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... on their progress towards various legislative and policy benchmarks, including efforts to encourage prevention, guarantee access to affordable health care, curb tobacco use and focus on quality of life. How Do You Measure Up? also offers a blueprint for effective implementation of Affordable Care Act provisions that benefit cancer patients and their families, such as creating consumer friendly state health exchanges, expanding health coverage through Medicaid and ensuring that health plans cover essential health benefits for chronic disease ...

Federal Update   This week the House considered the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, which would cut mandatory funding for a number of health-related programs authorized in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as make cuts to the Medicaid program. ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association sent a joint letter to all House members opposing the repeal of mandatory funding currently set aside to promote prevention and public health, as well as funds to establish state-based health insurance exchanges. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Additionally, ACS CAN opposes ...

Federal Update   This week the House considered the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, which would cut mandatory funding for a number of health-related programs authorized in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as make cuts to the Medicaid program. ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association sent a joint letter to all House members opposing the repeal of mandatory funding currently set aside to promote prevention and public health, as well as funds to establish state-based health insurance exchanges. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Additionally, ACS CAN opposes ...

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.   Congress ... of the overall benefits of the new law.   See the selected articles below for additional context on the issue:   No Clear Path for GOP on Health Care Repeal (Associated Press) Republicans say they'll repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, but tinker and tweak is as far as they're likely to get. < http://wapo.st/aHXj61   Promise of Renewed Battle Over Reach of Health ...