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Key Documents

July 28, 2010

Congressional Research Service Memorandum to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Click here to read the Congressional Research Service memorandum to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension concerning high risk pools under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the coverage of elective abortion services.

Key Documents

July 28, 2010

Letter from Senators Enzi and Coburn to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius

Click here to read the letter from Senators Enzi and Coburn joined by 11 other Senators to Secretary Sebelius to express their concers that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) lack restrictions prohibiting states from using federal funding to pay for abortions.

Key Documents

July 28, 2010

Letter to Health and Human Services Sectretary Sebelius from Senators Grassley and Enzi

Click here to read to the letter to Health and Human Services Sectretary Sebelius from Senators Grassley and Enzi.

Key Documents

July 28, 2010

Congressional Budget Office letter to Chairman Stark of the Subcommittee on Health

Click here to read the Congressional Budget Office letter in response to Chairman Stark’s proposal to add a “public plan” to the options available through the health insurance exchanges established in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

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July 6, 2010

Proposed Rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the Medicare Program

Click here to read the 1,250 page proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Medicare Program payment policies under the physician fee schedule and other revision to Part B.

Key Documents

June 25, 2010

Senators Hatch and Gregg Urge the Medicare Trustees to Release Supplemental Information for their 2010 Report

Click here to read the letter from Senators Hatch and Gregg to the Medicare Trustees to urge them them to release supplemental information in the 2010 Medicare Trustees report “so that the public can caccurately assess the impact of the new health care law on the Medicare program.”

Key Documents

June 24, 2010

Republican Senators Send Letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Click here to read the letter sent by 30 Republican Senators, led by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius concerning the increase in funding for high-risk pools by $5-10 billion.

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June 22, 2010

Obamacare High-Risk Pool Estimates Increase $5 billion-$10 Billion

Click here to read the Congressional Budget Office letter to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) regarding the funding levels for the high-risk pools created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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June 16, 2010

Lewin Group Study on the Costs of Obamacare

Click here to read the report from the Lewin Group on the costs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on Governments, Employers, Families, and Providers.

Key Documents

May 27, 2010

American Action Forum Study on Labor Markets and Health Care Reform

Click here to read a report from the American Action Forum on a study that shows the incentives for employers to drop their health coverage as a result of Obamacare.