Updates matching "Maine"

Federal Update Yesterday the administration published the final regulation for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required

Federal Update Summary of Benefits Coverage This week the chief executive officers of ACS CAN, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, Consumers Union, and AARP sent a letter to the president urging him to issue a strong, final regulation on

1-19-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update Congress completed its work on the 2012 fiscal year

Federal Update Prevention and Public Health Fund Lobby Day Today, more than 40 leading groups from the public health community, including ACS CAN, are on Capitol Hill participating in more than 70 meetings with members of Congress to remind them of the importance of

Federal Update Medical Loss Ratio The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Beginning this year, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS Super Committee Shortly before its November 23 deadline, the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of

Note: There will be no update next week due to Thanksgiving. Litigation The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear arguments in lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act. The announcement signals that the nation could receive the clarity

State Update Society Division and ACS CAN government relations staff placed calls Friday to nearly 30 state insurance commissioners across the country, reminding them to make the interests of consumers and patients a top priority when making decisions about the medical loss ratio (MLR). The calls were in response