The Accessibility of Healthcare

As important as it is to encourage transformative innovation, it is equally vital that health policy bring greater stability to a tumultuous legislative and regulatory environment and take steps to strengthen the healthcare system’s financial sustainability.

There are opportunities to move toward greater stability and sustainability. The next Congress should take meaningful action to improve the Affordable Care Act after years of political standoffs.

Policymakers need to understand that, for private sector healthcare to be the catalyst for major change that benefits patients and consumers, companies need a policy environment that enables them to be financially stable, viable and to plan effectively for the future.


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Access to Quality Care and Coverage

State of Play: The Biden administration is taking multiple steps to ensure more people remain covered during transitions in health coverage. The 2023 Omnibus Appropriations legislation (P.L. 117-328) provides states … Continued

Disaster Readiness

State of Play: Congress incorporated into end-of-year legislation several steps to improve disaster readiness, including provisions from S. 3799, the “PREVENT Pandemics Act,” that would create a White House Office … Continued

Workforce

State of Play: Congress included numerous provisions in the year-end Omnibus bill  (P.L 117-328) aimed at bolstering the healthcare workforce to address widespread shortages and counteract the obstacles providers face. … Continued