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2008 CAHC MEETINGS
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| Oct 14, 2008 |
Discussion of Presidential Candidates Health Plans; Guest: Jay Khosla, health policy advisor to the presidential campaign of John McCain, Patricia MacTaggart, health Policy advisor to the presidential campaign of Barak Obama.
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| August 5, 2008 |
A Conversation with Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) regarding America's Affordable Health Care Act. |
| July 29, 2008 |
July 29th, Breifing on Health Care Reform, Aperspective from Leadership. Guest: Wendell Primus, Senior Policy Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Emily Porter, Policy Advisor to Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Cheryl Jaeger, Senior Policy Advisor to Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO). |
| May 28, 2008 |
Briefing on Health Insurance Reform. Guest: Katy barr, Todd Spangler, Minority Staff, Senate HELP Committee; Brian Hickey, Senator Richard Durbin |
| March 17, 2008 |
Bipartisan Effort, Coming to Consensus on Health Care Reform. Guest: Mark McClellan, former CMS Administrator, former FDA Administrator. |
| February 20, |
Health Care Legislative Outlook. Guest: Chuck Clapton, Minority Staff Director, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee; David Schwartz, Majority Staff, Senate Committee on Finance. |
| January, 16 |
State of State High Risk Pools. Rocky King, Administrator, Oregon Medical Insurance Pool |
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| 2006 Guest Speakers and CAHC Events |
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| 11/15/06 |
CAHC held a briefing on the important role that high-risk pools have in providing affordable health insurance for those with chronic illnesses who do not receive coverage through an employer. The briefing was attended by more than 50 Congressional staff and members of the media and occurred on Capitol Hill. Timing for this event was critical because the Appropriations bills for 2007 do not currently contain any funding for the high-risk pool program. Featured speakers included state high-risk pools administrators from Texas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Maryland. However, the most compelling stories came from two small business owners who told how health conditions made them or their families uninsurable and how high-risk pools had provided critical health coverage. The briefing was also sponsored by two other CAHC members-- the National Association for Health Underwriters and Communicating for Agriculture. See the article from CQ below.
CQ Healthbeat - High Risk Pool Proponents Urge Fiscal 2007 Funding
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| 9/25/06 |
CAHC members and guests met with Julie Goon, the new health policy advisor for the White House, filling Roy Ramthun's position. Attendees discussed immediate issues of concern, such as the 2007 and 2008 funding for High Risk Pools. In addition, Ms. Goon sought CAHC input on recommended priorities for the Administration's 2008 budget proposals, including Health Savings Accounts, health care tax credits and the implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act. |
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| 7/17/06 |
Stephanie Carlton, Legislative Assistant for Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) (who is one of two physicians serving in the US Senate) and Kelly Childress, Health Policy Advisor for Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) spoke about their boss’ legislation (S. 3488 and HR 5475) to create more portable health insurance. |
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| 5/25/06 |
CAHC members heard from two House staffers who play pivotal roles in the House leadership and on health issues. Emily Porter, Health Policy Advisor to newly elected House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), discussed the agenda for House “Health Week” and health issues that could come up during the balance of the 109th Congress. Shaun Small, Legislative Assistant on Health issues to Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ) discussed Rep. Shadegg’s many bills on health care, but focused on HR 2355 “The Health Care Choice Act.” |
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| 5/15/06 |
Chuck Clapton, Chief Health Policy Advisor for House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), joined CAHC by phone to discuss plans for an upcoming “Health Week” on the House floor. He also talked through strategy questions with CAHC members on the Speaker’s priorities of expanding HSAs and passage of Representative John Shadegg’s “Health Care Choice Act.” |
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| 2/6/06 |
Days after the White House submitted their budget for 2007, CAHC members met with White House Policy Advisor Roy Ramthun to discuss the details for the Administration’s FY2007 health proposals. Key health care reporters, including Liz Grover from BNA, Kevin Freking from AP Press Online, Marilyn Werber Serafini from National Journal, and Sarah Lueck from the Wall Street Journal attended the briefing, asking for greater detail on the Administration proposals and reaction from CAHC members. |
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| 1/12/06 |
CAHC members met with key Senate Finance Committee staff members for both the Majority and Minority. John O’Neil, Pension and Tax Advisor for the Majority Staff and Judy Miller, Tax Advisor for the Minority Staff discussed the Committee’s health agenda for 2006, focusing on possibilities for expanding HSAs, passing health care tax credits, and other ways to reduce the number of uninsured people in America.
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| 2005 CAHC Events and Speakers |
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| 9/01/05 |
Madeleine Smith, Professional Staff Member for the Health Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee talked with CAHC members regarding potential action on health care tax credits, HSAs, and other tax-based incentives to reduce the uninsured. |
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6/27/05 |
CAHC met with the Health Legislative Assistants of two freshman Senators, Ann Labelle (Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)) and Dora Hughes (Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)). They briefed the staff member on how market-based solutions like health care tax credits, high risk pools, and Health Savings Accounts can help reduce the number of uninsured Americans. |
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5/12/05 |
Meeting to brief CAHC members on the National Health Access Project, a private sector initiative to give employees and part-time workers who do not have access to employer sponsored health insurance another option for coverage. Participants included:
Marisa Milton; Associate General Counsel and Director of Government Relations, National Health Access Project.
Eric Russman, VP and Executive Director, United Health Group Center.
Michael Perlmutter, VP (Uniprise/United Health Group Center). |
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4/28/05 |
Press conference on the "Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005." CAHC’s Executive Director, Laura Clay Trueman, joined with six members of Congress, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) to press for enactment of H.R. 1872 and S. 978. The legislation would create health care tax credits to help those with modest incomes afford health coverage, make HSA premium payments deductible, and give small business owners a tax credit when they contribute money to an employee’s HSA account. |
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2/17/05 |
CAHC members met with Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) to discuss reinsurance legislation he is developing to make health insurance more affordable to those who own and work in small businesses. CAHC also briefed him on the most recent data on who is purchasing Health Savings Accounts (Teresa Chovan, AHIP), and how Health Care Tax Credits can help people afford health coverage (Jim Frogue, ALEC). |
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1/26/05 |
CAHC members met with Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) to obtain his assistance in having a reserve fund designated for the uninsured in the FY 2006 Budget Resolution. |
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