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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=dlj725@hughes.net href="mailto:dlj725@hughes.net">David Johnson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=occupycu@lists.chambana.net
href="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net">occupycu@lists.chambana.net</A> ; <A
title=s.hansen@comcast.net
href="mailto:s.hansen@comcast.net">s.hansen@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 29, 2012 4:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces
State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial><STRONG>This is a Waste of time and a
distraction of what needs to be done !</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4 face=Arial>WE Need to demand a single payer healthcare
system in the state of Illinois like Vermont has done !</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4 face=Arial>David Johnson</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=occupyCU@lists.chambana.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 29, 2012 11:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov.
Quinn Announces State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange</DIV>
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<B>From: </B>"Champaign County Health Care Consumers" <<A
href="mailto:cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org">cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A
href="mailto:cchcc-l@lists.shout.net">cchcc-l@lists.shout.net</A><BR><B>Sent:
</B>Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:59:39 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn
Announces State-Federal Partnership
Health Exchange<BR><BR><BR>Dear
Friends,<BR><BR>On behalf of Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC),
we would like<BR>thank everyone who signed the petition calling on Illinois'
Governor Quinn<BR>to establish the Health Exchange, whether online, in our
office, at the<BR>Urbana Farmer's Market, or at one of our Task Force
meetings.<BR><BR>Last week Governor Quinn announced that Illinois would move
forward to<BR>establish a state-federal partnership Health Exchange. CCHCC and
other<BR>health care advocates had been organizing to pressure the Illinois
General<BR>Assembly and Governor Quinn to instead establish a state-operated
Health<BR>Exchange that would have allowed for an insurance marketplace that
was<BR>customized to meet the specific needs of Illinoisans and would have
been<BR>governed by Illinoisans.<BR><BR>Frankly, we are disappointed that our
state leadership did not rise to the<BR>challenge and take advantage of the
opportunity to have a locally governed,<BR>pro-consumer Health Benefits
Exchange that would have best met the needs of<BR>the residents of Illinois.
Despite the claim by state officials that there<BR>was not enough time
remaining to establish a state-operated exchange, we do<BR>believe that
Illinois had sufficient time if the elected leadership had the<BR>political
will.<BR><BR>HOWEVER, having a state-federal partnership Exchange up and
running in<BR>Illinois in 2014 is indeed a VICTORY for the residents of
Illinois. <BR><BR>Through the Exchange in 2014 alone:<BR> * 486,000
residents will enroll in private health insurance plans;<BR> * 500,000
residents will join the expanded Medicaid program (which the<BR>state would
receive 100% federal matching reimbursement for those costs the<BR>first three
years of the Exchange); And<BR> * 247,000 residents would qualify for
federal subsidies for premiums and<BR>co-payments to help with insurance
costs.<BR><BR>(Source: Wakely Consulting Group, Health Management Association,
Illinois<BR>Department of Healthcare and Family Services)<BR><BR>Please read
on for more information about State-Federal Partnership Health<BR>Exchanges.
Also, please check out this article from The State-Journal<BR>Register
regarding Governor Quinn's
decision:<BR><BR>http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x1798690424/State-to-work-with-feds-on-health-insurance-exchange<BR><BR>*
* * * * * * * * * * * * *<BR>WHAT IS A STATE-FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP?<BR><BR>In
May 2012, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)<BR>announced a
third Exchange model. States could apply for a state-operated<BR>Health
Exchange, have a federally-facilitated Exchange, or now enter into
a<BR>state-federal partnership for 2014 - the first year that the Exchange
would<BR>be operational.<BR><BR>The state-federal partnership Exchange is a
mix of the first two options,<BR>where the responsibilities, control, and
decision-making would be split<BR>between the state and federal government. In
this model, HHS would be<BR>responsible for ensuring the Exchange meets all of
the standards. HHS would<BR>run the online marketplace website. Illinois can
decide to operate some of<BR>the plan management functions (health insurance
plan selection and other<BR>details) and consumer assistance (in-person
assistance and outreach).<BR><BR>This state-federal partnership will give
Illinois legislators an<BR>additional year to finalize a state-run Health
Exchange to start in 2015.<BR><BR>* * * * * * * * * * * * * *<BR><BR>At this
point in time, we are still gathering information on the final<BR>details of
how state-federal Health Exchanges will operate and which<BR>components of the
Exchange Illinois may seek to operate. We must remain<BR>vigilant as decisions
may be made for the state-federal partnership that<BR>will lay the groundwork
for the state-operated Exchange in 2015. We must<BR>continue to fight for a
pro-consumer exchange that has consumer<BR>representation on the operating
Board and prevents any sway from the<BR>insurance industries.<BR><BR>Again, we
want to thank all of you for taking action and fighting for the<BR>creation of
the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. CCHCC remains committed<BR>to a
pro-consumer Exchange and we will be calling on you to help shape what<BR>our
Exchange looks like in 2014 under the state-federal partnership and<BR>what it
looks like in 2015 as a standalone Exchange.
<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Champaign County Health Care
Consumers<BR><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Champaign County
Health Care Consumers<BR>44 E. Main Street Suite 208<BR>Champaign, IL
61820<BR><BR>Phone: (217) 352-6533<BR>Fax: (217) 352-9745<BR>E-mail:
cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org<BR>Web:
www.healthcareconsumers.org<BR><BR>Check out CCHCC on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/healthcareconsumers!<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR>Support
health care justice - donate to CCHCC today! Visit our website to make a
tax-deductible contribution
today.<BR>http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/index.php?action=Donation<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>To
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