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NADP HEALTH CARE REFORM DOCUMENTS

11.09	NADP Press Release - American Families Can Stay Together and Keep Current Dental Plan Under Senate Approach to Essential Health Benefits
09.09	NADP Press Release on stand-alone coverage of dental benefits
09.09	NADP is interviewed on CNBC
07.09	NADP, DDPA, VSP, NAVCP Letter to House Tri-Committee Chairmen - Explaining how the House bill will be detrimental to standalone plans
07.09	NADP Taxation Survey and Press Release: Poll results of Americans dropping their dental coverage if premiums were taxed as proposed in the Senate Finance Committee
05.09	NADP Comments: to Senate Finance Committee on Financing (scroll down to Health Reform for more information)
05.09	NADP Comments: to Senate Finance Committee on Coverage (scroll down to Health Reform for more information)
04.09	HCR Briefing: Increasing Access to Dental Care in Health Care Reform
03.09	HCR Briefing: Oral Health Is Integral To Overall Health
03.09	HCR Briefing: Dental Benefits Improve Access To Care
03.09	HCR Breifing: Maintain Tax Incentives
05.08	NADP HCR Principles: Position Statement
11.08	NADP Chapter 'Introduction to Oral Health Reform' to be published by Elsevier Publications
08.08	NADP Article 'Oral Healthcare Reform' for the AADC's newsletter The Beacon
	NADP members please go to the e-Community for additional information

STAKEHOLDER POSITIONS & OTHER NEWS re HCR

10.09	CDHP Coalition Letter to Senate HELP regarding dental provisions
10.09	Michigan Chamber of Commerce letter in support of Stabenow-Lincoln amendment
10.09	Kaiser Health News 'Health Reform Proposals Enhance Children's Dental Care'
10.09	Pew led Dental Coalition Letter to Congressional leaders in support of oral health provisions. (Includes support for the preservation of separate dental policies)
10.09	Employee Benefit News article - 'Pulling the Teeth Out of Dental Plans'
09.09	American Dental Association statement in support of separate coverage, including their proposed amendment language
09.09	Senator Mary Landrieu's letter to Senate Finance Committee
09.09	Senator Sherry Brown's letter to Senate Finance Committee
09.09	American Benefits Council Press Release re. Excise Tax, supporting exemtion for supplemental benefits.
09.09	National Business Group on Health Letter to Senate requesting vision within Stabenow Amendment Letter to Senate supporting the Stabenow Amendment
07.09	American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry - Recommendations on Health Reform (supports dental plans in #4)
07.09	VSP CEO is interviewed on Fox News Business; NADP, DDPA and NAVCP mentioned.
07.09	CDHP Coalition Letter (w/NADP, ADA sent their own) Supports an oral health expert on future Health Advisory Commissions
07.09	Pew led Coalition (w/NADP) House Prevention Letter
07.09	Pew led Coalition (w/NADP) Senate Prevention Letter
2008	ADHA Statement on Health Reform
11.08	ADA Health Reform Resolution
10.08	CDHP Health Care Reform Princples for Children's Oral Health
07.08	ADEA Health Reform Principles and Letter to NADP
04.07	DDPA Principles for Healthcare Reform

HEALTH REFORM (FEDERAL & STATE)

11.09	Senate released HR 3590 (combined Senate Finance and HELP committees) and CBO score
10.09	Senate Finance Committee: Updated Chairman's Mark (the redlined health proposal including all passed amendments) Final amendments as passed - Stabenow Amendment is Letter G
09.09	Senate Finance Committee: Framework on Health Reform
07.09	House Tri-Committee Bill and Summary (being debated in Committee)
07.09	Senate HELP Bill and Summary (passed Committee)
06.09	President's Council of Economic Advisers Report
05.09	The Senate Finance Committee held a series of informal hearings (roundtables) to discuss various issues regarding health care reform. A week after each roundtable, a policy document pertaining to the roundtable was distributed by the Committee. The documents are linked below, and videos of the roundtables are available on the Committee's website. Roundtable #3 on Financing, NADP Comments Roundtable #2 on Coverage, NADP Comments Roundtable #1 on Delivery, NADP did not submit comments
03.09	The America Foundtion: A Modest Proposal for a Competing Public Health Plan by Len Nichols
02.09	The Commonwealth Fund: "The Path to a High Performance U.S. Health System" (122 pgs)
01.09	New Yorker Article, "Getting There from Here: How should Obama reform health care?" http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/26/090126fa_fact_gawande
12.08	CBO (Congressional Budget Office) Papers: "Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals" (196 pgs). Pages 29-34 discuss tax preferences "Budget Options Vol.1 Health Care" (235 pgs)
12.08	Institute for America's Future: "The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform" supported by Chairman Stark, Ways & Means
11.08	Sen. Baucus (Chair of Finance Com) releases white paper: "Call To Action - Health Reform 2009" (98 pages)
10.08	CAP (Center for American Progress: "A Blueprint for Reform" (134pp.) co-authoured by J. Lambrew who is Obama's Deputy Dir. of Health Reform
2008	Obama's Health Care Plan For more information, vistit the website
05.07	CBO (Congressional Budget Office) Paper: Overview of SCHIP (Crowd out of private insurers on pp 9-12)