National Coalition on Health Care

An Insurance Policy for Health Care Reform

NCHC Action Fund President and CEO, Ralph G. Neas, calls for an insurance policy for health care reform.

Building a Better Health Care System

A plan for reform based on NCHC's year of study with roughly eighty of America’s large and small businesses, unions, civil rights and advocacy groups, health care providers, associations of religious congregations, pension and health funds, insurers, and groups representing patients and consumers.

NCHC's Annual Report

Download the National Coalition on Health Care's 2009 Annual Report

Containing Costs and Avoiding Tax Increases While Improving Quality

Containing Costs and Avoiding Tax Increases While Improving Quality: Affordable Coverage and High Value Care

An Insurance Policy for Health Care Reform

NCHC Action Fund President and CEO, Ralph G. Neas, calls for an insurance policy for health care reform.

Building a Better Health Care System

NCHC's straight forward plan to fix health care.

NCHC's Annual Report

Download the National Coalition on Health Care's 2009 Annual Report

Containing Costs and Avoiding Tax Increases While Improving Quality

Containing Costs and Avoiding Tax Increases While Improving Quality: Affordable Coverage and High Value Care

Latest from NCHC

New CBO Score Claims Greater Deficit Reduction from Health Reform

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in a preliminary cost estimate released today, the revised Health Care Reform bill -- H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010 -- would cost $940 billion over 10 years and cut the federal deficit over the next two decades. If enacted it will reduce the deficit by about $130 billion in the first 10 years and by $1.2 trillion over the second 10 years. Reform also will expand coverage to 95 percent of Americans, according to the CBO figures. To read the full CBO report, click here.

Rules Committee Posts Text of Health Reform Corrections Package

The House Rules Committee posted the text of the final health reform bill, H.R. 4872 – the Reconciliation Act of 2010 – along with a section-by-section breakdown of the bill. To read the bill, click here.

Pledging to Educate Constituents, NCHC Action Fund Joins Broad Coalition in Letter to House Members

The NCHC Action Fund, along with several organizations supporting health reform, signed on to a letter sent to House members today reflecting their support for health reform and an offer to work with the member’s constituents after reform passes. The organizations pledged to help the member’s constituents understand the benefits of reform and assist the Representative in conducting a successful public education campaign on the details of any passed health reform.

Study Illustrates Continuing Decline of Insurance Coverage

A study prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota breaks down the trends in insurance coverage for Americans between 2000 and 2008. Overall, the data suggests that the number of uninsured has declined while the average total premium cost for insurance coverage has increased significantly. To read the full report, click here.