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10-21-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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.   National ... percentage insurers spend on benefits versus administrative costs, under the Affordable Care Act. The NAIC proposal now goes to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who will in turn issue a federal regulation based on the proposal.   Read the NAIC press release .   This is ... Assistance Program Grants this week that will allow states to provide direct assistance to consumers with questions or concerns regarding their health insurance.   To date 35 states, four territories and the District of Columbia applied for and received grants to establish programs that ...

10-21-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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.   National ... percentage insurers spend on benefits versus administrative costs, under the Affordable Care Act. The NAIC proposal now goes to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who will in turn issue a federal regulation based on the proposal.   Read the NAIC press release .   This is ... Assistance Program Grants this week that will allow states to provide direct assistance to consumers with questions or concerns regarding their health insurance.   To date 35 states, four territories and the District of Columbia applied for and received grants to establish programs that ...

10-21-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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.   National ... percentage insurers spend on benefits versus administrative costs, under the Affordable Care Act. The NAIC proposal now goes to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who will in turn issue a federal regulation based on the proposal.   Read the NAIC press release .   This is ... Assistance Program Grants this week that will allow states to provide direct assistance to consumers with questions or concerns regarding their health insurance.   To date 35 states, four territories and the District of Columbia applied for and received grants to establish programs that ...

Improving Quality of Life Care in Texas

... John Zerwas, M.D. to promote legislation that will improve our understanding of -- and ultimately quality and access to -- palliative care in Texas. Our legislative goal is to improve quality and delivery of patient-centered and family-focused care in Texas by establishing: A ... and professional information program ensuring that comprehensive and accurate information about palliative care is available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities. Palliative care -- also called supportive care -- is about improving quality of life and providing an extra layer of ...

Governor Gregoire Signs Health Exchange into Law in WA

On March 23, the two-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Governor Gregoire of Washington signed into law E2SHB 2319 Š—– the Washington State Health Benefit Exchange bill.ξ This state health exchange will ensure that individuals and small businesses in Washington have accessible, affordable healthcare coverage.ξ This is a big ...

2-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update           The Prevention and Public Health Fund is a major target in both the president's 2013 fiscal year (FY 2013) budget, and the payroll tax extension legislation that Congress is debating this week. The goal of the Fund is to refocus the health care system on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels.   The ...

2-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update           The Prevention and Public Health Fund is a major target in both the president's 2013 fiscal year (FY 2013) budget, and the payroll tax extension legislation that Congress is debating this week. The goal of the Fund is to refocus the health care system on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels.   The ...

Leaders of Major National Organizations Collaborate on Approaches to Health Reform

... D.C. -- March 27, 2009 -- Leaders from widely diverse national organizations today stressed their mutual commitment to reform of the nation’s health care system, calling it an “urgent, national necessity” that requires different stakeholders to cooperate in ways that they did not in previous ... pledged to work with lawmakers and each other to support the enactment of comprehensive reform this Congress. Through a process they called Health Reform Dialogue, the organizations began holding facilitated discussions six months ago in order to create a forum outside of the political ...

Hearing on Tobacco Tax to raise it for health

... one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking rates. It will help prevent youth from ever starting to smoke, help those who smoke quit, lower health care costs, and save lives!    Hearing on Tobacco Tax to raise it for health ...

Senate Should Stop Tax Subsidies for Inadequate Health Plans

WASHINGTON, D.C—Today the U.S. Senate will vote on a resolution under the Congressional Review Act that would stop Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of the Treasury guidance allowing individuals to use federal tax subsidies to purchase health insurance that does not meet coverage standards under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: “Today the ...

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