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Survey: Cancer Patients Increasingly Face COVID-19 Health Impact

TACOMA—June 1, 2020— Cancer patients and survivors are finding it increasingly challenging to get necessary health care as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Many are experiencing financial stress and mental health issues as they try to navigate the difficult health and economic environment.  An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) ...

2-10-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to provide consumers a brief, straightforward summary of benefits, including real-world examples.  ACS CAN views ... the provision as a fundamental component of the fourth "A" - administrative simplicity -- in the Society and ACS CAN's four "A's" of meaningful health coverage. Read the ACS CAN statement .   The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all ...

5-12-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Capitol Hill Update   Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health approved "The State Flexibility Act" (HR 1683). The bill, introduced last week, would repeal the “maintenance of effort” requirements (MOE) included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prevents states from cutting their Medicaid rolls ahead of the program’s expansion in 2014. The full Energy and Commerce ... because doing so could threaten cancer patients’ access to lifesaving treatment, add to the number of uninsured and weaken our nation’s health care system.   Read the joint media statement from ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association that was ...

2-10-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to provide consumers a brief, straightforward summary of benefits, including real-world examples.  ACS CAN views ... the provision as a fundamental component of the fourth "A" - administrative simplicity -- in the Society and ACS CAN's four "A's" of meaningful health coverage. Read the ACS CAN statement .   The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all ...

5-12-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Capitol Hill Update   Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health approved "The State Flexibility Act" (HR 1683). The bill, introduced last week, would repeal the “maintenance of effort” requirements (MOE) included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prevents states from cutting their Medicaid rolls ahead of the program’s expansion in 2014. The full Energy and Commerce ... because doing so could threaten cancer patients’ access to lifesaving treatment, add to the number of uninsured and weaken our nation’s health care system.   Read the joint media statement from ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association that was ...

2-16 12 Affordable Care Act Update

... Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to provide consumers a brief, straightforward summary of benefits, including real-world examples.  ACS CAN views ... the provision as a fundamental component of the fourth "A" - administrative simplicity -- in the Society and ACS CAN's four "A's" of meaningful health coverage. Read the ACS CAN statement .   The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all ...

5-12-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Capitol Hill Update   Earlier today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health approved "The State Flexibility Act" (HR 1683). The bill, introduced last week, would repeal the “maintenance of effort” requirements (MOE) included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prevents states from cutting their Medicaid rolls ahead of the program’s expansion in 2014. The full Energy and Commerce ... because doing so could threaten cancer patients’ access to lifesaving treatment, add to the number of uninsured and weaken our nation’s health care system.   Read the joint media statement from ACS CAN, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association that was ...

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Health Exchanges   This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run ... Politico Pro_HHS to states Help us implement ACA_8.14.12.docx    ACS CAN believes the establishment of exchanges will make health care more easily available by letting people shop for insurance and compare health plans by quality and price.   Report: Medicaid Expansion Would ...

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Health Exchanges   This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run ... Politico Pro_HHS to states Help us implement ACA_8.14.12.docx    ACS CAN believes the establishment of exchanges will make health care more easily available by letting people shop for insurance and compare health plans by quality and price.   Report: Medicaid Expansion Would ...

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

State Health Exchanges   This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run ... Politico Pro_HHS to states Help us implement ACA_8.14.12.docx    ACS CAN believes the establishment of exchanges will make health care more easily available by letting people shop for insurance and compare health plans by quality and price.   Report: Medicaid Expansion Would ...

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