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Communicating for America’s legislative team recently met with more than 50 House and Senate offices in Washington, DC to relay the results of the most recent CA Member survey. CA met directly with both Democrats and Republicans, advocating commonsense solutions that include giving consumers more affordable health coverage options under the ACA, and supporting bipartisan […]

With the Healthcare Exchange Open Enrollment deadline of March 31 fast approaching, it is important to have all the facts about who is and who is not required to have health insurance in 2014. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most Americans are required to have health insurance or pay a penalty. However, there are

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that those consumers enrolled in the PCIP program will be allowed to keep their coverage until the end of April. Communicating for America continues to be a leading voice on this issue. In a recent press release published by multiple news outlets, CA President Patty

Communicating for America is calling on President Obama to extend the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) open enrollment period for individuals to sign up for a health insurance plan without facing a penalty.  In a statement picked up by dozens of top news outlets, CA Chairman Jeff Smedsrud urged the Administration to give consumers more time to

In a letter to US Senator Mark Begich, CA joined forces with several other national business, self employed and consumer advocacy groups in support of S. 1729, The Expanded Consumer Choice Act. The legislation would create a new “Copper” level of coverage, giving consumers additional options beyond the four tiers currently available under the Affordable

In a letter to key House members in both parties, Communicating for America is urging lawmakers to take up bi-partisan Immigration reform legislation. Immigration reform that strengthens American agriculture and rural business is a CA Member-adopted resolution and one of CA’s top legislative priorities. In the letter, CA outlines 5 key principles on behalf of its members

Communicating for America continues to advocate for additional measures to protect the sickest most vulnerable Americans during the transition to the new exchanges created under the ACA. In a recent press release published by multiple news outlets, CA President Patty Strickland argues that while the extension of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program recently

President Obama announced on Thursday that those Americans whose health insurance policies have been cancelled will be allowed to purchase catastrophic health insurance plans or claim a hardship exemption and avoid the ACA’s insurance mandate entirely. Communicating for America (CA) has been a leading voice urging these and other changes through articles, op-eds and discussions with

Amid the finger pointing and political theatre surrounding the so far inauspicious debut of Obamacare lurks this startling possibility:  Come February, fewer Americans could be enrolled in private health insurance than were covered on December 1, 2013. Jeff Smedsrud of CA and Joel White  of the Council for Affordable Health Care Coverage offer up five

The following op-ed written by CA Chairman Jeff Smedsrud appeared in a number of online and print publications: Sadly, fewer Americans could be covered under permanent private health insurance on February 1, 2014, than were on December 1, 2013. Call it a perfect storm of unintended consequences.   We shouldn’t let that happen. Here is