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Two Years Later, Patient Protections in Affordable Care Act Benefitting Families Affected by Cancer   Two years ago tomorrow, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law with key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease.   These provisions include critical patient protections that:   ... access to critical cancer care; ·         Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents’ health plan until age 26; ·         Prohibit insurers from charging people more for coverage because they have a condition such as cancer; ...

Moving Forward   President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of the health reform law will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 implementation deadline, and it's likely that the ... an amendment to the state constitution to overturn the law's individual mandate. Exit polls showed that 49 percent of Florida voters believe the health law should be repealed completely or partially and 43 percent said it should be expanded or kept as is. Voters in Montana, Alabama and ... amendments. Regardless of voting results, the amendments do not have any impact on the federal law.   Exit Polls: Mixed Support for Health Care Law   Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act, according to exit polls from Tuesday's elections. Forty-five percent ...

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of ...

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage ... Society and ACS CAN hope that the individual responsibility requirement is upheld so provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care can be successfully implemented. Read the attached op ed http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion/brown-hausner-seffrin-health/index.html by Society and ACS CAN CEO John Seffrin and his counterparts from ADA and AHA.    - CNN Op Ed.pdf     Day One - ...