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- Defending National Health Care Reform (April 16, 2010) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now law. Congress’ work on health care reform is complete for now, but our work is not finished. Persistent public outreach and education is needed to promote the provisions in the new law that will immediately help people and combat the opposition’s messages against reform.
- Action Alert: Health Reform Passed! (March 26, 2010) Yesterday the Senate and House passed the Health and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act – the final piece of this year-long health reform effort.
- Action Alert: House Passes National Health Care Reform (March 22, 2010) Thank you for your work to get us to this historic day. Use these sample statements and letters to the editor to thank the Representatives who stood up for all Americans by voting for health care reform.
- Action Alert: The 72-hour clock is ticking down (March 19, 2010) You and your networks are absolutely vital to passing this historic legislation. Our job is more urgent than ever.
- Action Alert: Can you get 30 (or more) constituents to call their Members of Congress today? (March 17, 2010) We are in the final stretch and Congress needs to hear from you! You and your networks can help by making your voices heard.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (March 15, 2010) Land Ho! After a stormy voyage of more than a year, this Monday morning finds the good ship health reform within sight of a final vote.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (March 09, 2010) And now the moment you've all been waiting for: President Obama finally lays out a roadmap to pass national health care reform, but will Congress follow step?
- Action Alert: This Is It (March 08, 2010) This is it! As leaders in the House work to ensure there are enough votes for passage (216), our job is to continue to let each and every Member know their constituents support reform and are counting on them to deliver.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (February 26, 2010) Summing up the Summit
- Moving Forward From the Summit (February 26, 2010) This event was the best indication we've had since January that health care reform will move forward. Now, we must reinforce the president's message to Congress that it is time to get the job done.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (February 24, 2010)
- Tomorrow's Bipartisan Health Reform Summit (February 24, 2010) Tomorrow, President Obama is hosting the bipartisan health reform summit. This is a critical opportunity to shift public opinion and re-energize Congress to get the job done. We need to do all that we can to generate a positive buzz around the event and spread the word that this country needs health reform.
- President Obama's Health Reform Summit (February 19, 2010) President Obama’s bipartisan health reform summit on February 25 will garner the attention of the media and the public, and we need to make sure that our message is carried in the week to come and beyond.
- A New Twist on February Recess (February 09, 2010) Stop the Presses! This alert contains updates to materials we sent last week based on developments in national health care reform just announced over the weekend.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (February 08, 2010)
- February Strategy Alert (February 03, 2010) We are at the most critical point in this year-long effort to pass health care reform. Together, we have to make a strong all-out push over the next few weeks.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (February 02, 2010) Hurdles to passage | The excise tax: Once more, with feeling | The trust deficit: No please, after you | Time is not on our side | The end zone
- Urgent House Outreach Needed (January 22, 2010) Calling all advocates: tell the House you want them to pass the Senate health care reform bill.
- The Work Goes On... (January 22, 2010) The election of Scott Brown to the Senate does not change the urgent need for national health care reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (January 06, 2010) Of Doughnuts and Dragons | Overall Process | Financing | Exchange Exchange | Immigrant Access | Next Dragon in the Road
- Senate Passes Health Care Reform! (December 24, 2009) This morning, the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. With a party-line vote of 60-39, the Senate has joined the House in passing major health care reform legislation for the first time in history.
- Action Alert: House Affordability Outreach (December 22, 2009) As the Senate wraps up debate this week, we continue to focus on the merger of the House and Senate bills in our efforts to improve affordability in the final legislation.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (December 21, 2009) The Dam Breaks | The Insider's Naughty or Nice Pol(e) | The Great 'Is it worth it?' Debate
- Action Alert: Support for Senators to vote 'Yes' (December 19, 2009) Dear Partners: This morning Senators Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Chris Dodd and Tom Harkin released the Manager’s Amendment for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The introduction of the Manager’s Amendment moves us closer to final passage of this historic legislation.
- Sign-On Deadline Extended (December 18, 2009) Because our partners are continuing to reach out to their networks and submissions keep rolling in, we have decided to extend the deadline for sign-ons to Tuesday, December 22.
- Action Alert: Affordability Sign On (December 11, 2009) As the Senate works to wrap up debate, we must look ahead to the merger of the House and Senate bills.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (November 24, 2009) The beginning of the end game | Checking in on interest groups | Doctors: Where's my fix? | Insurers: True to Form | PhRMA pulls a fast one (and gets away with it? | Employers to Obama: Just kidding! | The General Public: Paying for keeps | Bye Week
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (November 16, 2009) Choice: Getting beyond getting to No | The cost containment conundrum | Fault lines on immigrant access | Will kids lose ground under reform? | Waiting for Harry
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (November 09, 2009)
- Health Care Reform Passes the House (November 08, 2009) Yesterday was a historic day. The United States House of Representatives voted 220 - 215 to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act. This legislation is a big step forward toward quality, stable, affordable health care. It will promote competition, slow the growth in health care costs, and improve the quality of care for millions of Americans.
