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Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families     New Fact ... brief overviews of provisions in the law that impact cancer patients. New factsheets include information on Medicaid benefits, the Indian Health Service, and prevention in Medicare.   The more in-depth background papers are designed to help advocates learn about basic concepts in the Affordable Care Act regarding private health insurance and the creation of state exchanges. New topics include issues in wellness programs, risk adjustment and employee coverage through ...

Federal Update   Physician networks and hospital systems can play an important role in driving down health care costs and improving quality of care.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released a report titled "Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice" that looks at how consolidation of hospital systems affects the ability of ...

... and the preservation of the CDC’s cancer programs.       The final package includes $30.698 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a $300 million increase (1 percent) in the NIH budget. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will receive $5.081 billion under the bill, a $23 million (0.5 percent) increase over FY 2011. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will receive $276 million, a $67 million increase (32 percent) over FY 2011. Additionally, the CDC’s cancer ...   To help prepare Society Division and ACS CAN government relations staff nationwide for the multi-faceted work ahead in regard to Affordable Care Act implementation, ACS CAN conducted trainings with Division advocacy staff in November and December. A final training for Great West staff ...

... in all communities, for all people. ACS CAN does this by supporting public policies that ensure all people have access to quality, affordable health care and preventive screenings; are able to breathe smoke-free air; and working to ensure that medical research is inclusive. As the SocietyŠ—'s ... over the past two decades. Despite this progress, there is still work to do. During a presentation to the Society and ACS CAN on the state of health and wellness in the African American community, Dr. Harold P. Freeman, former Society National Board President and founder of the Harold P. ...