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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 ...
9-22-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... bill. Four Affordable Care Act (ACA) related amendments were offered. The first, and most significant, would have suspended implementation of the law, prohibited the use of appropriated funds for purposes related to the law, prohibited the hiring of staff for programs authorized in the law, and restricted Center for ... in FY2012. The increase would have been paid for through a decrease in the Prevention and Public Health Fund created in the ACA that ACS CAN strongly and actively supports. The amendment failed by a vote of 7 to 23. Over the past year there have been multiple attempts to impede ACA ...
8-18-11 Affordable Care Act Update
Federal Update In the past week, the Administration issued four proposed regulations that are important components of building a new available, affordable, and comprehensive health insurance system. The regulations complement and supplement the health ... detailed blueprints for various functions will operate, and collectively will provide a much more coherent insurance system for consumers. ACS CAN will review these proposals and consider making comments, probably in coordination with other consumer groups. Health Insurance Premium Tax ... out the rules for obtaining subsidies for private insurance in the health exchanges. Generally, this affects people between 133 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level who may be eligible for premium subsidies. The proposal explains the process for collecting and verifying information ...
November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS Appropriations The 2012 fiscal year budget process and the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "super committee," continue to move forward. Congress is beginning to pick up the pace on ... levels as well as serious policy differences. A resolution on the bill may not arrive until sometime in December. In the meantime, ACS CAN continues to engage super committee members, congressional leadership, and House and Senate appropriators to ensure that the fight against ... people with Medicare reviewed their health status at a free Annual Wellness Visit or received other preventive services with no deductible or cost sharing this year. In addition, nearly 1.8 million people with Medicare have received discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D ...
June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING ACS CAN volunteers joined cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers in Washington, DC, last week for the One Voice Against ... 33 states came together to urge Congress to support federal funding for cancer research and prevention programs and met with almost 150 members of Congress and their staff. The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently. Among the ...
March 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS Fighting Cuts to Cancer Programs On Wednesday, ACS CAN and its partners in the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) coalition will be on Capitol Hill to oppose cuts the House of Representatives approved recently as part of a proposal to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011). If ... require varying degrees of coverage, with scores of B, C or D. Seventeen states scored an “F” for failing to mandate any coverage of the cost of colon cancer screening. Guaranteeing insurance coverage in the states for colorectal cancer is still essential, even with passage of the ...
November Monthly Advocacy Update
... Brochure Now in Print A few weeks ago I informed you about a new consumer-friendly guide, created by the Society with help from ACS CAN, that describes how provisions of the Affordable Care Act help people with cancer and their families. The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, ...
September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...
November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... 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 ...