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AHIP Statement on Health Insurance Reform
Washington, DC – America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) released the following statement today from President and CEO Karen Ignagni:
"Health plans last year proposed health insurance reform to make sure that no one is denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Our proposal includes new consumer protections and market rules to guarantee coverage for pre-existing conditions, discontinue basing premiums on a person’s health status or gender, and get everyone covered through a personal coverage requirement. We are encouraged that policymakers in both parties are coalescing around health insurance reform as an essential component of comprehensive health care reform."
Additional information about health insurance reform:
AHIP’s national TV ad says, “Let’s fix health care. If everyone is covered we can make health care as affordable as possible and the words ‘pre-existing condition’ become a thing of the past.” http://www.americanhealthsolution.org/supporting-bipartisan-reforms.
Comprehensive health care reform proposal AHIP released last year: http://www.americanhealthsolution.org/assets/Uploads/ahipreformpolicyproposal.pdf.
Letter AHIP sent to Capitol Hill outlining our commitment to rating reform: http://www.americanhealthsolution.org/assets/Reform-Resources/Letters-and-Testimony-to-Congress/LettertoSenateFinanceandHELP0324.pdf.
Milliman report examining the impact in states that enacted rating reform without a personal coverage requirement: http://www.ahip.org/content/pressrelease.aspx?docid=20794.
A July 2009 Pew Research poll shows that “65% [of the public] favor requiring that all Americans have health insurance with the government providing financial help for those who can’t afford it.” http://people-press.org/reports/questionnaires/532.pdf
A June 2009 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showed that 62% of Americans support requiring everyone to have coverage, and financial assistance for people with low and moderate incomes. http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/WSJ-NBC_Poll090617.pdf
A July 2009 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 68% of Americans support “Requiring all Americans to have health insurance, either from their employer or from another source, with financial help for those who can't afford it.” http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr072309pkg.cfm
