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10-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Physician networks and hospital systems can play an important role in driving down health care costs and improving quality of care.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released a report titled "Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice" that looks at how consolidation of hospital systems affects the ability of ...

10-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Physician networks and hospital systems can play an important role in driving down health care costs and improving quality of care.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released a report titled "Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice" that looks at how consolidation of hospital systems affects the ability of ...

10-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Physician networks and hospital systems can play an important role in driving down health care costs and improving quality of care.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released a report titled "Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice" that looks at how consolidation of hospital systems affects the ability of ...

Increase Access to Care in Texas

About  617,000 Texans are living without health insurance  simply because our leaders have refused to expand Medicaid. These folks are in the “Coverage Gap,” living sicker and dying younger than those with health insurance. The majority of people living in that gap are people of color, left behind because leaders in those states are putting politics ... time to close the gap. Learn more about our work and our campaign:  https://www.fightcancer.org/medicaid-covers-us-texas Increase Access to Care in Texas ...

Affordable Care Act Challenge in Texas

The American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and public health partner organizations celebrated a tremendous victory when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 7-2 decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Read our statement.  ACS CAN led 18 other groups in filing an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief defending the law. The brief provided the high court with extensive scientific evidence proving the link between health insurance coverage and medical outcomes , citing the devastating effects on patients would face should the law be overturned. The brief was ...

1-6-2012 Affordable Care Act Update

... and the preservation of the CDC’s cancer programs.       The final package includes $30.698 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a $300 million increase (1 percent) in the NIH budget. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will receive $5.081 billion under the bill, a $23 million (0.5 percent) increase over FY 2011. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will receive $276 million, a $67 million increase (32 percent) over FY 2011. Additionally, the CDC’s cancer ...   To help prepare Society Division and ACS CAN government relations staff nationwide for the multi-faceted work ahead in regard to Affordable Care Act implementation, ACS CAN conducted trainings with Division advocacy staff in November and December. A final training for Great West staff ...

1-6-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... and the preservation of the CDC’s cancer programs.       The final package includes $30.698 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a $300 million increase (1 percent) in the NIH budget. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will receive $5.081 billion under the bill, a $23 million (0.5 percent) increase over FY 2011. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will receive $276 million, a $67 million increase (32 percent) over FY 2011. Additionally, the CDC’s cancer ...   To help prepare Society Division and ACS CAN government relations staff nationwide for the multi-faceted work ahead in regard to Affordable Care Act implementation, ACS CAN conducted trainings with Division advocacy staff in November and December. A final training for Great West staff ...

High Deductible Health Plans Cause Extreme Spikes in Cost

The Problem Most patients experience spikes in their health care costs around the time of a cancer diagnosis as they pay their deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. For patients on high deductible plans, ... in high deductible plans is on the rise.  ACS CAN Fights for Solutions ACS CAN is concerned about increasing enrollment in high deductible health plans, and how this affects cancer care. ACS CAN supports policies that increase enrollment assistance services to help people understand ...

Affordable Care Act Update 7-2-14

... Update   New HHS Secretary Reorganizes Management of HealthCare.gov   Among her first acts as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sylvia Mathews Burwell has initiated management changes designed to ensure that HealthCare.gov   is fully ... Cost Barrier to Prevention for 76 million Americans   A new HHS report released late last week found that 76 million Americans in private health insurance plans are receiving expanded coverage for one or more recommended preventive health care services without cost sharing, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACS CAN fought to include provisions in the law to ensure cost is not ...

3-8-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Last month the administration released a final regulation on the Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurers to provide consumers with a brief and easy-to-understand Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC).  ACS CAN believes the regulation is an important step forward in enabling consumers to better understand their coverage and make more informed health care decisions.  As of September 23, 2012, this very valuable tool will be available for the first time during this fall's open enrollment ... consumers to make informed choices.   This week, ACS CAN and 16 other consumer advocacy groups sent a letter to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury commending them for issuing a strong regulation and opposing any further changes. ACS CAN also ...

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