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Defending Dreamers’ Access to Health Care Services
... for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that allows Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients (or “dreamers”) to access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). DACA was implemented in 2012 to protect eligible individuals brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. The CMS rule allows DACA recipients to enroll in health insurance plans through ACA marketplaces and to receive certain subsidies to make coverage affordable, improving public health outcomes by ...
For Immediate Release: ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters
... Action Network Phone: 508-450-8690 E-mail: [email protected] ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters CONCORD – February 15, 2018 – Today, Governor Chris Sununu issued his annual State of the State address, in which he voiced his support for reauthorizing the New Hampshire Health Protection Program (NHHPP). The following statement can be attributed to Mike Rollo, director of government relations in New Hampshire for ...
Defending Against Bad Health Insurance
ACS CAN filed an amicus brief in the case of Data Marketing Partnership LP et al v U.S. Department of Labor , a lawsuit regarding a health insurance coverage arrangement that seeks to evade the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s standards for individual and small group markets. Data Marketing Partnership (DMP) is a company offering “limited partnership arrangements” that provides access to a group health plan to any individual who installs tracking software on their computer allowing DMP to collect data from the individual’s web browsers ...
Affordable Care Act - Tax Credits
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in March of this year in a lawsuit challenging the availability of tax credits to people who buy health insurance through the federal marketplace. ACS and ACS CAN joined with the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association and the ... issue in the cases directly affect the affordability of insurance. Our goal is to help educate the courts on the real-world impact of affordable health insurance on cancer survivors. Extensive scientific data links health insurance coverage with medical outcomes, demonstrating that insurance ... not be able to afford insurance, meaning less access to screening and treatments. Read the news release Read the amicus brief Affordable Care Act - Tax Credits ...
Preventing Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals in Health Services
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability to individuals participating in any health program or activity that receives funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS issued a rule in 2016 implementing the provision. The 2016 Rule provided protections from discrimination on ...
Defending Access to Care for Immigrants
... rule in a way that helps ensure that immigrants can access Medicaid without causing harmful immigration consequences. ACS CAN and other public health partners filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to consider the potential ramifications for our nation’s public health before taking action that might disrupt Medicaid access for populations that already face significant barriers accessing health care services. The brief urges the court to uphold the current administration’s 2022 public charge policy, providing scientific data regarding ...
Affordable Care Act Challenge in Texas
The American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and public health partner organizations celebrated a tremendous victory when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 7-2 decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read our statement. ACS CAN led 18 other groups in filing an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief defending the law. The brief provided the high court with extensive scientific evidence proving the link between health insurance coverage and medical outcomes , citing the devastating effects on patients would face should the law be overturned. The brief was ...
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 ...
Opinion: Medicaid expansion is popular – and necessary
... & Review. By Philip R. O’Brien, national member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors In the Badger State, we have a proud tradition of taking care of each other when our friends and neighbors are struggling. It’s the Wisconsin way. Right now, tens of thousands of Wisconsinites are struggling to afford health care for diseases like cancer. Expanding BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, is incredibly popular. According to the latest survey ... Action Network (ACS CAN), 7 in 10 Wisconsinites want to see BadgerCare expanded and 8 in 10 want our elected officials to take action to make health care more affordable. BadgerCare is critical in the fight against cancer. Thousands of Wisconsinites depend on this program for cancer ...
Defending Immigrants’ Access to Medicaid
... how the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interprets the “public charge” rule in a way that helps ensure that immigrants can access health care and other supplemental government services to which they are entitled by law, without causing harmful immigration consequences. The state of ... policy violates federal immigration statutes, causing damage to the state by forcing it to pay Medicaid costs for immigrants ACS CAN and public health partners support access to Medicaid regardless of immigration status, and filed an amicus brief asking the court to consider the potential ...