Archived Materials

Materials from 2010

• Summary of Budget Reconciliation improvements to the Senate-passed health reform bill (March 18, 2010)
• Text of Budget Reconciliation changes to the Senate-passed health reform bill (March 18, 2010)
• Letter from President Obama to House and Senate Democrat and Republican leaderhsip following the White House-sponsored bipartisan health reform meeting (March 2, 2010)
• White House health reform proposal (February 22, 2010)
• Comparison of House and Senate Health Reform Bill to APHA's 2009 Agenda for Health Reform (January 13, 2010)
• Selected APHA-supported provisions in Senate health reform legislation (March 22, 2010)
• APHA letter to the House of Representatives urging Congress to move forward on health reform legislation (January 25, 2010)

Materials from 2009

• Text of the Senate health reform bill (As passed December 24, 2009)
• APHA letter opposing the Nelson amendment (abortion restrictions to health reform legislation) (December 7, 2009)
• Updated Comparison of House and Senate health reform proposals to APHA 2009 Agenda for Health Reform (December 2, 2009)
• APHA letter in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (November 20, 2009)
• Section-by-section analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: (November 19, 2009)
• Short summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (November 19, 2009)
• Text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Senate bill):  (November 19, 2009)
• Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Senate health reform bill)  (November 19, 2009)
• APHA letter opposing the Stupak Amendment (abortion restrictions) (November 7, 2009)
• APHA letter in support of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (November 4, 2009)
• Comparison of House and Senate proposals to APHA 2009 Agenda for Health Reform (Updated November 4, 2009)
• House Republican Substitute bill "Common Sense Health Reform and Affordability Act" (November 3, 2009):
• Detailed Summary of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (October 30, 2009)
• Complete bill text of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act: (October 29, 2009)
• Short Summary of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act (October 29, 2009)
• Comparison of House and Senate proposals to APHA 2009 Agenda for Health Reform (Updated September 18, 2009)
• House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats: America's Affordable Health Choices Act district by district impact (July 24, 2009)
• House Republican 12-point “Prescription for a Healthy America” (July 24, 2009)  
• House Democrats Introduce  America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (July 14, 2009)
• Summary of America’s Affordable Health Choices Act 
• House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Education and Labor introduce discussion draft of health reform legislation (June 19, 2009)
• Sen. Edward Kennedy and HELP Committee Democrats release Affordable Health Choices Act, legislation to reform the nation's health system (June 9, 2009)
• Leaders of the 3 House committees with jurisdicition over health reform released a Tri-Committee Health Reform Proposal Draft that outlines the current framework and timing of health reform efforts in the House of Representatives. Read More (June 9, 2009)
• APHA 2009 Health Reform Agenda - With a goal of helping the United States to become the healthiest nation in one generation, the APHA 2009 Agenda for Health Reform highlights the most critical changes we must make to improve the public’s health, based on longstanding APHA policies, as well as the best current evidence.  In addition, APHA supports the public plan option.
• Senate Finance Committee Call to Action - Health Reform 2009