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... 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 ... Obama administration is currently developing that would make health insurers provide simple, straightforward benefits information  so consumers can more easily choose the health plan that is right for them. This is an important component of administrative simplicity, one of the American ... benefits and coverage requirement is rated as favorable by 60 percent of Americans. Prevention: Medicare to Cover Weight Loss Counseling Without Cost Sharing   Yesterday the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that Medicare would begin covering weight loss counseling in an ...

Washington, D.C.—A group of more than fifty cancer research-focused organizations are urging Congress to include $10 billion in emergency funding to restart cancer research ... new protocols, procuring personal protective equipment and sometimes restarting work altogether that otherwise could not be resumed. The cost of these disruptions has been significant and threatens to jeopardize progress in the effort to reduce our country’s cancer burden for years ... survivors and their families, we urge Congress to include this additional NIH funding in the American Jobs Plan and ensure medical research can keep moving forward without delay.” Read the full letter . 0 Cancer Research Groups Push Emergency Funding to Restart Clinical Trials in ...

Welcome! Biomarker testing helps connect patients with the right treatment at the right time. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more Ohioans can benefit from this important testing.   What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ biomarker ” is a sign of a normal biological process, disease or abnormal function that can be measured in blood, tissue or bodily fluid.  Biomarker testing  is the analysis of a patient’s tissue, blood or other biospecimen for the presence of a biomarker.   Policy action needed to ensure more Ohioans benefit. Not ...

State Update   Thus far about 20 states have submitted a benchmark essential health benefits (EHB) plan to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The majority of remaining states, however, are likely to end up with the default plan (the largest small group ...   After the election, we expect HHS to release a multitude of proposed Affordable Care Act 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.  For example, how and under what circumstances can a state or plan make changes to the benefits within or among the 10 required EHB benefit categories?  HHS has suggested that some flexibility ...