Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other health care reform issues.

Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Health Reform & ACA Implementation Resources

Comment / Letter

Letter to HHS Regarding Rate Review

Premium Review Work Group letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to its request for comments on the PPACA provision that establishes a review process for unreasonable rate…
Date Published: 05/14/2010
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Congressional Leaders on Health Reform Implementation

Health Practice Council letter to members of House and Senate pledging to work with regulatory authorities on the implementation of the health reform law.
Date Published: 03/24/2010
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Congress on Potential Unintended Consequences of Health Reform Legislation

Health Practice Council letter to Congress outlining technical and policy issues that need to be addressed before the passage of health reform legislation to ensure success of the reforms.
Date Published: 03/08/2010
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Comment / Letter

Letter to U.S. House on Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962)

Health Practice Council letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner providing an actuarial perspective on health insurance market reforms, outlining three criteria to ensure…
Date Published: 11/06/2009
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Letter to U.S. House on Health Care Reform

Medical Professional Liability Insurance Subcommittee letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding “The Affordable Health Care for America Act” and its possible effects on medical professional…
Date Published: 11/05/2009
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Senate HELP Committee on CLASS Act

Federal Long-Term Care Task Force letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding actuarial issues and policy implications on the the Community Living Assistance…
Topics: Long-Term Care
Date Published: 07/22/2009
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Senate Committee on Transforming Health Care Delivery System

Medicare Steering Committee comments on the first in a series of Senate Finance Committee policy options papers, Transforming the Health Care Delivery System.
Date Published: 05/29/2009
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Senate Committee on Expanding Health Care Coverage

Health Practice Council comments on the Senate Finance Committee’s series of policy options papers, Expanding Healthcare Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans.
Date Published: 05/22/2009
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Texas Officials Clarifying Comments on OPEB Accounting Standards

Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to Texas officials about misinterpretations of the committee’s 2006 comments on accounting standards for OPEBs.
Date Published: 06/15/2007
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Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC on Treatment of Medical Active Life Reserves in RBC

Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee letter to Julia T. Philips, the Chair of the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Working Group, that comments on a proposal made by Blue Cross Blue…
Date Published: 05/03/2007
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