The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has joined a letter sent by the I Am Essential Coalition which urges new HHS Secretary Tom Price to continue to maintain the consumer protections provided in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as he reviews possible rules changes for the ACA. To read the news release from the I Am Essential Coalition, click here and to read the letter sent to Secretary Price, click here.

Many of these protections are also addressed in our NDNRC statement on health reform entitled “Preserve the Protections Provided by the Affordable Care Act.” To read our blog post on this statement, click here. The full statement is available here, where it is also available in a PDF download.