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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 ...
3-24-11 Affordale Care Act Update
... Year Later: Provisions of the Law Already Helping Cancer Patients Timed to coincide with yesterday’s one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ACS CAN launched the Affordable Care Act Quiz , a new, interactive tool that can be found on fightcancer.org . This short, educational ... that were threatening their treatments and their lives. Also, read the ACS CAN press release on the anniversary and check out Kaiser Health News’ roundup of news stories related to the anniversary. Polls Show Confusion, Split in Opinions One year after the Affordable Care ... The list of “threshold questions” and rationales can be used and shared with coalition partners, legislators and others working on state health insurance exchanges. Over the past two months about half of all states have been reviewing some type of exchange legislation. The main ...
Affordable Care Act Update 6-19-14
Policy Update HHS Releases Report on Premium Affordability in the Marketplaces The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report Wednesday revealing that that 69 percent of enrollees in the federally-facilitated Marketplace ... have premiums of $100 per month or less after tax credits. According to the new report, “Premium Affordability, Competition, and Choice in the Health Insurance Marketplace, 2014,” HHS found that in general, tax credits have reduced premiums by an average of 76 percent for Marketplace ... new resources on its a website Monday designed to educate consumers about new health insurance benefits made available through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new website, “From Coverage to Care,” is part of an effort to help ensure that Marketplace enrollees, many of whom may be ...
7-15-10 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. Department of Health and Human Services Releases Rules on Prevention Benefits Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released interim final rules for the prevention benefits included in the Affordable Care Act. The regulations ...