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The Maryland Health Benefits Exchange Recognized as Model

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recognized Maryland's Health Benefits Exchange  as one of the model exchanges in our country to date. On May 26, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced Governor O'Malley's appointments to the Health Benefit Exchange Board. The appointees will be Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Lisa ... and a health economist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jennifer Goldberg, assistant director of advocacy for health care at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, vice president at academy health and director of the Robert Wood Johnson ...

Defending Against Bad Health Insurance

ACS CAN filed an amicus brief in the case of  Data Marketing Partnership LP et al v U.S. Department of Labor , a lawsuit regarding a health insurance coverage arrangement that seeks to evade the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s standards for individual and small group markets. Data Marketing Partnership (DMP) is a company offering “limited partnership arrangements” that provides access to a group health plan to any individual who installs tracking software on their computer allowing DMP to collect data from the individual’s web browsers ...

Consumer Health Privacy Policy

... CAN”) values your trust, and we understand the importance of protecting your privacy. We want to make sure that you understand how your health information is collected and used by ACS CAN. This privacy statement (“Health Privacy Statement”) describes what health information we collect about you, including when and how we collect it; how we use it; with whom ... include your cancer story or health insurance status. Such information is optional but helps to show the true impact cancer and access to health care have on specific communities. Artificial Intelligence Features. You may provide Health Information to features available through the Sites or ...

Preventing Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals in Health Services

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability to individuals participating in any health program or activity that receives funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS issued a rule in 2016 implementing the provision. The 2016 Rule provided protections from discrimination on ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update            Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update           Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update            Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

25 Groups Representing Patients and Health Care Professionals Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Preserve Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 25 groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae (also known as friend of the court) brief , in the case of State of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the ...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Applauds State Lawmakers for Filing Legislation That Aims to Expand Health Care Coverage

“Mississippi’s legislative leadership said improving access to health care for low-income Mississippians will be on the table and at least thoroughly vetted as a solution to our state’s health care crisis. For cancer patients and survivors caught in the coverage gap, we know access to health care means comprehensive coverage for ...

Patients, Doctors, Leading Patient Advocacy Groups Express Concerns about Proposed Legislation that Would Eliminate Health Care for Millions of Americans

WASHINGTON – March 16, 2017 – Patients, doctors and several of the nation’s leading organizations that advocate for better health care for chronic disease patients joined today to express significant concerns about the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which is currently being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives.  At today’s event at the National Press Club, ...

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