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October 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER VOTES Presidential Voter Guide President Obama and Governor Romney responded to ACS CAN's presidential questionnaire. Read the voter guide. Chris Hansen recently promoted the guides and other Cancer Votes activities in a series of local radio and television interviews aired across the country. Read the ACS CAN press release. Presidential Debates Cancer Votes volunteers ... Read the Kaiser Health News story. After the election, HHS is expected to release multiple proposed regulations, including those for EHB and cost sharing. It is unclear at this time how much discretion states or insurers will have to make changes to the benchmark plan, such as how and ...
March CT Advocacy Update
... around and not rely solely on tax increases or cuts in services. To put some perspective on it, the deficit is so large ($3.7 billion out of a $18 billion dollar budget) that the state could opt to not spend a single penny on education and fire 15,000 state employees making $50,000 a year and we would still have a deficit of over a hundred million. The bad news: The state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program was reduced in the budget from $2.4 ... your area 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling 1-800-227-2345! For further information or to find out how you can help, please contact: Bryte Johnson, State Director of Government Relations and Advocacy [email protected] or (203) 379-485 March CT ...
9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update
... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives. Among those in the audience were ...
January 2014 Update
... event. In my new role I will be working closely with our advocacy volunteers, ACS staff and elected officials on all state and federal ACS CAN public policy efforts.The short 2014 legislative session kicks off in Hartford on February 5 and will provide many opportunities to positively ... Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation, Affordable Care Act Implementation to protecting funding for vital cancer programs, there are no shortages of issues we will be working on. We hope you'll help us out in 2014!SAVE THE DATE!The 2014 ACS CAN Connecticut Lobby Day will be TUESDAY, APRIL 1 ... control in 2014 at the Legislative Office Building. MATCH will be exploring new trends in the industry, new products, taxation issues, and the cost of tobacco use to the state. Additionally MATCH will be Honoring Senator Richard Blumenthal for his years of work on tobacco use cessation ...
Health Care Enters a New Era
Congress yesterday took its final historic votes to repair the broken health care system, approving a package of improvements that strengthen the broad reform bill that President Obama signed into law this week. I had the privilege of being in Washington, D.C. with Society Board Chair George Atkins and National Volunteer President Alan Thorson to attend a celebration led by ... this effort successful. By now you’ve heard about the critical role played by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in bringing the voice of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers to the debate. I want to share an example of how ACS CAN’s efforts made ...
Connecticut Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Kids & Adults from Tobacco Industry Influence
... and helping current tobacco users quit in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s best practices. A coalition of public health groups have joined together to urge the state to dedicate robust and sustainable funds to combat a leading cause of preventable death and disease in the state. The Master Settlement Agreement dollars Connecticut receives and the tobacco taxes the state ... state funds to lifesaving tobacco control programs is not one of these things,” said Bryte Johnson, director of government relations for ACS CAN in Connecticut. “Gov. Lamont’s proposed zero-dollar investment in tobacco control programs is an extremely costly and unnecessary road to ...
7-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... Although little progress has been made in reaching a consensus on a path forward, Congress has been quite active this week in its pursuit of competing deficit reduction strategies. The House passed its “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill earlier this week on a largely party-line vote. ... of Medicine (IOM) recommends that additional preventive health services for women be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the ACA. The list of additional preventive health services include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as part of cervical ... that help cancer patients and their families. Christopher W. Hansen President American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) 0 7-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update ...
November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of the committee's members could support. Under the Budget Control Act, the legislation that created the super committee, automatic ... be. Also important to keep in mind is that more than 50 percent of cancer patients rely on Medicare and Medicaid for their treatment. ACS CAN fought hard to prevent cuts and protect access to these programs. On that front, the lack of a super committee plan yielded a good outcome as ... 30-plus percent of the Medicare population is thought to be obese. Under the Affordable Care Act, these services will be offered without cost sharing. DRUG SHORTAGE The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are closely monitoring the nation's drug shortage. The overall number of ...
9-15-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... prohibitions on rescinding insurance after a policy holder becomes ill, lifetime and annual caps, pre-existing condition restrictions, and cost sharing for preventive services. Legislation already introduced that would repeal the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision included in the Affordable Care Act was also discussed. The MLR provision requires insurers in the individual and small group markets to spend 80 percent of premiums on medical care and quality improvement activities, and requires larger plans to spend 85 percent of premiums. ACS CAN opposes both legislative proposals because they would eliminate some of the most important consumer protections that ACS CAN advocated for in ...
August 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS On August 2, after weeks of intense negotiations among Democrats and Republicans, the president signed legislation to raise the nation's debt limit and reduce federal ... hard to predict beyond 2012 what the ultimate impact on research and other programs important to cancer patients and survivors will be. As ACS CAN continues to press forward, we will keep you apprised of further developments as they occur. During the debt limit negotiations, ACS CAN ... HHS released guidelines this week on additional preventive health services for women that should be included as health plan benefits with no cost to patients. These services include HPV testing as part of cervical cancer screening for women over 30 and annual well-woman visits. The ...