Health Care Reform: CAP’s Advocacy Agenda,
  Comments, Articles and Resources

Updated May 6, 2010

CAP’s Health Care Reform Advocacy Agenda

• View the Health Care Reform Policy Agenda Overview
  (PDF, 35 KB)
• View a Message from the President
  (PDF, 144 KB)
• View the Press Release
• View Frequently Asked Questions
  (PDF, 41 KB)
• View a Letter from CAP to the Senate Finance Committee
  (PDF, 1 MB)
• Letter on House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Proposal
  (PDF, 540 KB)

Letters and Comments to Congress and Regulatory Agencies

• Letter to Senate on H.R. 3590
  (December 23, 2009) (PDF, 503 KB)
• Letter Supporting H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961
  (November 6, 2009) (PDF, 769 KB)
• Letter to Senate on 14-Day Rule Provision
  (October 29, 2009) (PDF, 100 KB)
• Letter to Senate Finance Committee to Modify or Defeat Special Molecular Test Payment Amendment
  (September 23, 2009) (PDF, 45 KB)
• Letter Supporting SGR Reform
  (September 18, 2009) (PDF, 33 KB)
• CAP’s Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on Health Care Delivery System Reform
  (May 18, 2009) (PDF, 1 MB)
• CAP’s Letter to the Chairs of the House Tri-Committees on Health Care Reform Proposals
  (July 9, 2009) (PDF, 540 KB)
• CAP’s Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee on MedPAC/IMAC Proposal
  (July 27, 2009) (PDF, 677 KB)
• Letter from Members of Congress to House Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees in Support of Pathology Demonstration Project
  (August, 2009) (PDF, 594 KB)

Select Statline Articles on Health Care Reform

• In the Weeds: Health Care Reform Implementation Timelines
  (April 15, 2010)
• Healthcare Reform Comes Down to the Wire
  (March 19, 2010)
• CAP News Analysis: Healthcare Reform Faces Tough Road to Reconciliation
  (March 4, 2010)
• Pathology Organizations Meet to Address Health Care Reform
  (February 4, 2010)
• Healthcare Reform Update: Democrats Struggle to Agree
  (January 7, 2010)
• Senate Expected to Pass Healthcare Bill on Christmas Eve
  (December 23, 2009)
• Lobbying Funds Still Fuel the Debates
  (December 10, 2009)
• For Senate Democrats, It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
  (December 10, 2009)
• Healthcare Reform Moves Forward in the Senate: Key Provisions Could Impact Physicians
  (November 25, 2009)
• Healthcare Reform Moves Forward and Rallies the House of Medicine
  (November 12, 2009)
• Healthcare Overhaul Bill Clears Senate Finance Committee
  (October 15, 2009)
• Healthcare Reform Update: Baucus Replaces $750 Million Clinical Lab Fee with CLFS Cut; Finance Committee Rejects Public Insurance Option
  (October 1, 2009)
• Senate Finance Committee Releases Long Awaited Healthcare Reform Proposal
  (September 17, 2009)
• CAP Leaders and State Pathology Society Presidents Meet to Discuss Healthcare Reform and CAP’s “Advocacy Now” Agenda,
  (September 3, 2009)
• Public Opinion Heats Up On HealthCare Reform Agenda as Congress Returns From Recess
  (September 3, 2009)
• Special Report: Health Care Reform Legislation Passes Three House Committees, Sets Stage for September Showdown
  (Aug. 6, 2009)
• House Committees Pass First Legislation of the Health Care Reform Agenda
  (July 23, 2009)
• Demo Project for Pathologist-Initiated Consultations Championed in Congress
  (July 23, 2009)
• Pathologists Continue Talks with Legislators as House Releases Draft Reform Bill
  (June 25, 2009)
• Pathologists Support Health Care Reform Efforts at the AMA Annual Meeting
  (June 25, 2009)
• CAP Unveils Health Care Reform Advocacy Agenda Addressing Present and Future Issues
  (June 11, 2009)

Other Resources

• Health-Care Reform: How the Bills Stack Up—an interactive graphic from the Washington Post