- Action Alert: Critical House Outreach (November 04, 2009) At this historic time, it is urgent that the consumers are heard loud and clear leading up to the House vote.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (November 02, 2009) House prepares to bring strong reform proposal to floor | 218, that elusive number | Affordability woes in the Senate | Timetable update
- Action Alert: Affordability in the Senate (October 28, 2009) We want to alert you to a new affordability issue being raised in the Senate that would significantly hurt low-income individuals.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (October 26, 2009) Untangling the public option debate | Housewarming | Public option revival in Senate | Insurance industry hopes third time's the charm
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (October 19, 2009) Too bad they can't vote | The Ladies from Maine | In the eyes of the beholder | Say it ain't so, Joe | The Big Smoosh | Medicare Physician Fee Fix: Where there's a will, there's a way
- Action Alert: Affordability Protections in the Senate (October 19, 2009) The Senate Finance Committee proposal does not provide adequate options for these working families who often lack insurance through their jobs. As the Senate HELP and Finance Committees work to merge their bills and prepare for the floor debate, it is more important than ever that we weigh in on the importance of providing real affordability options for families.
- Action Alert: Merging Bills (October 14, 2009) We are in the middle of the second critical opportunity to weigh in with Congress to improve the provisions in the bills. Leaders in both the Senate and the House are in the midst of merging their respective bills with a goal to bring a bill to each floor for debate by the end of the month. Now is the time for you to weigh in with your Members.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (October 13, 2009)
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (October 06, 2009) What happened, what didn't in Senate Finance | Affordability and the individual mandate | Immigrant access | The Great Consensus Hunt | Snowe-time | a closer look at the age-rating debate | Tough sledding ahead in House
- Action Alert: Merger of House bills (October 01, 2009) The three committees of jurisdiction in the House (Energy & Commerce, Education & Labor, and Ways & Means) have started to work together to combine their bills into one. They face a new challenge – keeping the final cost of their bill to $900 billion as outlined by President Obama in his speech to Congress. Because the House bills are over this benchmark, we need to ensure House leaders remain committed to protecting affordability provisions.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (September 28, 2009) Senate Finance: Progress on affordability | Same as it ever was | Big PhRMA casts a long shadow | Better than Byrd-watching? | The devil that they know | Cat-herding progress in the House | Partly cloudy with a chance of Snowe
- Action Alert: Merger of Senate Bills (September 28, 2009) Over the past week, the Senate Finance Committee has worked late into the evening to mark up the America’s Healthy Future Act and it is likely that this work will continue well into this week.
- Action Alert: Senate Finance Committee Mark-up (September 23, 2009) This week, all eyes are on the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Baucus released the mark last week and the Committee began what is expected to be a quick mark-up process yesterday.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (September 21, 2009) Handicapping the Baucus plan | Affordability | Free Rider penalty | Taxing high cost benefits | Public option | All in the Family | Playing the Immigrant Card
- The Baucus Proposal and the Process Moving Forward (September 18, 2009) Senator Baucus released the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) mark on Wednesday.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (September 14, 2009) Full court press | Senator Baucus steps to the plate | Whatever became of my old gang? | House leaders turn down the temperature
- Congress Returns to Washington (September 09, 2009) In the coming weeks, both pro-reform and anti-reform groups will hold events in Washington. We must ensure that the story focuses on the urgent need and strong support for national health reform. In order to do this, we need your help.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (September 08, 2009) Carry it on: Remembering Ted Kennedy | Summer Recess: A Tale...of Sound and Fury | With friends like this | President Obama's health reform speech | The shape of things to come
- Wrapping Up August Recess (August 27, 2009) While August recess has been a challenging time in the field, you have shown great commitment and dedication to health reform. You have turned out supporters to town halls and rallies, educated the public, and shown the media that Americans cannot afford to wait for health reform.
- If Not Now, When? Why young Americans are joining the health care reform movement (August 27, 2009) If we reject the old premise that only the rich can afford to get sick, and want to build a new nation that takes its strength from looking after its people, then we must work to pass health reform now.
