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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. Senator ... increases reporting requirements on small businesses. To offset the revenue loss the amendment would nearly eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) that was included in the Affordable Care Act to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would also make significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that would ...

... US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a draft rule that proposes standards for the Multi-State Plan Program (MSPP). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) directs OPM to enter into contracts with private health insurance issuers so that at least two multi-state plans are offered in the new health insurance exchanges beginning in 2014. At least one of the insurers must be a non-profit entity. Insurers   who wish to participate in the ...

... US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a draft rule that proposes standards for the Multi-State Plan Program (MSPP). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) directs OPM to enter into contracts with private health insurance issuers so that at least two multi-state plans are offered in the new health insurance exchanges beginning in 2014. At least one of the insurers must be a non-profit entity. Insurers   who wish to participate in the ...

Federal Update   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) this week.   Among the 23 ... some best practices that are being shared among all the states.   State Update   Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed the state’s health insurance exchange legislation into law on Wednesday. Colorado joined five other states that have enacted legislation (California, Maryland, ... and implementation.   Litigation   The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday on a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, but the three judge panel hearing the case must first rule on the motion to dismiss that the Obama administration filed last week. The ...