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2-17-11 Affordable Care Act Update

House of Representatives Debates FY 2011 Continuing Resolution The House of Representatives this week is debating HR 1, a continuing resolution (CR) that ... Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).   The bill also would cut the budget at the National Institutes of Health by 5.2 percent. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Update on High-Risk Pools   Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a set of new high-risk ... exchanges will be similar to consumer shopping for airline or banking services and offer a choice of health plans that meet certain benefits and cost standards. The grants will help states design systems that will make this model viable. Read the HHS press release and Los Angeles Times ...

7-14-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... leaders over the budget and debt limit intensified further this week, with meetings taking place at the White House every day. The outcome of these talks have the potential to impact virtually all of ACS CAN’s priorities by limiting the availability of funds for cancer research, prevention, and early detection programs as well as altering ...

3/20/09 Maine Statehouse Update

Governor's Budget & Legislature Overview It was another long week of discovering what money is coming to the state from the Feds, and what are appropriate uses for the money.   Committees are reporting back their ... at the same rate they do in-patient chemo.   This obviously will allow some people to continue to work while they undergo chemo, meaning they can keep jobs which might otherwise be lost.   We will testify in support of this bill.   ** If you know anyone who has had a problem getting his / her oral chemo covered, please let us know! LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" makes several detrimental changes to current consumer / cancer patient and family protections.   We will testify in ...

November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS   Appropriations The 2012 fiscal year budget process and the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "super committee," continue to move forward. Congress is beginning to pick up the pace on ... levels as well as serious policy differences. A resolution on the bill may not arrive until sometime in December.   In the meantime, ACS CAN continues to engage super committee members, congressional leadership, and House and Senate appropriators to ensure that the fight against ... people with Medicare reviewed their health status at a free Annual Wellness Visit or received other preventive services with no deductible or cost sharing this year.  In addition, nearly 1.8 million people with Medicare have received discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D ...

10-28-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... families.   Now Available: New Patient-Focused Guide to the Affordable Care Act   A new consumer-friendly guide that describes how provisions of the Affordable 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 ... as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions, the prohibitions on annual and lifetime benefit limits, and the guarantee of coverage of no-cost preventive care, public support rises sharply.   For example, a New York Times poll out today about voter attitudes toward the elections ...

June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

CANCER RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING   ACS CAN volunteers joined cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers in Washington, DC, last week for the One Voice Against ... 33 states came together to urge Congress to support federal funding for cancer research and prevention programs and met with almost 150 members of Congress and their staff. The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the ...

March 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS   Fighting Cuts to Cancer Programs On Wednesday, ACS CAN and its partners in the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) coalition will be on Capitol Hill to oppose cuts the House of Representatives approved recently as part of a proposal to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011). If ... require varying degrees of coverage, with scores of B, C or D. Seventeen states scored an “F” for failing to mandate any coverage of the cost of colon cancer screening.   Guaranteeing insurance coverage in the states for colorectal cancer is still essential, even with passage of the ...

2-1-11 Monthly Advocacy Update

... to New to National Prevention Advisory Group The White House announced its intention to appoint John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), to the advisory group to the newly created National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council.   The council, which was created by the Affordable Care Act, is working to integrate the prevention efforts of numerous federal government agencies and coordinate prevention and wellness services nationwide. It was formed in June 2010 and is composed of ...

4/3/09 Maine Statehouse Update

...   yea               Collins:   nea       Pingree:   yea                Snowe:   nea From Dan Smith, NVP ACS CAN: Last night the House and Senate passed budget resolutions, a blueprint for Congress to make funding decisions for the 2010 fiscal year. This year’s budget resolutions are important in laying the groundwork for the enactment of health care reform legislation later in the year. Reform is necessary if the nation is going to repair the holes in the current system and ... cover oral dose chemotherapy at the same rate they do in-patient chemo.   Today, the committee killed the bill. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" makes several detrimental changes to current consumer / cancer patient and family protections.   We will testify in ...

4/24/09 Maine Statehouse Update

... shortfall in FY 10 •         $7.5 million shortfall in FY 11 Priority Areas    Lung Cancer LD 1347:   "An Act To Deter Initiation of Tobacco Use by Increasing the Tax on Tobacco Products" raises the tax on cigarettes by $1, and is the focal point of our tobacco tax campaign. ... pass" in deference to another bill, submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance which did much of the same things. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" was voted "ought not to pass." LD 1228: "Resolve, To Direct Action on Health Disparities of the Passamaquody Tribe and ... health and healthcare, is working on the issue.   Together, they are working to produce bipartisan HCR legislation.   The Society and ACS CAN have made access to healthcare and HCR a priority, and now has a seat at the table moving the issue forward, putting the cancer lens on the ...

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