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... journey that included 19 committee hearings and four floor debates, the Minnesota legislature on Monday passed legislation creating a state health insurance exchange, or marketplace. Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill at a ceremony Wednesday morning. The law authorizes the development ... an active role in the development of Minnesota's exchange. Specifically, volunteers and staff served on work groups formed by the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force, registered formal comments, and lobbied task force members to support parameters set out in ACS ... options through Medicaid. Society research has shown that health outcomes for cancer are hugely dependent upon insurance coverage and access to care. For this reason, ACS CAN is calling our volunteers to action to urge governors and legislatures to increase access to Medicaid. (Governors ...

... journey that included 19 committee hearings and four floor debates, the Minnesota legislature on Monday passed legislation creating a state health insurance exchange, or marketplace. Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill at a ceremony Wednesday morning. The law authorizes the development ... an active role in the development of Minnesota's exchange. Specifically, volunteers and staff served on work groups formed by the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force, registered formal comments, and lobbied task force members to support parameters set out in ACS ... options through Medicaid. Society research has shown that health outcomes for cancer are hugely dependent upon insurance coverage and access to care. For this reason, ACS CAN is calling our volunteers to action to urge governors and legislatures to increase access to Medicaid. (Governors ...

Federal Update   ACS CAN Senior Director of Policy Testifies on Interstate Sales of Health Insurance   Stephen Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Wednesday on interstate sales of health insurance.   Steve testified that selling health insurance across state lines could ... if there are strong, uniform rules for insurers and adequate consumer protections.   However, the legislation under consideration, the Health Care Choice Act (H.R. 371), would repeal consumer protections provided through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).   Without these protections, there ...

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. Please note: ... Today marks six months since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and several provisions take effect that will meaningfully improve the health care system for people with cancer and their families. The provisions help to ensure that people with cancer get access to the care they ... parent’s insurance policy  up to age 26, thereby helping to expand access to coverage to an age group that often goes without it. Banning health plans from abruptly dropping people from coverage  when they become sick with an illness such as cancer. In addition, several key ...