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8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

  Affordable Care Act and the Budget   While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or ... weeks, you can expect to see updated messaging and strategies as it relates to this committee.    New Report Shows Unemployed Skipping Out on Health Care   With unemployment rates still high, many jobless Americans are opting out of important medical services according to a new Commonwealth Fund report . The study found that 72 percent of those who have lost employer-sponsored health insurance have not filled prescriptions, did not get recommended tests, or avoided seeing a doctor because of the high cost barrier.   ...

8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

  Affordable Care Act and the Budget   While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or ... weeks, you can expect to see updated messaging and strategies as it relates to this committee.     New Report Shows Unemployed Skipping Out on Health Care   With unemployment rates still high, many jobless Americans are opting out of important medical services according to a new Commonwealth Fund report . The study found that 72 percent of those who have lost employer-sponsored health insurance have not filled prescriptions, did not get recommended tests, or avoided seeing a doctor because of the high cost barrier.   ...

Senate Passes Relief Bill with Expanded Access to Health Coverage

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that will expand access to health care coverage to more Americans, including cancer patients and survivors, who may have lost their insurance due to the ongoing pandemic. The bill will increase the eligibility and generosity of subsidies to cover the costs of marketplace health plans—including offering subsides to those who are receiving unemployment benefits—offer financial support to cover all of the premium ...

Mississippi Lawmakers End 2025 Session Without Addressing Health Coverage Crisis

... Miss. – The Mississippi legislature wrapped its 2025 session today, leaving Mississippians once again vulnerable and without a solution to the health care coverage crisis. In response, Mississippi Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) ... Mississippians and expand Medicaid during this year’s session. Expanding Medicaid eligibility is the clear solution to solve Mississippi’s health care coverage crisis while also bolstering the state’s workforce and economy. Lawmakers had momentum coming off 2024 and instead chose to ...

7-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   ACS CAN released a first-of-its kind report yesterday that highlights some of the Prevention and Public Health Fund's many successes in communities across the country. The report, Staying Well: Real Stories from the Prevention and Public Health Fund , profiles lifesaving programs in 17 states and communities that have benefited from the Prevention Fund, created by Congress in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the enactment of the ACA, the fund has supported evidence-based programs that are increasing access to proven disease ...

7-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   ACS CAN released a first-of-its kind report yesterday that highlights some of the Prevention and Public Health Fund's many successes in communities across the country. The report, Staying Well: Real Stories from the Prevention and Public Health Fund , profiles lifesaving programs in 17 states and communities that have benefited from the Prevention Fund, created by Congress in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the enactment of the ACA, the fund has supported evidence-based programs that are increasing access to proven disease ...

7-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   ACS CAN released a first-of-its kind report yesterday that highlights some of the Prevention and Public Health Fund's many successes in communities across the country. The report, Staying Well: Real Stories from the Prevention and Public Health Fund , profiles lifesaving programs in 17 states and communities that have benefited from the Prevention Fund, created by Congress in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the enactment of the ACA, the fund has supported evidence-based programs that are increasing access to proven disease ...

New Administration and Congress Make Public Health an Early Priority

... D.C. -- February 4, 2009 -- Today, President Obama is widely expected to sign legislation into law that expands the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) with an increase in the federal cigarette tax. This legislation will improve access to quality health care for millions of uninsured children while saving more than 900,000 lives and preventing 1.9 million children from becoming lifelong tobacco ...

9-8-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed two challenges to the Affordable Care Act. In Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius , the case brought by Virginia’s attorney general, the three-judge panel ruled that the state ... earlier this year to dismiss the case. More than 30 cases challenging the individual mandate have been filed across the country. See the Kaiser Health News “ scorecard .”   Federal Update           Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIP) Report Released   A Government ... premium assistance and lowering out-of-pocket costs. The extent to which it will help will depend on the choice of plans, benefit design and health care cost trends.   As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their ...

9-8-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed two challenges to the Affordable Care Act. In Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius , the case brought by Virginia’s attorney general, the three-judge panel ruled that the state ... earlier this year to dismiss the case. More than 30 cases challenging the individual mandate have been filed across the country. See the Kaiser Health News “ scorecard .”   Federal Update           Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIP) Report Released   A Government ... premium assistance and lowering out-of-pocket costs. The extent to which it will help will depend on the choice of plans, benefit design and health care cost trends.   As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their ...

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