Tag Archives: healthcare
Administration Pushes Immediate Health Care Changes
The Obama Administration today announced its next set of regulations to provide further detail for the new health care law as well as highlight some of the benefits already in place. Today, the president and administration officials are meeting with … Continue reading
Obama Administration to Publish Grandfathered Health Plan Regs
UPDATE: The Obama Administration has announced a press conference to discuss the regulations at 2 PM today. Here is an administration fact sheet. The Obama administration is expected today to publish its draft regulations for the treatment of “grandfathered” employer-sponsored … Continue reading
Associations Ask for Extension of Low-Cost Plans
The DC publication Politico is highlighting an area of implementation for the recently passed health care reform that could impact some associations’ members for the worse, and shows the continued need for association advocacy during the implementation of the Patients … Continue reading
Senate Dems Anticipate Dec. 23 Health Care Vote
Despite the seeming setback dealt to the Democrats comprehensive health care reform efforts this weekend by Senator Lieberman (I-CT) and Ben Nelson (D-NE), Senate Democrats are planning a procedural move to set-up a December 23 vote on their health care … Continue reading
Senate Medicare Compromise In Doubt
What was last week touted as a potential breakthrough for the Senate health care bill is today being labeled as potentially another failed compromise. Yesterday, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) publicly stated that a health care bill which would extend Medicare … Continue reading
American Associations Day 2010 Registration Open
Registration is now open for American Associations Day 2010, the only legislative fly-in for association professionals and leadership volunteers to discuss association issues. On March 23-24, 2010, association executives, staff, and volunteer leaders are encouraged to join their colleagues from … Continue reading
Senators Float Medicare Buy-In Compromise
In an effort to gain the 60 votes needed for passage, moderate Democratic Senators leaked a potential compromise yesterday that would remove the public option from the Senate health care bill and replace it with a larger Medicare pool. The … Continue reading
Senate Moves Forward with Health Care Debate
For only the fifteenth time since 1861, the Senate was in session on a Sunday. And while over the weekend the number of amendments considered was few, Senate leadership was optimistic that they were close to securing the compromises needed … Continue reading
Deadline for AAA Awards is Friday
This Friday is the deadline for associations to submit their programs for the ASAE & The Center Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards. Don’t lose out on your opportunity to have your association recognized for the good work it does for … Continue reading
Nonprofit Issues in the Senate Health Care Bill
Amid the over 2,000 pages of the Senate health care bill, there are two nonprofit governance issues contained that should be of note to all associations. While they do not impact association governance, the issues are sure to remain in … Continue reading
