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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

6-23-11 Affordable Care Act Update

...             External Appeals Regulation Released   External appeals are critical in resolving disputes patients may have with their health plan if a claim is denied, to ensure that health insurance works for consumers. This week the Administration released an amendment to its previous regulation on external appeals. The good ... Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill that requires state officials to set up a health insurance exchange as called for in the Affordable Care Act. Nevada joins four other states where governors have signed legislation signaling the intent to establish an exchange (Virginia), study ...

6-23-11 Affordable Care Act Update

...             External Appeals Regulation Released   External appeals are critical in resolving disputes patients may have with their health plan if a claim is denied, to ensure that health insurance works for consumers. This week the Administration released an amendment to its previous regulation on external appeals. The good ... Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill that requires state officials to set up a health insurance exchange as called for in the Affordable Care Act. Nevada joins four other states where governors have signed legislation signaling the intent to establish an exchange (Virginia), study ...

6-23-11 Affordable Care Act Update

...             External Appeals Regulation Released   External appeals are critical in resolving disputes patients may have with their health plan if a claim is denied, to ensure that health insurance works for consumers. This week the Administration released an amendment to its previous regulation on external appeals. The good ... Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill that requires state officials to set up a health insurance exchange as called for in the Affordable Care Act. Nevada joins four other states where governors have signed legislation signaling the intent to establish an exchange (Virginia), study ...

3-28-13 Affordable Care Act Update

... 11 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation or regulations needed to implement insurance market reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The study explains in detail why states need to pass conforming legislation, and how a failure to do so may impact a state's ... ACA, 57 percent of Americans say they still do not have enough information to understand how it will affect them, according to the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. This percentage rises to two-thirds of key groups the law was designed to help: the uninsured (67%) and those with incomes ... the public is not tuned in to decisions states are making about accepting federal funds to cover more people through Medicaid and establishing health insurance exchanges, or marketplaces. In general, the country remains fairly divided on the ACA, with 40 percent holding an unfavorable view ...

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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