Proposed Health Plan Rule Likely to Leave Patients with Insufficient Coverage at Higher Costs
As directed by the president’s executive order, the Department of Labor issued proposed rules governing the expansion of association health plans (AHP).
Access to Health Insurance Press Releases
Repeal of Health Mandate Likely to Hurt Patients’ Access to Care
Today Congress approved a final tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would lead to 13 million more Americans being uninsured by 2027 and would increase premiums by 10 percent annually.
Survey: Cancer Patients Report Paid Leave Improves Their Ability to Complete Treatment, Manage Symptoms and Mitigate Financial Hardship
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released a first-of-its-kind survey today assessing the impact of paid medical leave on cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. The survey of people affected by cancer revealed those with paid leave overwhelmingly said it had a positive effect on their physical and financial health.
Senate Health Care Repeal Puts Cancer Patients’ Coverage at Risk
Today the U.S. Senate passed a tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement plan.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would lead to 13 million more Americans being uninsured by 2027 and would increase premiums by 10 percent annually.
Local Organizations Join Forces to Ensure Cancer Patients and Others Don’t Lose Access to Health Care Coverage
With the fate of thousands of cancer patients at stake, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Americans for Tax Fairness, Healthcare Alliance and Forward Tennessee united today at the American Cancer Society’s Knoxville office to urge lawmakers to vote no on health care rep
Repealing Individual Mandate in Tax Bill Likely to Increase Patient Costs and Number of Uninsured
ACS CAN has sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Leadership opposing a provision in the tax bill that would eliminate the mandate that Americans purchase health insurance coverage.
Tax Bill Could Pose Problems for Cancer Patients; Cancer Research
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to House leadership and committee chairs asking that they reconsider provisions of their tax proposal that could harm cancer patients. Specifically, ACS CAN opposes eliminating the medical expense deduction and ending tax credits for developing so-called “orphan drugs”.
Bipartisan Health Care Deal Could Preserve Health Insurance for Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors
Early this morning Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) made public the details of a bipartisan deal to stabilize the individual insurance market.
Administration Decision to Withhold CSR Payments Threatens Access to Affordable Health Insurance
The administration announced yesterday evening it will immediately end funding for cost sharing reductions (CSRs) that help low- and middle-income families afford their health coverage. The announcement follows an executive order issued earlier in the day encouraging the creation of association health plans and signaling a change in the rules governing the length and renewability of short-term catastrophic insurance plans.
Health Care Changes Could Leave Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors Unable to Access Meaningful Coverage
Today’s executive order jeopardizes the ability of millions of cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for the disease from being able to access or afford meaningful health insurance. Exempting an entire set of health plans from covering essential health benefits like prescription drugs or specialty care and allowing expansion and renewability of bare-bones short-term plans will split the insurance market.