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Patient Groups: Uphold Health Care Law As Congress Intended
... v. United States , citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court side with plaintiffs and move to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The groups, which include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, American Heart ... the law without a replacement reinforces that intent. Twenty states led by the Texas Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit challenging the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in federal court in Texas. The plaintiffs in Texas vs. U.S.A argue that because Congress ... the entire law is invalid and must now be struck down. Following is the groups’ joint statement: “The critical patient protections in the health care law provide an essential lifeline for millions of Americans who suffer serious illnesses, like cancer, lung and heart disease, ...
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Countless cancer patients and survivors have benefits from patient protections in the health care law. Sign now to urge Congress to keep and strengthen comprehensive, affordable health coverage 0 Sign the petition to help protect affordable health care ...
Bipartisan Health Care Deal Could Preserve Health Insurance for Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors
... (ACS CAN) follows: “We commend Senators Alexander and Murray for their continued dedication to finding bipartisan solutions to our nation’s health care challenges. This deal offers important, immediate action to stabilize the individual insurance market. The funding of cost-sharing reduction ... $106 million per year in outreach and education programming would help to reduce public confusion over the law and ensure more people who need health coverage get it. “Expedited state waivers and new types of plans can affect cancer patients’ care—from prescription drug coverage to ...
Senate health care bill could harm cancer patients and survivors
We knew the Senate health care bill was bad for cancer patients and survivors, but the latest version of the bill released is shockingly worse than earlier drafts. The bill, ... be forced to pay exorbitant amounts of money for their treatment. Deny cancer patients coverage of essential cancer treatments Under the current health care law, essential treatments and screenings are covered, regardless of their costs. If this is eliminated, cancer patients could be denied ...
Senate Health Care Repeal Puts Cancer Patients’ Coverage at Risk
Washington, D.C.—Today the U.S. Senate passed a tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would ... without a replacement leaves cancer patients, survivors and all those with serious illnesses at risk of being priced out of the individual health insurance market. Americans who need quality health care will likely pay more and have fewer choices as some young and healthy people forgo ...
Court Urged to Prioritize Patients and Uphold Health Care Law
... when it hears oral arguments today in the case Texas v. United States. The case is being appealed after a lower court ruling that the entire health care law should be struck down because Congress repealed the individual mandate’s tax penalty. The case was brought by 20 states and is led by ... joint statement: “Millions of Americans rely on the critical patient protections included in the ACA to access, afford and retain meaningful health coverage that is essential for their wellbeing. This includes people who suffer from serious, acute and chronic health conditions, like ...
How has access to affordable, comprehensive health care impacted you?
One of ACS CAN’s top priorities in 2025 and beyond will be to protect critical patient protections in the health care law and maintain access to affordable, quality health coverage. Your story can help. 0 How has access to affordable, comprehensive health care impacted you? ...
House Committee Focuses on Public Health with Increased Tobacco Tax, Greater Access to Affordable Health Care
Washington, D.C.— The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote today on legislation that if enacted would greatly improve public health. The legislation would nearly double the federal cigarette tax, create tax parity on some tobacco products, develop a new health care coverage option in states that have not expanded Medicaid, make permanent increased tax credits for marketplace coverage, and cap Medicare ...
Patients Call on Senators to Reject Graham-Cassidy Health Bill; Urge Bipartisan Action on Health Care
Washington, D.C. — September 25, 2017— Dozens of patients from across the country, each with their own personal health care story, gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge their senators to preserve quality health care coverage for millions of Americans and reject the pending Graham-Cassidy health care legislation. The event was organized by the ...
17 Patient Groups Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Health Care Law
... United States , citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The case is pending before the Fifth Circuit after District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in favor of plaintiffs who argued the entire health care law should be struck down because Congress repealed the individual mandate's tax penalty. Twenty states led by the Texas Attorney General filed the suit challenging the health care law. The patient groups argue the law was intended to help protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and Congress’s inaction to ...