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U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation
... care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) is working with lawmakers from both parties to ensure that the bill takes important steps to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits , reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age . As the leading voice of patients in the ...
11-30-12 Affordable Care Act Update
... Congress returned to Washington, D.C. this week to start the lame duck session which is focused on the looming "fiscal cliff" -- the expiration of tax cuts on December 31 and deep across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, known as sequestration. ACS CAN is actively monitoring the discussions, and will be weighing in through the cancer lens. It is imperative for Congressional leadership, as well ... scheduled to then run from May through July 31, 2013. The July 31deadline is critical in order to allow enough time for other details, such as cost sharing and premium subsidies, to be resolved, so that the scheduled October 1, 2013 start of the open enrollment period can proceed as ...
Important Message From John Seffrin
... 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 broken health care system for cancer patients and their families is entering its ... clear in recent days that it wants Congress to move forward with a final effort to pass health care reform legislation. As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) has been working with lawmakers from both parties to produce legislation that 1. Increases the emphasis on disease prevention , such ...
Affordable Care Act Update: Supreme Court Decision Coming Soon 6.12.15
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on the case of King v. Burwell , which could determine 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 ...
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 to the Catamount Health plan. While still a significant ... was reduced by $300,000 for a total program funding level of approximately $4.5 million. Though it is a cut we advocated to prevent, we can consider this a victory given the economic climate and the fact that the Governor proposed a much larger cut of $1.5 million. Tobacco Cessation ...
10-14-10 Affordable Care Act Update
... all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families Delaware Candidate Debates ACS CAN was invited to join AARP, the University of Delaware, and Delaware First Media, a non-partisan, non-profit news service, to sponsor the U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidate debates in ... a new tool to help consumers make better informed choices. Detailed information on benefits and monthly premium estimates, as well as cost-sharing information including annual deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for health plans, is now available. Also, information about the ...
1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has virtually no chance of becoming law given that Democrats control the Senate and President Obama has the veto. Also noteworthy, the Congressional Budget Office released ... health care exchanges by 2014. Even though the debate over the Affordable Care Act unfortunately remains highly charged and politicized, ACS CAN is focused only on the “cancer lens.” In the coming days, weeks, and months ahead ACS CAN will work with members of Congress from both ... contained in the Affordable Care Act intended to help compensate companies with fewer than 25 employees and moderate-to-low pay scales for the cost of providing benefits. This tax credit, one of the first provisions in the law to take effect, can offset up to 35 percent of a company’s ...
3-14-13 Affordable Care Act Update
Policy Update ACS CAN National Forum on the Future of Health Care ACS CAN convened lawmakers, providers, insurers, patients, and other stakeholders Tuesday at its second annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Speakers examined central issues around the improvement of health care delivery in ...
Vermont: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform
... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age. Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...
New NIH Funding for Cancer Research
... September 30, 2009 – “President Obama today announced $5 billion in medical research grants that are critically important to the discovery of new and more effective treatments and prevention measures for life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer. The grants, part of the American ... not only creating jobs and stimulating local economies, but also furthering important medical research. “Cancer and other chronic diseases cost our economy $1 trillion a year in lost workdays and lower employee productivity. Investing in medical research has a dual benefit of ... and dying from the disease. If our nation makes the necessary investment in medical research, prevention, early detection and treatment, we can defeat cancer once and for all. The grants announced today are another step forward in that investment in medical research, yet there is still ...