Category Archives: affordable-care-act
FAH Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Fund Vital Insurance Program
October 16, 2017 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Affordable Care Act, Insurance
A broad coalition of health care and business groups, including FAH, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Saturday asking Congress to restore funding for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) benefits.
FAH Leader Comments on Elimination of Federal Cost-Sharing Payments
October 13, 2017 | Chip Kahn
Category: Affordable Care Act, Financing
Federation of American Hospitals President and CEO Chip Kahn released the following statement on announcement that Federal cost-sharing payments will be eliminated:
FAH Leader Comments on Efforts to Repeal IPAB
October 04, 2017 | Chip Kahn
Category: Affordable Care Act, Medicare
Congress should be making the important decisions on Medicare that so critically affects the lives of 58 million seniors and disabled Americans. The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), included in the ACA to set Medicare payment and delivery policy, was a bad idea from the beginning.
FAH Leader Comments on the Graham-Cassidy Proposal
September 20, 2017 | Chip Kahn
Category: Affordable Care Act, Insurance, Medicaid
The Graham-Cassidy proposal could disrupt access to health care for millions of the more than 70 million Americans who depend on Medicaid and the marketplaces for their health coverage.