients, their families, and survivors who continue to experience the side effects of illness and care.
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Patient Coalition Condemns House-Passed H.R. 1 for Stripping Coverage from Millions06/06/2025
Today, 36 non-partisan, non-profit patient advocacy organizations issued the following response to new Congressional Budget Office estimates that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) combined with the failure to reauthorize the ACA’s tax credits would cause 16 million people to lose their health coverage by implementing deep cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
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The Partnership to Protect Coverage Urges Congress to Not Cut Our Health Care05/20/2025
PPC statement urging congressional leaders to reject cruel and reckless policies in the reconciliation package that would cut or terminate healthcare for millions of American families.
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PPC Statement Statement in Advance of the House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means Committee Markups05/12/2025
PPC statement urging congressional leaders to reject cruel and reckless policies which would terminate health coverage for at least 13.7 million people, including low-income working adults, Medicare beneficiaries, children, people with disabilities, and patients with complex health conditions, and indicating that Medicaid and the ACA are not line items in a budget—they are literally lifelines for the patients.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Cuts05/05/2025
PPC letter to congressional leadership, on behalf of millions of patients across the United States, expressing deep alarm and strong opposition to the devastating Medicaid cuts being considered for inclusion in the FY25 budget reconciliation package.
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Statement on Behalf of Members of the Partnership to Protect Coverage to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee RE: Hearing on: “A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care"04/02/2025
Statement urging the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to reject bills which negatively impact the quality and affordability of healthcare for patients, including the Association Health Plans Act; the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; and the Self-Insurance Protection Act and, instead, partner with organizations like the 27 signers to identify opportunities to expand affordable, accessible, and adequate healthcare coverage for patients and their families.
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Statement in Opposition to House Budget Resolution that Threatens Medicaid Coverage for Millions02/24/2025
PPC statement opposing the House budget resolution, which requires massive cuts that can only be achieved by decimating the Medicaid program.
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Statement for the Record to Senate Budget Committee on Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 202502/14/2025
Statement for the record from 37 patient groups to the Senate Budget Committee expressing deep concern about policy proposals that make severe cuts to the Medicaid program and to repeal tax credits for health insurance premiums through the budget reconciliation process. Medicaid and the enhanced premium tax credits afforded through the Affordable Care Act enable patients to access vital, comprehensive health care services and should not be used to pay for other legislative priorities.
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Statement for the Record to House Budget Committee on Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 202502/14/2025
Statement for the record from 37 patient groups to the Senate Budget Committee expressing deep concern about policy proposals that make severe cuts to the Medicaid program and to repeal tax credits for health insurance premiums through the budget reconciliation process. Medicaid and the enhanced premium tax credits afforded through the Affordable Care Act enable patients to access vital, comprehensive health care services and should not be used to pay for other legislative priorities.
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Letter from the Partnership to Protect Coverage RE: Healthcare Priorities for the 119th Congress01/24/2025
Letter requesting a legislative agenda for the 119th Congress which elevates several key patient community priorities, including
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PPC Comments to Ways & Means Committee RE: Response to Request for Information – Tax Priorities10/15/2024
Letter in response to Ways & Means Committee Request for Information on Tax asking Congress to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced advance premium tax credits (APTCs) before they expire at the end of 2025 as permanently extending these critical subsidies is essential to preventing sudden increases in out-of-pocket costs and the loss of insurance coverage for millions of people.
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Statement to House Education & Workforce Committee Leadership Re: Patient Community Concerns H.J. Res. 181, Congressional Review Act resolution to stop the Biden-Harris rule limiting access to Association Health Plans09/11/2024
Statement urging urge the Committee to reject the resolution and, instead, partner with organizations like PPC to
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PPC Letter to Congressional Leadership RE: The Need to Make Permanent the Enhanced Advanced Premium Tax Credits08/21/2024
Letter from more than 40 patient and consumer groups urging Congress to take immediate action to permanently extend the enhanced advanced premium tax credits as people with serious and chronic conditions cannot afford to go without insurance that meets their healthcare needs.
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Letter to Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations RE: Policy Riders on the LHHS Appropriations Bill07/09/2024
Letter urging Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations to actively oppose policy riders that are included in the fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill. These policy riders undermine key healthcare protections and make it even more difficult to pass vital funding bills.
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PPC Response to to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 50th Anniversary Request for Information04/05/2024
Letter suggesting that the Committee’s Request for Information (RFI) provides an opportunity to consider ways in which employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) can be strengthened to ensure families struggling with high out-of-pocket costs aren’t shouldering the burden of unchecked healthcare costs. At a minimum, the letter indicates that the Committee should prioritize additional resources for the Department of Labor (DOL) to oversee and enforce existing requirements for employer-sponsored plans, including protections against discriminatory benefits, fraud, and insolvencies, and the recently enacted provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA).
