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Vermont: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill On Thursday morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its "score" of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, indicating that the revised measure would cost $829 billion, provide coverage to 29 million more U.S. residents and reduce the ... benefits. These are enormous steps forward and the only way to benefit from this progress is to keep the process moving forward in order to pass health care reform legislation this year.   ACS CAN Priority: A Focus on Affordability A topic I want to focus on this week is affordability. As you ...

Hope in the Heartland: Closing the Health Care Gap

Too many South Dakotans go without health care as families struggle to afford medical bills while the cost of food and housing rise. This short documentary explores how Medicaid would be a lifeline for residents caught in the health coverage gap. Since the creation of this film, South Dakotans voted to expand Medicaid! This was a big step forward for South Dakota but it ...

7-31-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL There was significant progress on health care reform on Capitol Hill this week. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman announced an agreement Wednesday with a group of ... refine our strategy as we head into the critical September-October time period.  We will be working to make sure that Congress considers health reform bills that are good for cancer patients, survivors and their families.  Ultimately, health reform must improve upon the current ...

1-08-10 This Week in Health Care Reform

... on C-SPAN despite the early hour), cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones came one step closer to a remedy for our nation’s ‘sick care’ system after the Senate passed comprehensive health reform legislation on Christmas Eve. The legislation included a number of strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of ...

9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m ...

1-21-10 Health Care Update from John Seffrin

Following the historic passage of health care reform legislation in the U.S. Senate in December and the U.S. House of Representatives in November, congressional leaders have been meeting ... congressional leaders to continue moving forward on comprehensive reform and not to step back on the promise of significant improvements to the health care system. In fact, a majority of members of both the House and Senate have already supported comprehensive reform with their votes.   We ...

1-21-10 Health Care Update from John Seffrin

Following the historic passage of health care reform legislation in the U.S. Senate in December and the U.S. House of Representatives in November, congressional leaders have been meeting ... congressional leaders to continue moving forward on comprehensive reform and not to step back on the promise of significant improvements to the health care system. In fact, a majority of members of both the House and Senate have already supported comprehensive reform with their votes.   We ...

U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

Congress returned this week from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in its historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age .   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, ACS CAN is working to protect the bill’s strongest provisions and ...

1-11-10 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL What a difference a week makes.  As you've undoubtedly been following in the news, health care reform efforts are in a very different place than they were when we communicated with you last Friday.  The special election in Massachusetts means that there are no longer 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to end a filibuster against health care reform legislation.  This effectively means that negotiations between the House and Senate leadership to merge their two bills into ...

7-1-10 This Week in Health Care Reform Implementation

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day for cancer patients and their families. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate ... plans will likely be up and running by September 1.   Applications for the PCIP will also be available starting today on a new Department of Health and Human Services website, www.healthcare.gov , with coverage to begin August 1. Funding for the program will be provided to states based on the same funding allocation that is used for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).   All of the high-risk pool plans must offer individuals a standard rate, providing people with serious ...

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