100-Plus Advocacy Groups Join To Oppose CMS' Proposed EHB Changes

Dozens of state and local advocacy groups have coalesced in a comment letter expressing strong concerns over CMS' proposal to change the essential health benefit benchmark in future years, saying the change would reverse progress towards ensuring all Americans have access to adequate coverage. The agency in its recent 2019 proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) sought comments on a proposal to alter the definition of an employer plan that would be used as a benchmark and to...