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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 ...
2-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update
Federal Update Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report today showing that Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan s (PCIP) are providing health coverage to nearly 50,000 people with high-risk pre-existing conditions nationwide. The PCIP was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide access to quality, affordable health care to people in every state with pre-existing conditions such as cancer who have gone ...
9-16-10 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 Update on ... reporting requirements for small business. ACS CAN opposed the amendment because its financial offset was to strip the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) of nearly all its funding. As you know, the Affordable Care Act established the Fund to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would have also made significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that ...
3-10-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... passed a 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011) spending bill, H.R. 1, in February that stripped the budget of funds necessary to implement the Affordable Care Act and also made deep cuts to federal cancer research and prevention programs. The Senate and the president considered the bill a ... the March 18 deadline. The Hill reports on other tactics the House is considering to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act. Health Insurance Rate Increases Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must justify any unreasonable rate increases to the states and the federal government, and post them on their websites. The Department ...
4-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... its plan for reducing the national debt. The House budget resolution calls for $6 trillion in cuts over 10 years and repeals the Affordable Care Act by denying the funds needed to implement the law, such as subsidies for middle-class Americans to purchase insurance in state exchanges and elimination of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Both the budget resolution and White House plan would seek to reduce Medicare and Medicaid spending. The House plan would transform Medicaid into a block grant program and Medicare into a voucher system whereby seniors would receive a fixed subsidy to purchase health insurance in the private market. The President’s proposal would reduce Medicaid expenditures by standardizing the federal match and ...
4-26-12 Affordable Care Act Update
Federal Update This week the House will vote on a measure that diverts funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to keep down the costs of student loan interest rates. ACS CAN sent a letter to all House members opposing any legislation that would cut prevention and public health funding for any purpose, including offsetting the cost of student loan program. Read the ACS CAN press release and letter . Medical Loss Ratio - Average Rebate Estimates for 2012 Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must meet minimum medical loss ratios (MLR), the percentage of premium dollars that are actually spent on medical benefits ...
1-19-12 Affordable Care Act Update
... with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association in the litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The brief received favorable mention in several news articles, some of which recounted its central argument that Congress had the authority to enact the individual mandate -- which requires almost all individuals to purchase or carry health insurance by 2014 -- to ensure the success of patient protection provisions such as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions and annual ... , which links to a copy of the brief and coverage from CQ . State Update Many states are busy trying to pass legislation to create health benefit exchanges during their newly opened 2012 legislative sessions. Approximately 20 states that have almost no foundation to build on ...
3-14-14 Affordable Care Act Update
... plans and makes tiered provider networks more patient-friendly. It specifically addresses geographic proximity requirements between patients, health care providers and health care facilities; and defines how plans must ensure provider access to rural areas. ACS CAN has submitted comments on the proposed rule and ...
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 ...
2-16 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 ...