The head of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the national trade association representing health insurers, lists three key priorities for reform:

1. Commit to policies that support continuous coverage for everyone—those who utilize insurance to obtain quality care and those who are healthy but have insurance to protect them in case they get sick. Both types of consumers must be insured for coverage to remain affordable.

2. Commit to market stability in 2017 and 2019 by funding temporary, transitional funding programs at least through January 1, 2019.

3. Reduce health costs for millions of Americans by eliminating the health-insurance tax on insurers, which is passed along to employers and consumers in the form of higher premium costs.

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