CPPP Comments on Senate Finance Committee's Proposals for Expanding Coverage

Last week the Center for Public Policy Priorities joined 77 organizations in 29 states in signing a letter to the Senate Finance Committee  commenting on their policy paper Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans.  The letter both praises the Committee for the progress it has made in proposing legislation that will ensure coverage for more Americans, and makes recommendations that would expand coverage even further.  Read the sign-on letter here.

In addition to signing onto the joint letter, the Center for Public Policy Priorities independently submitted its own comments to the Senate Finance Committee.  Our comments specifically address concerns that the Committee has yet to establish a clear upper limit on health care costs and that their proposals for market reform do not go far enough to be effective in Texas.