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... it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality ,  New York State measured up to policy recommendations in just four of the nine issue areas ranked. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  “We’ve made tremendous progress in the way we diagnose and treat cancer across the country. But to leverage this progress, the Governor ...

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September 30 of this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of ... another two weeks at 2010 fiscal year spending levels. At this time it is unclear how House and Senate leaders will negotiate a final bill that can be passed in both chambers. Read the ACS CAN statement on the HR 1 and coverage from The Washington Post , and NPR’s health blo g .   ...

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September 30 of this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of ... another two weeks at 2010 fiscal year spending levels. At this time it is unclear how House and Senate leaders will negotiate a final bill that can be passed in both chambers. Read the ACS CAN statement on the HR 1 and coverage from The Washington Post , and NPR’s health blo g .   ...

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 ...