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Unlike pension plans that have had a long history of substantial funding and have enjoyed the run-ups in pension assets from the bull market beginning in the early 1980s , funding levels for retiree health plans are low . H.R. 660 aims to provide small businesses , including associations , with a better opportunity to purchase health insurance to their employees through association health plans ( AHPs ) . The common goal of the managed care program is a successful partnership with quality health plans to provide care to Medicaid participants , while focusing on continuous quality improvement . Expand beneficiary choices among private plans Medicare beneficiaries should have expanded choices of quality health plans and benefit packages that include prescription drug coverage to ensure that all of the elements of modern health care are provided in a system built on the advantages of our market-based economy . Both ABC and NAHB recently praised the introduction of the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 , a measure designed to reduce healthcare costs by giving small businesses purchasing alternatives through association health plans . H.R. 660 aims to provide small businesses , including associations , with a better opportunity to purchase health insurance for their employees through association health plans ( AHPs ) . S.545 aims to provide small businesses , including associations , with lower cost and bare bones health insurance for their employee groups through association health plans ( AHPs ) . However , the effect on overall funding levels for retiree health plans has been limited . Dr. Sol Lizerbram , Chairman of FPA Medical Management , Inc ., stated , " FPA continues to execute our plan of establishing long-term national payor relationships with quality health plans . The president has proposed refundable tax credits to help low-income workers purchase health insurance coverage , and he proposed allowing small businesses to band together through association health plans . That is as pressing an issue as any , with millions of Americans uninsured , businesses faced with rising costs from employee health plans and states challenged to exert pressure wherever they can to reduce the cost of medical treatment .