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8-12-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Senior Staff, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff . 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. Medicaid Protections – Federal Medical Assistance ... returned to Washington, DC during their August recess to vote on the six-month extension of FMAP funding. The federal funding will protect state health programs and benefits for low-income cancer patients and families across the country.  The House passed H.R. 1586 247-to-161, and the ... ACS CAN senior director of Policy, will testify along with other consumer representatives at a hearing on the establishment of state based health exchanges. The NAIC is likely to develop model legislation for states, so the goal of the consumer representatives is to identify the key ...

8-12-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Senior Staff, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff . 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. Medicaid Protections – Federal Medical Assistance ... returned to Washington, DC during their August recess to vote on the six-month extension of FMAP funding. The federal funding will protect state health programs and benefits for low-income cancer patients and families across the country.  The House passed H.R. 1586 247-to-161, and the ... ACS CAN senior director of Policy, will testify along with other consumer representatives at a hearing on the establishment of state based health exchanges. The NAIC is likely to develop model legislation for states, so the goal of the consumer representatives is to identify the key ...

8-12-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Senior Staff, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff . 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. Medicaid Protections – Federal Medical Assistance ... returned to Washington, DC during their August recess to vote on the six-month extension of FMAP funding. The federal funding will protect state health programs and benefits for low-income cancer patients and families across the country.  The House passed H.R. 1586 247-to-161, and the ... ACS CAN senior director of Policy, will testify along with other consumer representatives at a hearing on the establishment of state based health exchanges. The NAIC is likely to develop model legislation for states, so the goal of the consumer representatives is to identify the key ...

1-20-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Presidents, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff.   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.   Health Care Reform Repeal Bill and Replace Resolution Pass the House   The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday night on legislation ( HR ... phase of its effort to dismantle the law. The House debated and voted on H Res. 9 , which calls on three House committees of jurisdiction for health care and the House Judiciary Committee to write and report out legislation that proposes changes to the law. The legislation passed 253-175, ...

1-20-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Presidents, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff.   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.   Health Care Reform Repeal Bill and Replace Resolution Pass the House   The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday night on legislation ( HR ... phase of its effort to dismantle the law. The House debated and voted on H Res. 9 , which calls on three House committees of jurisdiction for health care and the House Judiciary Committee to write and report out legislation that proposes changes to the law. The legislation passed 253-175, ...

1-20-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Presidents, ACS Advocacy Leaders, ACS Advocacy Personnel, Media Advocacy and ACS CAN Staff.   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.   Health Care Reform Repeal Bill and Replace Resolution Pass the House   The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday night on legislation ( HR ... phase of its effort to dismantle the law. The House debated and voted on H Res. 9 , which calls on three House committees of jurisdiction for health care and the House Judiciary Committee to write and report out legislation that proposes changes to the law. The legislation passed 253-175, ...

1-13-11 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   Affordable ... 10 categories of benefits that must be covered, must be covered, and otherwise leaves the details for developing others to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop the rest through regulations. This week the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which was charged with ... meeting which will include two days of public hearings. The IOM is expected to complete its work by September. Read coverage from CQ and Kaiser Health News .     What goes into the essential benefits package is hugely important to cancer patients, going to the heart of adequacy of ...

1-13-11 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   Affordable ... 10 categories of benefits that must be covered, must be covered, and otherwise leaves the details for developing others to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop the rest through regulations. This week the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which was charged with ... meeting which will include two days of public hearings. The IOM is expected to complete its work by September. Read coverage from CQ and Kaiser Health News .     What goes into the essential benefits package is hugely important to cancer patients, going to the heart of adequacy of ...

1-13-11 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   Affordable ... 10 categories of benefits that must be covered, must be covered, and otherwise leaves the details for developing others to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop the rest through regulations. This week the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which was charged with ... meeting which will include two days of public hearings. The IOM is expected to complete its work by September. Read coverage from CQ and Kaiser Health News .     What goes into the essential benefits package is hugely important to cancer patients, going to the heart of adequacy of ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network: New poll: eight-in-ten Wisconsin voters say a candidate’s position on health care is important to them

... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 registered voters (80%) in Wisconsin say a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding who to vote for, including 40% who say a candidate’s position is very important to them. That sentiment ... across the political spectrum with majorities of Republicans (72%), Independents (69%) and Democrats (93%) saying a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding who to vote for. The poll also shows strong support among Wisconsin voters for increasing and ...

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