PBPC Joins 750 Groups in Support of Strong Affordability and Coverage Provisions in Health Bill

January 7, 2010

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, along with more than 750 groups, signed on to an open letter to President Obama and members of Congress in support of strong affordability and coverage provisions in the final health care reform bill.

The letter states:

The United States is closer than ever before to making quality affordable health care available to all families.

Yet, health care reform can only succeed if it makes coverage truly affordable for ordinary families who are finding it more and more difficult to get the care they need. Requiring people to purchase health insurance that costs too much and covers too little would frustrate the fundamental goals of health reform and undermine the public support needed to pass and sustain reform.

The letter urges policymakers to incorporate the best elements of both the U.S. House and Senate bills into the final health care bill, which is being crafted in Washington.

Read the full letter (including the more than 750 signatories) here.