Affordable Care Act/Access to Care
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- Letter to Senate: S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, on issues relating to immigrant access to healthcare (17-June-13)
- Side-by-side comparison of ACP policy and a letter to issuers regarding the federally-facilitated and state partnership health insurance exchanges/marketplaces (17-Apr-13)
- Letter from the Health Choices Coalition urging Congress to repeal the mandate that requires a prescription for over-the-counter medications purchased through a Health Savings Account (15-Apr-13)
- Side-by-side comparison of ACP comments and the final rule on essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation (26-Feb-13)
- An Internist’s Practical Guide to Understanding Health System Reform (Jan-13)
- ACP Comments to CMS regarding the proposed rule on essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation (26-Dec-12)
- The Present and Future of the Affordable Care Act/Access to Care (26-Mar-12)
- Letter to CMS regarding essential health benefit package (27-Jan-12)
- Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) (2012)
- ACP Comments to CMS regarding the Proposed Rule on Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans: Letter to CMS, Department of Health and Human Services (24-Oct-11)
- How is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/Access to Care (ACA) Funded? (2011)
Policy
- Every American Will Benefit from Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold the Health Reform Law (28-Jun-12)
- Medicaid and Health Care Reform (Apr-2011)
- National Immigration Policy and Access to Health Care (Apr-11)
- Statement of the American College of Physicians On President Obama’s Health Insurance Reform Proposal (24-Feb-10)
- Achieving Affordable Health Insurance Coverate for All Within Seven Years (2008)
- Achieving a High Performance Health Care System with Universal Access (2007)
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ACP Policies and Recommendations
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