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11-11-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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.   Congress ... of the overall benefits of the new law.   See the selected articles below for additional context on the issue:   No Clear Path for GOP on Health Care Repeal (Associated Press) Republicans say they'll repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, but tinker and tweak is as far as they're likely to get. < http://wapo.st/aHXj61   Promise of Renewed Battle Over Reach of Health ...

8-26-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day for cancer patients and their families.   ACS CAN Comments on Interim Final Rule on Lifetime and Annual Limits   ACS CAN submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Interim Final Rule that was released by HHS in June.   The rule would implement provisions of the ... and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions and patient protections.   Overall, the rule is strong and expands patients’ access to health care. ACS CAN’s comments focus on several specific concerns relating to the structure of the rules on lifetime and annual limits.   ACS ...

1-11-13 Affordable Care Act Update

State Exchanges The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that eight more states received conditional approval to operate a health insurance exchange. Of the eight, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Vermont and Utah will run state-based exchanges, while ... government. Utah is a special case because it already has health exchange but will have to make adjustments to fully comply with the Affordable Care Act. See The Salt Lake Tribune story for further information.  Essential Health Benefits - Benchmark Plans   A new Kaiser Family Foundation ...

5-26-11 Affordable Care Act Update

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 ...

3-21-13 Affordable Care Act Update

... 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 ...

9-23-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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 ...

6-1-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... on Federally Facilitated Exchanges (FFE).docx      Litigation Update   The Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to be announced before the court recesses for the summer at the end of June.  At this time it is unclear what day the ... the call in information shortly after the decision is announced.   Media and Polling   Key officials in states furthest along in setting up health care exchanges have mixed responses regarding what they would do if the Supreme Court overturns all or part of the ACA, according to a recent Washington Post story. Maryland's Secretary of Health Joshua Sharfstein said that even if the individual mandate is the only piece to be overturned it could jeopardize the success of exchanges. ...

2-21-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Preventive Care Coverage On February 20, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Labor issued an FAQ which clarified the coverage ... gene (BRCA) include both the counseling and the genetic testing.   FYI, the FAQ was issued in conjunction with the final Essential Health Benefits Rule.  ACS CAN is reviewing the entire final rule and will have a summary in next week's ACA update. Tobacco Surcharge Under the ...

7-14-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... have in covering cancer treatment for approximately fifty percent of all cancer patients. Exchange Regulation   On Monday the Department of Health and Human Resources released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ... Advisors Act (HR 1206), which would take broker and agent commissions out of the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation created by the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality ...

9-15-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Hearing on Repealing Grandfathered Plans and Medical Loss Ratio Provisions    The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing this afternoon focused on draft legislation that will be introduced soon to roll back consumer protections for plans designated as "grandfathered" -- individual health insurance plans and employer-based health insurance plans already in existence when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The legislation would exempt grandfathered plans from adopting important insurance reforms included ...

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