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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 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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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PPC Adverstisement on Advance Premium Tax Credits09/08/2021
Ad urging Congress to make expanded advance premium tax credits permanent
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Letter on to Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee on Request for Information on Design Considerations for Legislation to Develop a Public Health Insurance Option07/30/2021
Letter describing policies to consider when developing a public option to ensure it is accessible, adequate, and affordable for consumers
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Letter to President Biden RE: Patient Community Healthcare Priorities for to Improve Health Care Access04/23/2021
Letter requesting that the Biden Administration take steps to address the affordability of health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for patients, and support Medicaid expansion. The letter also asks for collaboration with Congress to protect consumers by restricting access to short-term limited duration insurance and other non-compliant plans.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership RE: Patient Community Healthcare Priorities for to Improve Health Care Access04/23/2021
Letter requesting that Congress take steps to address the affordability of health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for patients,support Medicaid expansion, and protect consumers by restricting access to short-term limited duration insurance and other non-compliant plans.
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UNDER-COVERED: How “Insurance-Like” Products Are Leaving Patients Exposed03/25/2021
Report compiling what is known about the most common kinds of non-compliant plans and making related recommendations for Congress, the administration and state leaders.
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Statement for the Record to Energy & Commerce for a hearing titled “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs”03/22/2021
Statement supporting policies which help consumers including: establishing federal reinsurance program to reduce premium costs for consumers, limiting the proliferation of short-term, limited-duration plans, strengthening and expanding outreach and enrollment resources for consumers, fixing the premium adjustment factor, strengthening network adequacy standards in the ACA marketplaces and beyond, expanding continuous eligibility and streamlining enrollment in Medicaid, strengthening the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and expanding access to care for historically marginalized communities, including by addressing Medicaid funding for the territories and strengthening the Indian Health Service.
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Statement for the Record to Energy and Commerce on Reconcilliation Priorities02/11/2021
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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Statement for the Record to Ways & Means on COVID-19 Relief Measures02/10/2021
Statement in support of policies to ensure adeaute health insurance coverage in COVID-19 relief legislation
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Letter to Congressional Leadership Urging Passage of Surprise Medical Bill Legislation12/04/2020
Letter urging Congress to pass legislation to comprehensively shield patients and consumers from surprise medical bills.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership RE Patient Priorities for Future COVID-19 Relief Legislation07/28/2020
Letter to Congress asking the House and Senate to work together to quickly pass legislation that ensures that the health care system has adequate capacity to provide necessary care to patients with pre-existing conditions and robustly addresses public health needs.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership RE Public Health Data Infrastructure07/27/2020
Letter to congressional leadership requesting inclusion of additional funding in the next COVID-19 legislative package to modernize the public health data infrastructure which is needed to improve the collecting and reporting of data.
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Letter to HELP Committee Chair on How to Prepare for Next Pandemic06/26/2020
Letter identifying strategies to prepare for future pandemics, including: expanding insurance coverage; incentivizing all states to expand Medicaid; increasing Medicaid stability; expanding advanced premium tax credits; adding a special enrollment period triggered by a public health emergency; limiting non-compliant plans; and ensure payment policies promote public health.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership Identifying Key Policies to Strengthen Medicaid During COVID-19 Pandemic05/26/2020
Letter describing proposals to strengthen Medicaid, including: additional financial resources for States; financial incenstives to expand Medicaid; no-cost testing and treatment for COVID-19; additional funding for safety net providers; delay in fudning reductions ni CHIP; and halt to implementation of Medicaid fiscal accountability rule.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership Asking for Inclusion of Policies to Protect Patients from Suprise Medical Bills In Next COVID-19 Legislative Package05/21/2020
Letter urging inclusion of patient protections from surprise medical bills in fourth legislative package to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Patient Priorities for Additional COVID-19 Relief Legislation04/14/2020
Comments asking Congress to implement policies to improve insurance coverage, including: re-opening ACA marketplaces for 60 days; providing additional funding to state Medicaid programs; requiring coverage of COVID-19 services without cost sharing; incentivizing Medicaid expansion; restrict implementation of non-compliant plans like short-term limited-duration and association health plans; end suprise medical bills; and extension of subsidies for individuals who have lost employer sponsored coverage.
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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Surprise Medical Billing Legislation12/13/2019
Letter urging Congress to must move swiftly and decisively to pass legislation that holds patients and families harmless and protects them from surprise medical bills.
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Statement for the Record for House Committee on Education and Labor Committee's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Markup04/08/2019
Statement in support of HR 1010, legislation to provide that the rule entitled “Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance” shall have no force or effect.