Open Letter to Texas Congressional Delegation on National Health Reform Merger Negotiations

CPPP Executive Director F. Scott McCown and CPPP Associate Director Anne Dunkelberg sent a letter to Texas’ congressional delegation to share recommendations on the highest priorities for Texas in merging the House and Senate health reform bills, including:

• Adopting the House bill’s stronger affordability measures for families below 250 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines; and
• Requiring the House’s much stronger standards for a Health Insurance Exchanges–whether through a single national exchange or state-level exchanges–to empower exchanges to negotiate with insurers and deliver better value to individuals and small businesses.

You can read the full letter here.