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CAHC works with coalition members as well as congressional and administration leadership to develop informative documents and position statements designed to influence policy and increase awareness with the goal of reducing the cost of healthcare.


Original Research 

• Treating Our Ills and Killing Our Prospects – A Summary (June 19, 2011)
  
• Read the Executive Summary [PDF]
  
• Read the Full Study [PDF]
  
• Author Sylvester Schieber Testimony to the Ways & Means Health Sub Committee on the Employer Mandate [PDF] (March 29, 2012)

ACA On Trial

• Part I - An Overview (March 16, 2012)
• Part II - Possible Outcomes (March 20, 2012)
• Part III - Tax or Penalty? (March 26, 2012)
• Part IV: The Individual Mandate (March 27, 2012)
• Part V: Severability and to What Extent
• Lower Court Cases and Rulings

Essential Health Benefits

• Summary: Essential Health Benefits in PPACA (October 26, 2011)
• Summary: HHS Essential Health Benefits Guidance (December 16, 2011)
• Essential Health Benefits Bulletin [PDF] (December 16, 2011)
• IOM Report Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost (October 6, 2011)
• Department of Labor survey of employer plans [PDF] (April 15, 2011)

The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) conducted a survey of more than 1,100 of its members who specialize in providing health insurance coverage to employers of all sizes. These studies shows that employees already receive comprehensive health insurance coverage.

• Complete Report on Small Employers
• Complete Report on Large Employers

Medicare Part D

• Letter from 200 Organizations to the Supercommittee on Preserving Medicare Part D (November 2, 2011)
• CAHC Letter to the Committee on Ways & Means [PDF] (October 7, 2011)
• Overview of the Medicare Part D Program [PDF]
• Letter from Congress to Sec. Sebelius on Preserving the Part D Program [PDF]
• Letter from Congress to Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi on Preserving the Part D Program [PDF]
• JAMA Article in the Impact of Part D in Reducing Non-Drug Medical Spending [Abstract]

High Risk Pools

• State High Risk Pools Policy document (April 8, 2010)

Health Spending

• Health Reform and its Impact on Health Spending
• Joel White: My Take on the Latest Health Expenditure Estimates (August 2, 2011)
• The Coming Tsunami of Cost Shifting (August 12, 2011)

Summary Documents

• Impact of 2012 Megabus Bill on HHS Appropriations (December 16, 2011)
• Independent Payment Advisory Board (September 7, 2011)
• Summary - Exchange Functions in the Individual Market: Eligibility Determinations; Exchange Standards for Employers (August 15, 2011)
• Massachusetts Attorney General's Report (June 27, 2011)
• The Medical Loss Ratio (January 31, 2011)
• Health Reform Implementation Timeline (March 22, 2010)
• Health Care reform Side-by-side (March 22, 2010)
  
• Reconciliation Background (March 1, 2010)
  
• Anti-trust Issue Brief (February 8, 2010)
  
• FY2011 Budget Summary (February 1, 2010)