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8-19-10 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. “Grandfather” Rule Filing This week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network filed comments on the ‘Grandfather’ rule in the Affordable Care Act, in an effort to more clearly define which plans will be exempt from certain provisions in the new law. Overall, it is a strong rule ... on an amendment offered by Senator Johanns to the Small Business and Jobs Credit Act that would effectively eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund that was part of the Affordable Care Act. A vote on this amendment (AN 4531) is expected to be the first action taken by the Senate ...
Affordable Care Act Update: Supreme Court Decision Coming Soon 6.12.15
... whether millions of low- and middle-income people can continue to receive a major source of financial assistance that helps them afford health coverage. The Society, ACS CAN, and numerous other public health groups hope the Court will decide that the Affordable Care Act enables qualified people who buy a health plan in either the federal marketplace or a state marketplace to receive federal tax credits ...
Vermont Public Health Advocates Applaud Senate Lawmakers for Unanimous "Yes" Vote on Tobacco 21 Bill
... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the March of Dimes and the American Academy of Pediatrics, today congratulated Senate Health and Welfare committee members for their unanimously voting “yes” on legislation aimed at saving lives and money by reducing tobacco use ... and other tobacco products including e-cigarettes. “Passing this legislation today is a strong commitment by the committee to protect the health of Vermont’s children and sends a message that we need to do all that we can to prevent future, addicted life-long smokers,” said Kevin ... for Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Northeast Region. “We all have an obligation to protect kids by enacting policies that help ensure their health, and we are grateful to members of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee for their thoughtful deliberation.” In Vermont, nearly 11% of ...
November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... measures for consideration at one time, as opposed to an omnibus package that would fund the government as a whole. Once the bills funding health agencies are approved in each chamber of Congress, the House and Senate will have to resolve disagreements over spending levels as well as ... letter being circulated by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA). The letter affirms support for the House Appropriations Committee's 2012 fiscal year health funding bill proposal to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by $1 billion and calls on the committee to fight for this ... with the Senate. Importantly, the letter also states that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care programs should not be used to pay for the NIH increase. Common Rule The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN submitted comments to the ...
Important Message From John Seffrin
Message From John Seffrin Meaningful health care reform is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our ...
Improve Nutrition in Kid's Restaurant Meals
... are due to poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, overweight and obesity. Obesity is also a major contributor to the state’s burgeoning health care system, with obesity-related health care costs among Vermont adults estimated at $291 million per year. This amount likely underestimates the total health care costs of obesity ...
2-10-12 Monthly Advocacy 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. The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all plans-individual and group ...
Vermont 2010 Legislative Wrap-Up
American Cancer Society Legislative Wrap-up 2010 Access to Health Care – Health Care Reform Catamount Health Plan As part of a host of cost saving measures to close the gap in the FY 2011 budget, three changes were made ...
December 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
... by Dr. Richard Deming, a member of the ACS CAN Board, about his recent experiences hiking in the Himalayas with a group of cancer survivors and care givers. 2013 PREVIEW ACS CAN began 2013 by completing the process of integrating American Cancer Society Division advocacy into ACS CAN. ... up as the law moves closer to taking full effect in January 2014. Tobacco industry efforts to weaken and undermine measures that protect public health show no signs of abating. No doubt we have our work cut out for us, but ACS CAN is a nationally respected nonpartisan organization with a ... missions. In the coming year, ACS CAN will continue to call upon elected officials to work together in a bipartisan effort to implement the health care law as intelligently as possible for patients and their families. For further information, see the Department of Health and Human ...
November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
... fight against cancer. With the election behind us, it's time for our nation to renew its commitment to bringing cancer under control as a major health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease. ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the health reform law important to cancer patients and their families will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...