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... for resources that help educate people with cancer and their families about the law’s patient protections. This week’s list follows: The Health Care Law: How It Can Help People With Cancer and their Families – The Society’s consumer-friendly guide to the ACA is available in print from ... Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explains the financial help available under the ACA and sends consumers to their state’s online marketplace. Health Tax Credit Tool – Consumer Reports developed this online tool to inform consumers about tax credits under the ACA and eligibility ...

... a letter to the president urging him to issue a strong, final regulation on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC). Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers (and self-insured plans) are required to provide consumers with a standardized form that explains the basics of insurance and ... developed a prototype and tested it with consumers, with the assistance of Consumers Union and the insurance industry's trade group, America's Health Insurance Plans. The three scenarios tested include maternity, diabetes, and treatment for Stage II breast cancer. (The breast cancer case ... just one example. ACS CAN and other consumer groups strongly believe that the SBC is vital to enhancing consumer knowledge and understanding of health insurance. For the first time, consumers will have a document that could be enormously helpful to them in better understanding their options ...

... by $3.7 billion over the next 10 years.   The plan would also impact funding for discretionary programs, such as the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control, along with Medicare.   However, the reductions in spending under this plan are not nearly as significant ... that will resolve the budget stalemate while leaving important programs, such as Medicare, intact. HHS Releases Proposed Regulation for CO-OP Health Insurance Plans Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed standards for establishing CO-OP health insurance plans. To ...   Profits realized by a CO-OP must be reinvested in the plans through lower premiums, better benefits, or other improvements in health care quality.   A CO-OP will also have the option to sell coverage to small businesses. Institute of Medicine Releases Recommendations on Coverage ...

... 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 ...