Health Care
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America has the most advanced health care in the world, in large part due to private sector-led innovation and employer-sponsored healthcare coverage.
While Americans benefit tremendously from ongoing advancements in bioscience, technology, and care, we continue to wrestle with the challenge of making quality health care more affordable, more accessible, and more reliable for all Americans. At the U.S. Chamber, we’re pushing for value-based healthcare solutions that reduce costs and reward quality outcomes.
Take action to protect American patients
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have started the process of imposing government price controls on critical medical treatments. This will have devastating consequences for patients who are counting on new life-saving drugs.
Unless we act, this is going to happen to us.
Join us in urging Congress to protect American patients and stop this price control regime!
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The U.S. Chamber is promoting effective private sector solutions to our health care challenges. These solutions will help control costs, expand access, and improve the quality of care. We support policy that strengthens the employer-based model of coverage, through which 180 million Americans receive—and overwhelmingly like—their health care.
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On March 5, 2019, the U.S. Chamber submitted a feedback in response to a letter circulated by a group of six bipartisan Senators requesting input from industry stakeholders on the issue of surprise medical billing.
This letter was sent to the House and Senate indicating the Chamber’s opposition to the Department of Health and Human Services’ International Pricing Index.
Most voters would rather see Congress focus on lowering health care costs than create a new government-run health care system.
In the debate over ways to improve our health care system, one highly controversial idea, commonly known as “Medicare for All,” has garnered much attention. In short, “Medicare for All” is a government-run, tax-payer funded health care system that eliminates private health insurance.
In America, we don’t let the government set prices, so why would we let foreign governments set prices for us?
To Whom It May Concern:
February 12, 2019 Submitted Electronically Via Federal Rulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov Attention: RFI: RIN 0945-AA00U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice for Civil RightsHubert Humphrey Building Room 509F200 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20201 Re: Request for Information on Modifying HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinate Care To Whom It May Concern:
In America, we don’t let the government set prices, so why in the world we would let foreign governments set prices for us?
President and CEO Tom Donohue outlined the top challenges facing the business community and lays out the U.S. Chamber’s policy priorities.
Submitted Electronically Via Federal Rulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov Attention: CC:PA:LPD:PRREG-13674-17Room 5205Internal Revenue ServiceP.O. Box 7604Ben Franklin StationWashington, DC 20044 Re: Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Other Account-Based Group Health Plans To Whom It May Concern: