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8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

  Affordable Care Act and the Budget   While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or what has commonly come to be known as the “super committee,” have already begun discussions in preparation for the work that lies ahead.   While traditionally at ACS CAN we have associated the budget and appropriations process mostly with funding for cancer research and programs, we know that because of the ... employer-sponsored health insurance have not filled prescriptions, did not get recommended tests, or avoided seeing a doctor because of the high cost barrier.   Although continuing health coverage through COBRA is an option for the unemployed, the expense prohibits many from purchasing it. ...

District Court Decision Temporarily Blocks Critical Access to Affordable Health Insurance for DACA Recipients in 19 States

Washington, D.C. – December 10, 2024 – On December 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States. This decision temporarily blocks the Final Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which ... eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in 19 states.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and other patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious diseases and health conditions filed an amicus curiae (friend of ...

How Does Your State Measure Up on Policies to Fight Cancer in 2015?

How does your state measure up on policies to fight and prevent cancer? Chances are not well. According to a new edition of the ACS CAN report How Do You Measure Up? released today, most state legislatures are missing opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only ... movement toward the benchmark. Red shows where states are falling short. This year, the best any state did was receive a green rating in six of the nine priority areas, and 25 states have reached the benchmark in only three or fewer areas. Put simply, this is unacceptable. While itŠ—'s ...

Legislation Introduced in House Aims to Increase Early Cancer Detection in Medicare

... to improve future equitable access to new and innovative cancer screenings among Medicare beneficiaries in order to increase early detection of more cancers for more individuals. The Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act would allow Medicare to ... by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and proven to have clinical benefit. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “The evidence overwhelmingly supports that detecting cancer earlier can be the difference between life and death. When cancer is detected ...

8-2-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update   Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect on August and include services  important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits and testing for a virus that can cause cervical cancer. The benefits were recommended by a panel convened by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. Health insurers must begin covering the benefits on the first day of the ...

8-2-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update   Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect on August and include services  important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits and testing for a virus that can cause cervical cancer. The benefits were recommended by a panel convened by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. Health insurers must begin covering the benefits on the first day of the ...

8-2-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update   Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect on August and include services  important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits and testing for a virus that can cause cervical cancer. The benefits were recommended by a panel convened by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. Health insurers must begin covering the benefits on the first day of the ...

Cancer Patient Cannot Afford to Wait on Prior Authorization

Elizabeth Rivera - Palmyra, Pa.  I am a four-time cancer survivor. After my last diagnosis of thyroid cancer, I developed a condition called hypocalcemia, which puts me at risk for life-threatening cardiac conditions and seizures. While I ... to get the medication I need to survive. For patients, being caught in the middle where medication is withheld or delayed is frustrating. It can also be dangerous, as each year I am forced to go without medicine for longer periods at a time. However, HB 1194 would ensure shorter prior ... are already fighting for our lives. We cannot afford to wait on insurers to approve tests or treatments ordered by doctors—as those delays can cost us precious, lifesaving time. That’s why I’m standing with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to urge state lawmakers to ...

Affordable Care Act Update 6-19-14

Policy Update   HHS Releases Report on Premium Affordability in the Marketplaces   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report Wednesday revealing that that 69 percent of enrollees in the federally-facilitated Marketplace ... access to health care through Medicaid, which states declined the federal funds to expand Medicaid and which states have yet to decide.   ACS CAN continues to lead efforts to encourage the remaining states to accept the federal funds so that their most vulnerable citizens will have access ... that marketplaces had cheaper plans available than the off-marketplace companies in 35 of the 39 regions examined. On average, the lowest cost marketplace plan was over 40% cheaper than the lowest cost off-marketplace plan in the same region.   Study: Expanded Coverage May Improve ...

Understanding Your Health Benefits

Like many of you, I find health insurance benefits to be difficult to interpret. Every time I've enrolled in an insurance plan, I]'ve been presented with a long, complicated benefit summary full of industry jargon. That's why I'm happy to share that starting this week, insurers are required under the Affordable Care Act to present every ... should start to see these documents in November, or whenever your open enrollment period begins. As I mentioned in a post earlier this year, ACS CAN volunteers and staff were pleased with the strength of the final SBC rule. The White House received more than 3,000 communications from our ...

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