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10-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Essential Benefits   The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is expected to release its final report on essential health benefits on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), however, is unlikely to release a final rule until May 2012.  The Affordable Care Act required the IOM to provide HHS with principles to guide the development of the essential health benefits health most plans will be ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will ...

Access to Care in Arkansas

... inadequate insurance or no insurance at all are going without lifesaving screenings and treatments, and many are going deep into debt to pay for care they can't afford. For the first time in years, meaningful health care reform has been enacted that will benefit families affected by cancer by emphasizing prevention, expanding access to meaningful coverage and ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   Vote to ... Care Act in its entirety. A separate vote will be held on a resolution that vaguely instructs the three House Committees with jurisdiction for health care to report out legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has ... provisions and programs established in the law that Republicans find egregious. In addition, Administration officials such as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will be called to the Hill for questioning on implementation. On the other side of the Capitol, the ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   Vote to ... Care Act in its entirety. A separate vote will be held on a resolution that vaguely instructs the three House Committees with jurisdiction for health care to report out legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has ... provisions and programs established in the law that Republicans find egregious. In addition, Administration officials such as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will be called to the Hill for questioning on implementation. On the other side of the Capitol, the ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   Vote to ... Care Act in its entirety. A separate vote will be held on a resolution that vaguely instructs the three House Committees with jurisdiction for health care to report out legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has ... provisions and programs established in the law that Republicans find egregious. In addition, Administration officials such as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will be called to the Hill for questioning on implementation. On the other side of the Capitol, the ...

12-9-10 Affordable Care Act Update

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   New ACS CAN Evaluative Framework   The ACS CAN Policy Team recently developed the “ ACS CAN Evaluative Framework for Assessing the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program (SHOP) and Health Benefits Exchange Proposals .”   This document covers important questions that may arise as proposals for health benefit exchanges are ...

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