I AM (Still) ESSENTIAL: 279 Patient Groups Applaud Proposed Changes to Essential Health Benefits

via The AIDS Institute

 

For Immediate Release

December 19, 2014

 

Contact: Carl Schmid

The AIDS Institute

(202) 669-8267

CSchmid@TheAIDSInstitute.org

279 Patient Groups Applaud Proposed Changes to Essential Health Benefits

Coalition Endorses Additional Patient Protections and Urges Further Action against Discrimination

Washington, DC (December 19, 2014) – Today, the “I Am (Still) Essential” coalition of patient groups sent a letter signed by 279 organizations to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell applauding the recently released Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 which, once finalized, define Essential Health Benefits (EHB) for Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in the future under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The letter detailed how the many positive changes in the proposed rule will improve the plans available to patients. The letter also suggests additional changes that will increase positive patient outcomes and urges the rule to be finalized without diminishing any of the proposed improvements. Continue reading...

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