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Health Care Enters a New Era
Congress yesterday took its final historic votes to repair the broken health care system, approving a package of improvements that strengthen the broad reform bill that President Obama signed into law this week. I had the ... the bill signing. I kept thinking about people with cancer and their families across the country who will gain access to quality, affordable health care – in many cases for the first time – because of reform. The enactment of meaningful health care reform represents a major step ...
U.S. House Passes Health Care Reform Legislation!
In two historic votes, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that meaningfully improve the health care system for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Although the bill is not perfect, it meets the reform priorities of the ...
ACS Advocates Lobby for Health Care Reform
Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Health Care Now, Not Later More than 400 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district united on Tuesday to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform. ACS CAN hosted its annual leadership summit and lobby day this week in Washington, D.C. to urge lawmakers to focus on patients, ...
U.S. Senate Passes Health Care Reform Legislation
In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate this morning passed comprehensive health reform legislation that would dramatically improve access to affordable, quality care and significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families. As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer ...
ACS Urges Senators to Approve Health Care Bill
After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the U.S. Senate has begun a series of critical votes on health care reform legislation that should lead to passage of the Senate reform bill by Christmas Eve. The first such vote occurred early this morning, ... opposed the filibuster and urged senators to approve the bill, which includes several strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families by: Refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; Guaranteeing ...
1-08-10 This Week in Health Care Reform
... on C-SPAN despite the early hour), cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones came one step closer to a remedy for our nation’s ‘sick care’ system after the Senate passed comprehensive health reform legislation on Christmas Eve. The legislation included a number of strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of ...
9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform
On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m ...
U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation
Congress returned this week from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in its historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age . As the leading voice of patients in the debate, ACS CAN is working to protect the bill’s strongest provisions and ...
9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update
Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will ...
9-9-10 Affordable Care Act Update
Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families. Senator ... increases reporting requirements on small businesses. To offset the revenue loss the amendment would nearly eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) that was included in the Affordable Care Act to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would also make significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that would ...