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AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban ... that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26; Prohibit insurers from charging people more for coverage because they have a condition such as cancer; Refocus the health ...

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban ... that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26; Prohibit insurers from charging people more for coverage because they have a condition such as cancer; Refocus the health ...

We have the opportunity to make life easier for thousands of Massachusetts residents living with cancer. Palliative care provides an extra layer of support to cancer patients and sees the person beyond their treatment. It brings trained specialists together with ... and improve quality of life during serious illness like cancer. It's about TREATING THE PATIENT as well as the disease (a big shift in focus for health care delivery). And it works. Ask your Massachusetts legislators to support HB 2104 "An Act to improve quality of life by expanding access to ...

... States.   This letter follows up on my earlier two communications this year regarding federal legislation to repeal and replace the current health care law.  ACS CAN was disappointed that yesterday, you publicly supported the proposal offered by Senators Graham and Cassidy. We would like to ... sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential health benefit protections, and potentially open the door to annual and lifetime caps on coverage, endangering access to critical care for millions ...