Article Shines Helpful Spotlight on Sovaldi But Misstates NCHC Position
Hospital and Health Networks (H&HN) Daily had an excellent article this week exploring some of the issues around exceptionally high priced medicines like Gilead’s Sovaldi. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleWe Don’t Want to Say “I Told You So,” But….
By John Rother The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) recently issued a letter to Congress that included a variety of interesting proposals but also raised the specter of direct or...
View ArticleCHIP: Investing in Children’s Health and Population Health
By Rachel Buckle In recent years, there has been a noticeable shift from the notion of “medicine as treatment” to “medicine as prevention.” Rather than treating illness and disease, the push for...
View ArticleNCHC Pushes for Affordability Measures in 21st Century Cures Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) President and CEO John Rother urged the Energy and Commerce Committee to include measures to improve prescription drug affordability in 21st...
View ArticleThe Time is Now for Action on SGR and CHIP
“Congress has to get moving on the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). On Friday of this week, Congressional advisors from MedPAC will urge the...
View ArticleBroad Support for Bipartisan Data Sharing Legislation
Washington, D.C. (March 11, 2015) – Today, 37 organizations representing patients, providers, insurers, employers and researchers called on Congress to quickly pass bipartisan legislation that amends...
View ArticleHouse SGR/CHIP Deal Enhances Health Care Affordability
“Congress now has the opportunity to strengthen Medicare and end the annual need to cut the program to avoid drastic physician reimbursement reductions. Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi have crafted a...
View ArticleNCHC President and CEO John Rother Urges House Passage of SGR/CHIP Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC – National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) President and CEO John Rother urged House passage of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in a letter to the...
View ArticleNCHC Applauds House Vote to End SGR, Advance Health Care Delivery and...
“The House has now voted overwhelmingly not just to end SGR’s automatic Medicare cuts but to enact delivery reform and transparency measures that can make health care more affordable for all of us. We...
View ArticleNCHC Applauds Senate Vote to End SGR, Looks Ahead to Post-SGR Priorities
“The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) and its member organizations applaud important steps taken by Congress moving from volume to value as the basis for physician reimbursement. That’s good...
View ArticleNCHC Commends Constructive, Bipartisan MA Reforms, Urges Caution on IPAB Repeal
“Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Levin are to be commended for working together to advance legislation improving care and lowering costs in Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) in particular. “Today’s...
View ArticleNCHC Submits Bipartisan Chronic Care Policy Reform Recommendations
WASHINGTON, DC –The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) put forward a set of detailed, bipartisan policy recommendations to improve chronic care in a letter yesterday to Finance Committee Chairman...
View ArticlePost-King v. Burwell, NCHC Calls on Congress to Address Costs and Quality
“With today’s verdict behind us, it is time to move forward on the health care issues all Americans care about: cost and quality. American families and businesses continue to shoulder a growing health...
View ArticleConsidering the Implications of Repeal and Transition
by Larry McNeely With the Senate’s decision to take up the Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolution, Congressional leaders are now pursuing repeal of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act without an...
View ArticleCongress Needs A Different Approach on Health Care
By John Rother, President & CEO and Larry McNeely, Policy Director Although we lack a full Congressional Budget Office(CBO) analysis, the House budget reconciliation package appears to fall short...
View ArticleNational Coalition on Health Care Urges A Fresh Start on Health Care Legislation
Statement by NCHC President and CEO John Rother regarding the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) “We need health care that is more affordable for all, but...
View ArticleNCHC Applauds Senate Vote to End SGR, Looks Ahead to Post-SGR Priorities
April 14, 2015 Contact: Kelly Peuquet National Coalition on Health Care kpeuquet@nchc.org 202-638-7151, ext. 114 NCHC Applauds Senate Vote to End...
View ArticleNCHC Commends Constructive, Bipartisan MA Reforms, Urges Caution on IPAB Repeal
June 2, 2015 Contact: Kelly Peuquet National Coalition on Health Care kpeuquet@nchc.org 202-638-7151, ext. 114 NCHC Commends Constructive,...
View ArticleNCHC Submits Bipartisan Chronic Care Policy Reform Recommendations
June 23, 2015 Contact: Kelly Peuquet National Coalition on Health Care kpeuquet@nchc.org 202-638-7151, ext. 114 NCHC Submits Bipartisan Chronic...
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