For Immediate Release
December 19, 2014
Contact: Carl Schmid
The AIDS Institute
(202) 669-8267
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...