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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 ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho—Nov. 15, 2021—Idaho’s legislature will reconvene this week to challenge vaccine requirements. As leading national public health organizations, whose top priority is the safety of those with cancer and other chronic illnesses, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... of COVID-19 remains very real for Idahoans with chronic illnesses, and we must do everything to ensure they have safe and reliable access to the care they need. Many cancer patients and others with serious illnesses face greater risk for serious complications or even death from COVID-19. ... critical that as many people as possible receive the vaccine, and we urge the legislature to reject any attempt to undermine proven public health measures including vaccine requirements. The health and lives of Idahoans is at stake."   ...

  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   Now Available ... the guide is also available through Ariba from the Society’s Nationwide Distribution Center. ACS CAN worked with Corporate Communications and Health Promotions staff at the National Home Office on the guide, which explains the Affordable Care Act through the “cancer lens” and features ... disease.   The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, availability, and administrative simplicity – marks a significant step forward in our efforts to ...