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Coalition: Legislature Missed Chance to Improve Kansas’ Health

... Kan. – In response to the adjournment of the 2017 session of the Kansas Legislature, a broad coalition of leading national, state and local health organizations issued the following statement: “The Legislature missed out on an opportunity to prevent the smoking-related premature ... 61,000 Kansas children. “By failing to implement a $1.50-per-pack cigarette tax increase, Kansas missed a significant opportunity to improve health. Significantly raising the price of tobacco decreases the number of youth who start smoking, increases the number of smokers who quit, cuts health care costs, and reduces deaths from lung and other cancers, heart attacks, strokes and other preventable diseases. A $1.50 tobacco tax increase ...

Leading Health Groups Outline Guidance on Outcomes-Based Incentives

EDINA, Minn. (July 17, 2012) A forward-thinking new initiative by a group of leading health care organizations has produced the industry's most consensus-driven guidance for the use of outcomes-based incentives in employer-sponsored wellness (or health management) programs. The guidance is intended to help ensure that worksite wellness programs utilizing such incentives are effective and ...

Gov.'s Health Insurance Exchange Proposal Promising

Statement from Russ Sciandra, NYS Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Gov. Cuomo’s health insurance exchange proposal as included in the State of the State package “For 2.9 million uninsured New Yorkers, the state’s health insurance exchange will provide the means to survive a serious illness while avoiding financial ruin. Over the past few years, New York has ... The exchange will be the marketplace where uninsured individuals and small businesses obtain health insurance, as required by the federal health care reform law. We’re encouraged that the Gov. recognizes the value of the exchange and is committed to the creation of an easily accessible ...

6-8-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update   Responses to an essential health benefits survey for state insurance departments and insurance commissioners, which was created by Society Divisions and ACS CAN in ... including cancer, and will help gauge the adequacy of state insurance plans that may eventually be chosen as the benchmark level for essential health benefits for all individual and small group plans in a state beginning in 2014, when the health insurance exchanges are up and running. ACS ... than half of the plans currently sold on the individual market do not meet the standards set for essential health benefits set by the Affordable Care Act.   Litigation Update   The Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to be announced ...

6-8-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update   Responses to an essential health benefits survey for state insurance departments and insurance commissioners, which was created by Society Divisions and ACS CAN in ... including cancer, and will help gauge the adequacy of state insurance plans that may eventually be chosen as the benchmark level for essential health benefits for all individual and small group plans in a state beginning in 2014, when the health insurance exchanges are up and running. ACS ... than half of the plans currently sold on the individual market do not meet the standards set for essential health benefits set by the Affordable Care Act.   Litigation Update   The Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to be announced ...

6-8-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Update   Responses to an essential health benefits survey for state insurance departments and insurance commissioners, which was created by Society Divisions and ACS CAN in ... including cancer, and will help gauge the adequacy of state insurance plans that may eventually be chosen as the benchmark level for essential health benefits for all individual and small group plans in a state beginning in 2014, when the health insurance exchanges are up and running. ACS ... than half of the plans currently sold on the individual market do not meet the standards set for essential health benefits set by the Affordable Care Act.   Litigation Update   The Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to be announced ...

Minnesota Tobacco Tax Increase a Victory for Public Health

Washington, D.C. May 21, 2013 Minnesota public health advocates celebrated a victory today, as the legislature sent a $1.60 cigarette tax increase to Governor Mark Dayton 's desk that will ... and raise the current state cigarette tax of $1.23 per pack to a new total of $2.83.   State lawmakers are increasingly recognizing the public health benefits of raising taxes on tobacco products as an effective tool for reducing smoking rates, protecting kids and ultimately decreasing health care spending, said John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Not only does a ...

7-6-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Supreme Court Decision ACS CAN is continuing to review last week's historic Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to gain a full understanding of the impact of the decision on people with cancer and their families. In the meantime, we are pleased ... that Congress had exceeded its authority under the US Constitution in two primary ways: 1) By requiring most Americans to obtain or purchase health insurance by 2014 (the so-called "individual mandate"); and 2) By requiring states to expand Medicaid eligibility beyond its current scope ... feature of any tax is to produce at least some revenue for the government. Essentially, the Court ruled that the penalty for not purchasing health insurance "looks like a tax in many respects" and will yield revenue for the government; therefore, the fee that will be imposed on those ...

7-6-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Supreme Court Decision ACS CAN is continuing to review last week's historic Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to gain a full understanding of the impact of the decision on people with cancer and their families. In the meantime, we are pleased ... that Congress had exceeded its authority under the US Constitution in two primary ways: 1) By requiring most Americans to obtain or purchase health insurance by 2014 (the so-called "individual mandate"); and 2) By requiring states to expand Medicaid eligibility beyond its current scope ... feature of any tax is to produce at least some revenue for the government. Essentially, the Court ruled that the penalty for not purchasing health insurance "looks like a tax in many respects" and will yield revenue for the government; therefore, the fee that will be imposed on those ...

7-6-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Supreme Court Decision ACS CAN is continuing to review last week's historic Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to gain a full understanding of the impact of the decision on people with cancer and their families. In the meantime, we are pleased ... that Congress had exceeded its authority under the US Constitution in two primary ways: 1) By requiring most Americans to obtain or purchase health insurance by 2014 (the so-called "individual mandate"); and 2) By requiring states to expand Medicaid eligibility beyond its current scope ... feature of any tax is to produce at least some revenue for the government. Essentially, the Court ruled that the penalty for not purchasing health insurance "looks like a tax in many respects" and will yield revenue for the government; therefore, the fee that will be imposed on those ...

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