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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.   Next Week in ... and vote scheduled for next week.   Governors Seek More Flexibility On Monday, 21 of the nation’s 29 Republican governors sent a letter to US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to appeal for more flexibility in establishing and operating the state health insurance exchanges. The governors made six specific requests, including having more of a say in which insurers are allowed in the states’ ...

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.   Next Week in ... and vote scheduled for next week.   Governors Seek More Flexibility On Monday, 21 of the nation’s 29 Republican governors sent a letter to US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to appeal for more flexibility in establishing and operating the state health insurance exchanges. The governors made six specific requests, including having more of a say in which insurers are allowed in the states’ ...

... the House earlier this month. As you may recall, the budget resolution would do away with the coverage expansions provided for in the Affordable Care Act through elimination of funding for health insurance exchange planning grants, affordability credits, and Medicaid expansion.     It also recommends turning the federal-state ... of the proposed $750 billion cut.   An even greater proportion of those surveyed -- 73 percent -- oppose cuts to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Two out of three Americans reject giving governors more flexibility to administer the program if it means dropping health ...

... budget negotiations, to prioritize investments in cancer research, prevention, and early detection programs; funding to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA); and protecting lifesaving programs such as Medicare and Medicaid that serve people with cancer and their families nationwide. ... of long-awaited ACA regulations Nov. 20.  Of greatest importance to cancer patients and their families are proposed regulations on essential health benefits, state insurance market reforms, and wellness programs. A brief summary of the regulations are attached. The ACS CAN Policy Team is ... the federal government, as well as states allowing the government to operate a federal exchange, can begin sending information for Qualified Health Plan (QHP) certification on March 28 through the end of April next year. The certification process is scheduled to then run from May through ...