4th Quarter - Amendment

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION for BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$2,600,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
4th Quarter - Report Jan 20, 2010 $2,100,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Report Apr 19, 2010 $2,600,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment (this page) Apr 20, 2010 $2,600,000 Yes

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Advantage Medicaid Medigap Guaranteed Issue to Medicare Disabled/ESRD Medicare buy-in for those aged 55-64 years of age

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PHILIP JOHN HAYS —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Medicare Advantage Funding and Medicare Advantage Rates; Comparative Effectiveness Funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PHILIP JOHN HAYS —

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

Comparative Effectiveness Research

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PHILIP JOHN HAYS —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

IRC section 833(b) tax provisions proposed annual insurer assessments, proposed excise tax on high-value health insurance plans, and proposed limitation of tax deduction for health insurer's executive compensation as provided for in healthcare reform proposals

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CERISANO —
JOHN ERICKSEN —
ALISSA FOX —
KRIS HALTMEYER —
JUSTINE HANDELMAN —
ROBERT WESLEY HARRIS —
PHILIP JOHN HAYS —
RAY QUINTERO —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

See attached addendum for General Lobbying Issue Area: HCR - Healthcare Health Care Reform; Pathway to Covering America; Employer Based Healthcare System; Uninsured/Expanding Coverage; Healthcare Reform Modeling; Insurance Market Reform; Individual Market Reform; Small Group Market Reform; Small Business Healthcare; Guaranteed Issue; Community Rating; Health Status Rating; Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts; Individual Manadate; Medical Loss Ratios HR 3200 "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"; Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark - no bill number "America's Healthy Future Act"; HR 3962 "Affordable Health Care for America Act"; HR 3962 Manager's Amendment; HR 3590 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"; HR 3590 Manager's Amendment Government-run health insurance Plan; Government Plan Trigger; negotiated rates; state opt-out; Co-Ops; Medicare Payment Rates; Provider Underpayments; Level Playing Field Affordable Private Health Care; proposed insurer fees; excise taxes on high value Plans; premium caps; 5 to 1 Age Rating Bands; Realistic Minimum Benefit Values; Effective Individual Mandate; Sherlock Report; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; malpractice reform; Oliver Wyman actuarial analysis "Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Costs in the Individual and Small-Employer Health Insurance Markets"; CBO premium impact analysis New federal regulatory functions; existing state regulatory functions; Federal Exchanges; Federal Connectors; Virtual Connectors; State Insurance Marts (SIMs); Pooling Health Care Quality; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Health Disparities; Wellness; Chronic Care Management; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Improved Delivery of Health Care; evidence based care; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; Health Information Technology Standards; Health Information Privacy; Electronic Health Records; Administrative Simplification Antitrust and Health Insurance Reform; McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption repeal legislation: S1681 and HR3596 "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009" Scope of FEHBP preemption

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 3596 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.