Comment on CMS-2026-2081-0001
NatiSupportAdvocacy
Summary: The National Health Council (NHC) supports the CMS review of the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) framework, urging the agency to maintain EHB as a comprehensive patient protection floor. They recommend modernizing the framework to reflect current clinical evidence and patient needs while ensuring that changes do not narrow access to care or shift costs to patients.
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