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AHIP Releases New Comprehensive Health Care Reform Proposal

The new reform proposal would: Ensure universal coverage by guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions, fixing the health care safety net, giving tax credits to working families and enacting an individual coverage requirement; Call on the nation to set a goal of reducing the growth in health care costs by 30 percent; Enhance portability for people changing or in between jobs; Provide more affordable health care options for small businesses; and Increase value and improve quality.
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Campaign for an American Solution Latest News and Information on Health Care Reform

Visit www.AmericanHealthSolution.org to see the latest news and information on health care reform and to learn more about AHIP’s Campaign for an American Solution, a national grassroots and educational initiative to build support for health care reform.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Cost Study

PricewaterhouseCoopers latest cost study finds that 87 cents out of every premium dollar go directly towards paying for medical services. Prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on behalf of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), “The Factors Fueling Rising Healthcare Costs 2008” examines the causes of rising health care costs and analyzes how health insurance premium dollars are being spent.
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AHIP’s Health Care Reform Proposals

Visit www.AHIPBelieves.com to learn more about the comprehensive health care reform proposals the AHIP Board of Directors has put forth to expand access, improve quality, and reduce rising health care costs.
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Health Plans Propose Guaranteed Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions and Individual Coverage Mandate

We believe that no one should be left out of the health care system because of their health, age, income, or employment status. Under the new proposal, health plans participating in the individual health insurance market would be required to offer coverage to all applicants as part of a universal participation plan in which all individuals were required to maintain health insurance.
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Learn More about Long-Term Care Insurance Learn More about Long-Term Care Insurance

AHIP recently launched a new consumer-friendly website, www.MyLifeMyFamily.com, to better inform consumers about their risks of needing long-term care and highlight the valuable financial protection long-term care insurance provides. The website provides videos that feature real-life stories from current policyholders, an interactive online quiz, and additional resources on long-term care insurance.
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Help Cultivate the Industry's Future Leaders - Call for Fellows Open Now Through March 10, 2009 Help Cultivate the Industry's Future Leaders - Call for Fellows Open Now Through March 10, 2009

Through its year-long professional development programs, the AHIP Foundation seeks to support companies in cultivating a workforce that supports the goals of our industry to provide quality, accessible, and affordable health care to all. Enormously successful in advancing the careers of many of the industry’s most promising individuals, the Executive Leadership Program (ELP), Executive Leadership Program for Medical Directors (ELP-MD), and Minority Management Development (MMD) Program creatively link academic and experiential learning through classroom participation, mentoring, and practical business and clinical experience. Be part of these important programs by nominating someone or becoming a Mentor. Visit our website for more information.
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How will the New Administration's Policies Affect Our Nation's Health Care Landscape? AHIP Policy Forum 2009

In 2009 and beyond, health care will continue to be a top priority for us as a nation. What will be the key provisions of the new Administration's health care proposals and what do they mean for our industry? Attend AHIP's 2009 National Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. and learn form speakers who will focus on what's ahead.
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AHIP’s Innovations in Prevention, Wellness and Risk Reduction Publication Highlights Health Plan Innovations in Prevention, Wellness

AHIP’s Innovations in Prevention, Wellness and Risk Reduction monograph highlights innovative initiatives that capture health insurance plans’ commitment to programs that prevent disease and improve the lives of their members and their communities by helping them stay well. The publication features forty company profiles and essays by five noted experts who explore the reasons why the related challenges of prevention, wellness and risk reduction for chronic disease require both innovative and comprehensive responses.
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AHIP Releases Recommendations for Addressing Obesity AHIP’s white paper, Facing the Challenge of Unhealthy Weight: Recommendations for the Health Care Community

AHIP’s white paper, Facing the Challenge of Unhealthy Weight: Recommendations for the Health Care Community, offers several recommendations and examines promising programs that health insurance plans and clinicians have developed in collaboration with community partners to encourage body mass index (BMI) screening and address the obesity epidemic. Recommendations include making routine BMI screening and interpretation a standard clinical practice; connecting BMI screening to evidence-based prevention and treatment options; and building partnerships and disseminating promising practices among health plans, physicians and clinicians, employers and community groups.
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Health Insurance Plan Regulation Chart Health Insurance Plan Regulation Chart

AHIP recently released a convenient one-page chart summarizing health plan regulation at the federal and state levels. You may click on this link to access a printable PDF version of the chart.
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AHIP HI-WIRE – Connecting You to the Health Insurance Industry AHIP HI-WIRE

Designed to help time-starved professionals like you. AHIP HI-WIRE is the single best source for news and analysis that covers the full health insurance industry. Don't want to visit a Web site every day? AHIP HI-WIRE's dynamic e-newsletter, AHIP HI-WIRE Connection, will continue to be fully customizable and delivered to your inbox.
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New Online Training Program for Medicare Advantage and Part D

In light of the intense scrutiny of Medicare marketing activities, and the pressure we feel from Congress, beneficiary groups, and other stakeholders, as well as the increasingly stringent requirements established by the CMS, the AHIP Center for Insurance Education and Professional Development has launched a new online training program, Marketing Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Plans: Understanding Medicare Basics, Plan Options, and Marketing and Enrollment Requirements. This course is designed to strengthen your organization’s marketing staff, agents, and brokers ability to provide the information beneficiaries need to make the decisions that are best for them.
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Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Guide: How to Choose Your 2008 Plan

AHIP recently published a new guide/workbook for helping Medicare beneficiaries make informed decisions about their prescription drug plan options for 2008. This resource is an updated version of a guide, released last year by AHIP, that received positive feedback from beneficiaries, advocates and other partners.
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An Online Guide to Resolving Health Insurance Disputes

This new site is the first step in establishing a clearinghouse for consumer information about the appeals process for health insurance claims. Over the coming weeks, we will continue to build the website to provide consumers with additional information, including state-specific procedures on how to appeal claims.
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Our goal is to provide a unified voice for the health care financing industry, to expand access to high quality, cost effective health care to all Americans, and to ensure Americans’ financial security through robust insurance markets, product flexibility and innovation, and an abundance of consumer choice.
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