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Open Letter to Texas Congressional Delegation on National Health Reform Conference

  

Authors:
Anne Dunkelberg /(512) 320-0222 x 102
Scott McCown /(512) 320-0222 x 109

December 16, 2009

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CPPP Executive Director F. Scott McCown and CPPP Associate Director Anne Dunkelberg sent a letter to Texas' congressional delegation urging them to:

• Adopt the House bill’s stronger affordability measures for families below 250 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines; and
• Require the House’s much stronger standards for a Health Insurance Exchanges--whether through a single national exchange or state-level exchanges--to empower exchanges to negotiate with insurers and deliver better value to individuals and small businesses.