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Title:The Pennslyvania Community Health Reinvestment Agreement: Establishing Non-Profit Insurers' Community Benefit Obligations
Copyright Date: Aug. 2006
Pages: 17
Authors:Catherine Dunham and Carol Pryor, The Access Project
Description: Produced by AcademyHealth, the national program office for State Coverage Initiatives, an initiative of the The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In February of 2005, Pennsylvania reached an agreement with the state’s four non-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans called the “Agreement on Community Health Reinvestment.” The Agreement committed the Plans to annually contributing 1.6 percent of their annual health care premiums plus 1 percent of their Medicare and Medicaid premiums, less certain state taxes, to support community health programs. Key components in reaching the Agreement were advocacy efforts that brought public attention to the issue of the Blue Plans’ surpluses and charitable obligations, and strong political leadership. Other states may want to consider this Agreement as they look for ways to fund health care for the uninsured in their own communities.
Link: http://www.statecoverage.org/node/172
Topics: Hospital Billing & Collection | Private Insurance