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Federal Update   Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report today showing that Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan s (PCIP) are providing health coverage to nearly 50,000 people with high-risk pre-existing conditions nationwide. The PCIP was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide access to quality, affordable health care to people in every state with pre-existing conditions such as cancer who have gone ...

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   Update on ... reporting requirements for small business.   ACS CAN opposed the amendment because its financial offset was to strip the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) of nearly all its funding. As you know, the Affordable Care Act established the Fund to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would have also made significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that ...

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   Update on ... reporting requirements for small business.   ACS CAN opposed the amendment because its financial offset was to strip the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) of nearly all its funding. As you know, the Affordable Care Act established the Fund to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would have also made significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that ...

... Hoosier kids.   “The tobacco industry’s agenda – tucked inside a broader piece of tax legislation – is a significant setback for public health that will keep dangerous and addictive tobacco products like e-cigarettes and some other tobacco products easily accessible to our kids.  ... line, addict people with cheap products, and keep them addicted. This unfortunate legislation places the interests of Big Tobacco ahead of the health of Hoosiers.  “That is why we urge Governor Holcomb to veto this legislation.”   ### About ACS CAN at 20  The American Cancer Society ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to stand ...