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11-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to issue several long awaited Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations over the next few days. The regulations will provide important details on how essential benefits, insurance reforms, ... Some large companies, most recently Applebee's and Papa John's Pizza, have said in news reports that they may be forced to reduce or drop health coverage for their employees because of the ACA.  These claims are misleading in their criticism of the ACA, and draw attention away from ...

11-30-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to issue several long awaited Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations over the next few days. The regulations will provide important details on how essential benefits, insurance reforms, ... Some large companies, most recently Applebee's and Papa John's Pizza, have said in news reports that they may be forced to reduce or drop health coverage for their employees because of the ACA.  These claims are misleading in their criticism of the ACA, and draw attention away from ...

2-10-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to provide consumers a brief, straightforward summary of benefits, including real-world examples.  ACS CAN views ... the provision as a fundamental component of the fourth "A" - administrative simplicity -- in the Society and ACS CAN's four "A's" of meaningful health coverage. Read the ACS CAN statement .   The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all ...

5-12-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Capitol Hill Update   Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health approved "The State Flexibility Act" (HR 1683). The bill, introduced last week, would repeal the “maintenance of effort” requirements (MOE) included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prevents states from cutting their Medicaid rolls ahead of the program’s expansion in 2014. The full Energy and Commerce ... because doing so could threaten cancer patients’ access to lifesaving treatment, add to the number of uninsured and weaken our nation’s health care system.   Read the joint media statement from ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association that was ...

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Health Exchanges   This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run ... Politico Pro_HHS to states Help us implement ACA_8.14.12.docx    ACS CAN believes the establishment of exchanges will make health care more easily available by letting people shop for insurance and compare health plans by quality and price.   Report: Medicaid Expansion Would ...

11-18-10 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     New ... across the country fought so hard for. Most of the messaging remains the same and reflects our singular focus on meaningfully improving the health care system for people with cancer and their families.   The message wheel and FAQ , which can be found in the Access to Care Community on ... a great deal of attention has been focused on potential attempts Congressional Republicans will make to repeal or defund provisions in the health care law. Equally important is how newly elected governors, state legislators, and insurance commissioners are approaching the new law given ...

3-18-11 Affordable Care Act Update

In Congress   Committees of jurisdiction for health care in both the House and Senate have been marking the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law by holding numerous ... be in recess next week when the anniversary takes place. The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing featuring Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius and highlighted the law’s accomplishments, including insurance market reforms that have gone ...

1-27-11 Affordable Care Act Update

1/27/11 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   Dr. Seffrin ... 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 ...

2-13-13 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update HHS Deadline for State Partnership Designation Approaching This Friday is the deadline for states that will not be running their own health insurance exchange to tell the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whether they want to run a "partnership" exchange in cooperation with the federal government. Several states have ... to change when the individual mandate and health insurance exchanges go into full effect in 2014. ACS CAN supports provisions in the Affordable Care Act that will provide all groups with greater access to quality care.     As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and ...

6-14-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Communications Planning for Supreme Court Decision   The Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected by the end of this month. The decision could come out as soon as Monday, June 18, although June 25 appears to be a more ... predictions on how the justices will rule.   Federal Update   National Prevention Council Action Plan   On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of the National Prevention Council Action Plan , which aims to increase the number of ... of 17 federal departments and agencies that was established under the ACA. The plan provides comprehensive strategies for Americans to tackle health issues including tobacco use, obesity, health disparities and chronic diseases such as cancer.   John Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer ...

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