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June 24, 2010
On June 16, 2010, the governing board of California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public employee pension fund, approved significant rate hikes for health plan premiums. Aside from the federal government, CalPERS is the nation's largest public purchaser of health care.
June 24, 2010
On July 1, 2010, the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO), an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, will launch an informational health care insurance website (www.healthcare.gov) as part of the health insurance market reform. OCIIO officials describe this effort as an attempt to "create some order in the marketplace."
June 24, 2010
Fulfilling one of its duties under the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) appointed 15 members to the Advisory Board of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program.
June 24, 2010
Glenn M. Hackbarth, Chairman of MedPAC, appeared before the House Commerce and Energy Committee’s Subcommittee on Health on June 23rd, to present the recommendations that MedPAC included in its June 2010 report. Each year MedPAC, a bipartisan organization, presents two reports to Congress representing their consensus recommendations on issues relating to the Medicare program.
June 23, 2010
Since enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Small Business Majority has been active in California with policy makers, small businesses, media outlets, health policy experts and advocates to amplify the voice of small business owners.
June 23, 2010
The California chapter of the Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) is partnering with the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) in public education and policy advocacy in support of sustainable health system reform in California.
On June 16, 2010, the consumer advocacy group issued a new report, “Delivering on the Promise,” detailing the policy options facing the state government in the implementation phase of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
June 21, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced $250 million in new investments to the nation’s primary health care distribution infrastructure as well as $250 million in grants for prevention and public health.
June 18, 2010
National small business advocacy groups Small Business Majority and Main Street Alliance filed a brief opposing the state of Virginia’s legal challenge to reform.
June 18, 2010
The Senate acted late Friday afternoon, June 18, 2010 to avoid scheduled cuts in Medicare provider payments.
June 17, 2010
The Alliance for Health Reform, a non-partisan health policy education group, has released a new toolkit to help explain the health reform implementation process and key aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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