Letter: Bill supports biomarker testing
This letter originally ran in the Lincoln Journal Star.
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Key Healthcare Provisions Go Into Effect Today That Help Cancer Patients
September 23, 2010
Strong protections for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones take affect today, six months after the signing of the Affordable Care Act into law. These critical provisions are helping to transform our current sick care' system into one that focuses on people getting and staying well. Here are the changes you will see:
- No lifetime dollar caps on coverage
- Tightly restricted annual dollar limits on coverage
- In all new plans, preventive coverage is guaranteed and individuals will see no out-of-pocket costs for proven preventive services such as screenings for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer
- Health plans can no longer drop patients from coverage when they get sick
- Dependent children can remain on their parent's insurance policy until age 26
- Children up to age 19 with pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, cannot be denied coverage
We're working hard at ACS CAN to ensure that the Affordable Care Act is implemented as strongly as possible for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. For more information, please read "How the Affordable Care Act is Helping People with Cancer"
How will your family benefit from these patient protections?