CalCPA ProtectPlus

Ensure access to quality, affordable coverage

Congress has begun to debate how to reform our nation’s health care system, and it is important for them to hear from you. It is an historic opportunity to enact comprehensive reform that makes health care more affordable, improves quality and covers all Americans.

We strongly support reform that builds a strong, sustainable private-sector health care system – and strongly oppose creating a government-run health plan. We are urging our elected officials in Washington to take bipartisan action that will accomplish that. We are educating policymakers in Washington and working with our trade associations to encourage Congress to build on the current system and not disrupt the quality, affordable coverage on which our members depend.

Our elected officials need to hear from you

There is a role that you can play in this effort, too. As our elected officials debate health care, they need to hear directly from you. You understand the important role that private-sector health plans play in ensuring access to quality, affordable coverage.

Surveys show that the American people support a common-sense approach in which the public and private sectors work together to fix the health care system. We agree. Nonetheless, there are proposals in Washington that would threaten our ability to continue serving individuals, families and employers. We cannot allow that to happen.

That is why it is important for you to get involved in our grassroots effort. Here are some steps that you can take to get involved in the health care reform debate and to ask others to participate as well. (continue reading…)