America’s Health Insurance Plans (
AHIP) is a national
political advocacy and
trade association with about 1,300 member companies that sell
health insurance coverage to more than 200 million
Americans. AHIP was formed through the merger of
Health Insurance Association of America (
HIAA) and
American Association of Health Plans (
AAHP). AAHP was formed through a merger between two
health maintenance organization (HMO) trade associations, Group Health Association of America and American Managed Care and Review Association. AHIP is a member of
CAQH, a coalition of healthcare trade associations and health plans that aims to simplify healthcare administration. The AHIP Center for Policy and Research is the trade association's research arm. The center publishes research on a variety of forms of private health insurance, often based on survey data gathered from AHIP member companies. The forms of insurance studied include
disability income and
long-term care insurance as well as different types of medical expense insurance.