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... United States , citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The case is pending before the Fifth Circuit after District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in favor of plaintiffs who argued the entire health care law should be struck down because Congress repealed the individual mandate's tax penalty. Twenty states led by the Texas Attorney General filed the suit challenging the health care law. The patient groups argue the law was intended to help protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and Congress’s inaction to ...

New Hampshire became the most recent state to increase access to health care for low-income residents. The legislature passed a law directing the state to accept federal money to help people purchase insurance coverage through private health care companies. The bipartisan plan will provide health coverage for an estimated 42,000 residents. It's expected to reduce overall health ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 12, 2010 – As Congress works to merge the House and Senate health care reform bills, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for the strongest ... bills that would refocus the system to better emphasize prevention, reform the private insurance market to eliminate discrimination based on health status or pre-existing conditions, and improve the quality of care patients receive,” said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer ...

... to petition to intervene in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The House will ask to join 17 attorneys general in the appeal of a December District Court ruling that found the entire ACA invalid ... the ruling would eliminate critical protections for people with pre-existing conditions and minimum insurance standards known as essential health benefits, which ensure comprehensive coverage. Following is a joint statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, ... amicus brief in District Court in support of upholding the law: “The House of Representatives has made clear it will defend the nation’s health care law and stand up for the millions of patients who rely on the law for access to comprehensive, high-quality health care coverage. The ...