- Join Us Again in Washington, DC (August 19, 2009) Community Catalyst would like to invite all of our state partners to join us in Washington, DC for another Day of Action on September 16.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (August 18, 2009) What you're not seeing | On second thought | The mysterious Mr. Grassley | Checking in on the health reform landscape | Key players and issues | Insider takes a vacation
- Community Reorganizing: How to ensure reform advocates are heard during recess (August 11, 2009) Since Members of Congress returned home from Washington for August recess, all eyes have been on their town mall meetings. These events, designed to allow members of the community ask questions and discuss issues with their elected officials, have been disrupted by angry protesters whose mission is to block productive discussions about health reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (August 10, 2009) Stop the Swift-Boating of health reform | A quick guide to the truth | Going to the polls | Just Say No to the status quo
- Action Alert: August Congressional Recess (August 05, 2009) August is proving to be the key month for action on both sides of the health reform debate. We all need to voice our support for the process and the many positive aspects of the bills in the House and Senate.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (August 03, 2009) E&C passes health reform | Anatomy of an agreement | Not the final word | Senate Finance says no bill before recess | benefits tax not dead yet | August is the crucial(est) month
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (July 27, 2009) Literary Blue Dogs | The On-Off switch | When the goings gets tough | Waiting for Max (and Chuck)
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (July 22, 2009) 'Mama told me there'll be weeks like this' | Bills pass in 2 House committees, Senate HELP | About that surtax... | Reform opponents use spaghetti method | Finance, Energy & Commerce face obstacles | Fourth branch strikes again | Cost biases at CBO
- Action Alert: Call Energy & Commerce Committee Members Today (July 21, 2009) Members on the Energy & Commerce committee are expected to continue their work on the bill and hold a vote on Wednesday.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (July 13, 2009) The back-and-forth of the debate | Two thirds of a loaf? | Eyes on the prize
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (July 07, 2009) Where are we now on health reform? | Affordability | Children's health | Immigration inclusion | The public plan | Taxation of health benefits | What 60 votes could mean for a health care bill
- Community Catalyst Prescription Drug Priorities (July 02, 2009) We want you to be aware of Community Catalyst’s prescription drug policy priorities and how they fit into to the current conversation around health reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (June 29, 2009) Senate Finance's magic number | A new twist on employer responsibility | Focus on disparities | Update on Hill hearings
- Comments to House Committees (June 25, 2009) The three committees with jurisdiction over health reform in the House (Energy & Commerce, Ways & Means, Education & Labor) released a discussion draft of their tri-committee health reform bill last Friday.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (June 22, 2009) A wild week in health reform | Obama at the AMA | CBO analysis of HELP draft and industry savings | Senate Finance Committee delays proposal | Comprehensive House bill | Financing Reform | Bipartisan Policy Center's reform proposal
- Summer Health Reform Activities and Affordability Messaging (June 18, 2009) Today, we would like to share with you some recently-developed materials with ideas and suggestions for state engagement throughout the summer, as well as some messaging and tools that are designed to help advocates create a dialogue around affordability, a topic that is becoming increasingly important in the debate.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (June 16, 2009) HELP's 'Chairman's Mark' released | Financing issues emerge | Physician payment fix on table | The Co-op option |
- Comments to HELP Committee (June 15, 2009) The Members of the HELP committee are scheduled to begin marking up the draft tomorrow afternoon. We wanted to share some materials meant to assist you should you choose to weigh in with the committee as they begin the mark-up process.
- HELP Bill and Upcoming Opportunities (June 12, 2009) A draft of health reform legislation was released Tuesday from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee. This marks the beginning of a very busy time in national health reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (June 09, 2009) An advance look at HELP legislation | Public plan maneuvering | Governor's weigh in | The economic case for reform | Questions regarding health industry's voluntary cost controls
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (June 01, 2009) GOP's reform legislation | CBO memo on budget categories | HELP outline circulated | Obama's team organizing for reform
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (May 26, 2009) Senate Finance Committee released options paper on financing | 'Cost of Inaction' report confirms need for reform now | HELP timetable speculation
- Memorial Day Recess Action Alert (May 21, 2009) Many Members will conduct business locally all next week. National health reform is moving rapidly in Washington, DC and the time for state advocates to take action is now.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (May 18, 2009) Another packed week on the Hill | Health industry makes promises, then reneges | Senate Finance Committee's coverage options paper has good provisions yet troubling omissions | Deconstructing messages designed to kill reform
- Senate Finance Coverage Action Alert (May 13, 2009) On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee released a policy proposal for expanding health care coverage.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (May 11, 2009) Advocacy timeline | Senate Finance Committee's coverage roundtable | Public plan and other divisions | Insurer competition not always the answer | GOP pollster's memo to attack reform released
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (May 05, 2009) Work on health care reform continues to accelerate in the House and Senate as both houses vet ideas and draft legislation.
- Affordability Action Alert (May 08, 2009) Community Catalyst and PICO National Network released two briefs that explain why the success of health care reform depends on the adoption of a strong, common sense “affordability standard.”
- Success of Health Reform Hinges on Affordability (May 05, 2009) Consumer and faith-based organizations weigh in with Congress.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (April 13, 2009) Debating the public plan | Hill staff working over recess to keep reform on target | Advocates need to apply pressure
- Senate Finance Delivery System Reform Update (April 30, 2009) On April 21, the committee held their first roundtable discussion, which focused on delivery reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (April 27, 2009) Senate Finance Committee's first roundtable focuses on delivery system reform.
- Community Catalyst Health Reform Insider (April 20, 2009) Last week was relatively quiet in D.C., or at least on the surface. The most contentious debate occurred over the scope of health reform.
- Federal Budget Update (March 31, 2009) Over the past week, the main developments around national health reform concern the federal budget.
- Federal Budget Update (March 02, 2009) Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of dialogue and activity around health care on the federal level and we wanted to be sure to check in with you.
- ARRA Alert Part 2 (February 19, 2009) We wanted to share with you our attached summary of the major health provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Alert (February 13, 2009) We know that many of you have been concerned about the Medicaid provisions in the bill, particularly the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) increase. The attached file details the Government Accountability Office’s projected Medicaid assistance for each state until the first quarter of 2011.
- CHIP Letters Alert (February 05, 2009) During this exciting time, we bring you our first of many national health reform alerts. As you all know, President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 on Wednesday afternoon.