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9-21-12 Affordable Care Act Update

October 3, 2012
Massachusetts

Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Repeal Legislation Clears House Energy and Commerce Committee On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up and approved H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011. The legislation would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from

9-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

October 3, 2012
Massachusetts

Federal Update Beginning this week, all health insurers and group health plans are required to provide applicants and interested parties with an easy-to-understand summary of a plan's benefits and coverage. The summary must be provided during the plan's next open enrollment period. The new requirement is designed to help

9-21-12 Affordable Care Act Update

October 3, 2012
Vermont

Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Repeal Legislation Clears House Energy and Commerce Committee On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up and approved H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011. The legislation would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from

9-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

October 3, 2012
Vermont

Federal Update Beginning this week, all health insurers and group health plans are required to provide applicants and interested parties with an easy-to-understand summary of a plan's benefits and coverage. The summary must be provided during the plan's next open enrollment period. The new requirement is designed to help

President Obama and Governor Romney Offer Plans for Defeating Cancer

October 1, 2012

Washington, D.C. Oct. 1, 2012 With the first presidential debate just days away, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney have provided the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) with their positions on how, if elected, they would put the country back on track toward defeating

New Benefit Summaries Give Patients Crucial Information About Health Coverage

September 24, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- September 24, 2012 -- "This week marks the beginning of a new era for consumers seeking reliable and accessible information about their health benefits. For decades, consumers have had to rely on long and complicated benefit summaries for those details. But under the Affordable Care Act, insurers

Bill Would Weaken Patient Protections in New Health Care Law

September 20, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 20, 2012 The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to vote today on legislation (H.R. 1206) that would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR), a calculation that insurers must use to show the proportion of premiums they spend on

Report Shows Sequester's Devastating Impact On Cancer Research, Prevention

September 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- September 14, 2012 -- Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), on the White House report issued today on the impact of mandated budget cuts that are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1: "This report

Number of Uninsured Unchanged as NJ Stalls on Exchange

September 12, 2012
New Jersey

Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: the number of uninsured in New Jersey. “As New Jersey’s health insurance exchange languishes in limbo, the numbers released today show that the state’s uninsured need the help an exchange will provide.