Subject: Re: Follow-up to Question re UnitedHealthcare and Implications
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Cc: Chris Jennings <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Michael Shapiro <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:21:03 -0800

Chris - Thanks so much for talking tonight and spearheading the effort to
develop a broader set of policies aimed at strengthening the ACA, as well
as policies that will drive down costs, foster innovation and reform our
delivery of health care.

I do think the memo that you wrote on the United Healthcare situation is
very good and should go to HRC.  I have edited and reordered it to: (1)
have her focus on the arguments about why not to panic too much about
United Health Care at the beginning of the memo; and (2) left the
background on why ACA needs to be strengthened to the end; and (3) I
deleted your list of improvements at the end as I'd prefer for us to work
on giving her a package together rather than a few ideas now.

If this works for you and Jake, Shapiro can clean it up and get it into
HRC's briefing book.

Thanks again,
Ann

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> Thanks Chris.  As we discussed Friday, we need to drive forward on
> multiple tracks simultaneously, including improving the ACA, enhancing
> value in the health care system, and fostering new innovations.  We
> will work with you to develop a work plan.
>
>
>
> > On Nov 23, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Chris Jennings <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > John:  Following up on your call last night, I tried to quickly pull
> together the attached semi-comprehensive, but hopefully easy to read
> backgrounder on the UnitedHealthcare situation and the broader
> dynamics/implications/questions that are raised around it.  I present the
> conflicting issues around plan positioning, enrollment and risk selection.
> I think you will find it to be consistent with our conversation.  You will
> note that besides raising the issues, I make a recommendation about HRC
> being a bit more aggressive about the need to strengthen the ACA over
> time.  I also raise a few very preliminary new policy outlines that may
> spur further conversations with Ann, Jake and the rest of the team. Hope
> helpful for you all.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > Chris Jennings
> > President
> > Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
> > Suite 500
> > 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
> > Washington, D.C.  20004
> >
> > (202) 879 9344 work
> > (202) 879-9340 fax
> > <HRC Campaign Memo re United-ACA status.11.23.15.docx>
>

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Ann O'Leary
Senior Policy Advisor
Hillary for America
Cell: 510-717-5518