Press Release
of
Senator Wyden
Independent Health Reform Analysis: Middle Class Wins Under Healthy Americans Act Lewin Report says Wyden-Bennett plan will improve health benefits and save money for American families Wednesday, September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Lewin Group, an independent health care consulting firm, released a report on the Healthy Americans Act (S. 334) saying, “The Healthy Americans Act (HAA) reduces family health care costs by improving benefits, assisting lower- and moderate-income families in paying for private insurance and providing new opportunities for people to save from competition among health plans." Today's report build's on previous analyses conducted by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation, as well as the Lewin Group, which found that implementing the Healthy Americans Act would not only not require additional federal spending, but would generate taxpayer savings after the first two years of implementation.
5. Ends discrimination against sick and older Americans Read the latest Lewin Group report here: http://wyden.senate.gov/issues/Healthy Americans Act/091708lewin_report.pdf The full text of the CBO report is available here: http://cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9184&type=1
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