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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 ...

7-7-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Last Thursday, a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) task force recommended that the NAIC endorse the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (HR 1206), which would take broker and agent commissions out of the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation created by the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Beginning this year, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...

7-7-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Last Thursday, a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) task force recommended that the NAIC endorse the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (HR 1206), which would take broker and agent commissions out of the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation created by the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Beginning this year, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...

7-7-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Last Thursday, a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) task force recommended that the NAIC endorse the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (HR 1206), which would take broker and agent commissions out of the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation created by the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Beginning this year, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...

8-4-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... prevention and early detection programs, Medicare and Medicaid, and insurance subsidies for individuals and families under the Affordable Care Act. Work on the FY12 Labor-HHS appropriations bill will likely pick up in the House when Congress returns in September.  The bill will ... the House floor the week of September 18 th .  Senate action will likely trail the House by a few weeks.   HHS Adopts New Women's Preventive Health Care Recommendations   This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will adopt the recommendations recently submitted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on women's ...

8-4-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... prevention and early detection programs, Medicare and Medicaid, and insurance subsidies for individuals and families under the Affordable Care Act. Work on the FY12 Labor-HHS appropriations bill will likely pick up in the House when Congress returns in September.  The bill will ... the House floor the week of September 18 th .  Senate action will likely trail the House by a few weeks.   HHS Adopts New Women's Preventive Health Care Recommendations   This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will adopt the recommendations recently submitted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on women's ...

8-4-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... prevention and early detection programs, Medicare and Medicaid, and insurance subsidies for individuals and families under the Affordable Care Act. Work on the FY12 Labor-HHS appropriations bill will likely pick up in the House when Congress returns in September.  The bill will ... the House floor the week of September 18 th .  Senate action will likely trail the House by a few weeks.   HHS Adopts New Women's Preventive Health Care Recommendations   This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will adopt the recommendations recently submitted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on women's ...

4-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

In the States   ACS CAN and Society Divisions used the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court hearing to educate the public about the key provisions in the law that are helping cancer patients and their families access quality, affordable health care. Outreach activities included participating in coalition events, pitching cancer patients' stories to the media, and placing op-eds and ... on benefits versus administrative costs. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers must spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Starting in 2011, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...

4-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

In the States   ACS CAN and Society Divisions used the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court hearing to educate the public about the key provisions in the law that are helping cancer patients and their families access quality, affordable health care. Outreach activities included participating in coalition events, pitching cancer patients' stories to the media, and placing op-eds and ... on benefits versus administrative costs. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers must spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Starting in 2011, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...

9-21-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... and Commerce Committee   On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up and approved H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011. The legislation would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR), a calculation that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to show the proportion of premiums they spend on providing health care to patients as opposed to salaries and ...

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