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Federal Update   This week the Senate considered an amendment that would have diverted additional funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund that was established in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACS CAN has consistently opposed legislative attempts to eliminate or divert funding for prevention services and fortunately, the ... next few months, Massachusetts is expected to pass comprehensive legislation designed to overhaul the way physicians and hospitals are paid for health care services. The legislation creates incentives for payers to replace the current fee-for-service payment system, which reimburses ...

... by $3.7 billion over the next 10 years.   The plan would also impact funding for discretionary programs, such as the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control, along with Medicare.   However, the reductions in spending under this plan are not nearly as significant ... that will resolve the budget stalemate while leaving important programs, such as Medicare, intact. HHS Releases Proposed Regulation for CO-OP Health Insurance Plans Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed standards for establishing CO-OP health insurance plans. To ...   Profits realized by a CO-OP must be reinvested in the plans through lower premiums, better benefits, or other improvements in health care quality.   A CO-OP will also have the option to sell coverage to small businesses. Institute of Medicine Releases Recommendations on Coverage ...

... by $3.7 billion over the next 10 years.   The plan would also impact funding for discretionary programs, such as the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control, along with Medicare.   However, the reductions in spending under this plan are not nearly as significant ... that will resolve the budget stalemate while leaving important programs, such as Medicare, intact. HHS Releases Proposed Regulation for CO-OP Health Insurance Plans Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed standards for establishing CO-OP health insurance plans. To ...   Profits realized by a CO-OP must be reinvested in the plans through lower premiums, better benefits, or other improvements in health care quality.   A CO-OP will also have the option to sell coverage to small businesses. Institute of Medicine Releases Recommendations on Coverage ...

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.   Now ... Care Act help people with cancer and their families is now available on fightcancer.org. ACS CAN worked with Corporate Communications and Health Promotions staff at the National Home Office on the guide, which explains the Affordable Care Act through the “cancer lens.” The guide, ... loved ones fight the disease, discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage: adequacy, affordability, availability, and administrative simplicity.   The guide marks a significant step forward in our efforts ...