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Where We Stand

The following are NBCH's most current policy statements:

• NBCH Supports House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Work on Health Care Information Disclosure
• National Health Care Reform Legislation: Provisions Impacting Self-Insured Employers
• NBCH's Letter to Congressional Leadership on the Value of Employer Sponsored Health Care, October 2009
• NBCH Coalition Support for ERISA Protection in Health Care Reform, October 2009
• NBCH Health Care Reform Recommendations to the Obama Adminstration and Congressional Leaders, August 2009
• 2009 Senate Finance Health Care Reform Proposal
• NBCH Coalition Support for ERISA Protection in Health Care Reform, July 2009
• NBCH Issue Brief- Health Cooperatives; July 2009
• NBCH Issue Brief- Health Care Reform Public Plan Option; June 2009
• NBCH Comments on Wellstone & Domenici Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA); May 28, 2009
• Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) NBCH Issue Brief — April 2009
• NBCH Supports Quality Enterprise — February 2009 
• NBCH Requests Federal Support for Regional Health Care Improvement Initiatives — January 2009
• NBCH Federal Advocacy Support Letter for Regional Health Care Quality Improvement Programs — January 2009
• NBCH Endorses House Value-Based Purchasing Bill — Quality First Act" (H.R. 7067)
• NBCH Supports New Senate Legislation to Reduce Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions
• HHS Takes New Steps to Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Prescribing
• NBCH Comments to House Energy & Commerce Committee on HIT Legislation
• NBCH Supports the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
• NBCH Comments to Senate Finance Committee on Support for Medicare Physician Payment Reform Legislation
• NBCH Comments to CMS on Medicare Hospital Reporting and Payment Policies
• NBCH Commends Senate Finance Committee on Progressive Efforts to Reform Medicare Physician Services
• Making Affordable, Quality Health Care Accessible to All
• Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Price Negotiation Authority
• NBCH Supports Principles for Responsible Health Benefit Design
• NBCH Supports National Standards for Health Care Information Sharing & Technology Infrastructure 
• NBCH Coalitions Explore Alternatives to "Play or Pay" Mandate 
• Health Care Data Access, Quality & Safety Improvement — NBCH Policy Statement – August 2005 
• NBCH Provides Provisional Endorsement of Common Goods Administrative Health Courts Project — August 2005
• NBCH Value-Based Physician Pay for Performance Policy Statement 
• NBCH Association Health Plan Policy Statement — Executive Summary 
• Protecting accountable, high performance health care providers from undue medical malpractice liability 
• Expanding Health Care Coverage to the Working Uninsured
• Advantages of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance