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7-8-10 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. FDA Takes First ... appointment will expire at the end of the next session of Congress. Read the July 6, 2010 New York Times Article: Obama to Bypass Senate to Name Health Official . CDC Releases Vital Signs The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report this week, Vital Signs , ... full report can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/ .   Liz Ward, the American Cancer Society’s vice president of surveillance and health policy research, is quoted in the Associated Press story on the report: Colon Cancer Screenings Up, Breast Rate Stalled .   Christopher W. ...

8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update

  Affordable Care Act and the Budget   While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or ... weeks, you can expect to see updated messaging and strategies as it relates to this committee.    New Report Shows Unemployed Skipping Out on Health Care   With unemployment rates still high, many jobless Americans are opting out of important medical services according to a new Commonwealth Fund report . The study found that 72 percent of those who have lost employer-sponsored health insurance have not filled prescriptions, did not get recommended tests, or avoided seeing a doctor because of the high cost barrier.   ...

7-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   ACS CAN released a first-of-its kind report yesterday that highlights some of the Prevention and Public Health Fund's many successes in communities across the country. The report, Staying Well: Real Stories from the Prevention and Public Health Fund , profiles lifesaving programs in 17 states and communities that have benefited from the Prevention Fund, created by Congress in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the enactment of the ACA, the fund has supported evidence-based programs that are increasing access to proven disease ...

10-20-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update            CLASS Act   Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the CLASS Act, enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), would not be implemented. The CLASS Act (Community Living and Assisted Support Services) was intended to be a voluntary, long-term ... 10 years. That figure has now been reduced to approximately $73 billion in reductions with the cancellation of the CLASS Act.     Critics of health care reform argue that the termination of the CLASS program is the beginning of the ACA’s unraveling. That claim is strongly misleading. ...

6-22-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Supreme Court Update   The Supreme Court has not yet issued its ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), though the decision could come out as soon as Monday, June 25. The Court is likely to announce that it will issue decisions on one ... commissioners and departments to assess their plans for defining and implementing an essential benefits package. On Wednesday, the Delaware Health Care Commission posted its completed survey on its website. Click here to view the completed survey.    The survey was created by Society ... the American Heart Association (AHA), and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (National MS Society).   Consumer Rebates   On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that 12.8 million Americans will benefit from $1.1 billion in rebates from ...

6-16-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... Update             National Prevention Strategy   The first ever National Prevention Strategy , called for under the Affordable Care Act, was released today.    The strategy was created to help move the nation from a focus on sickness and disease to one based on prevention ... The strategy’s four strategic directions and seven priorities include evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation’s health. Dr. John R. Seffrin is a presidentially-appointed member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health, which played a key role in the development of the strategy.   Read the ACS CAN statement .   ...

5-18-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   federally facilitated Exchanges   Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a paper on how federally facilitated exchanges will operate and generally, it reflects policy positions ... can enter into a partnership with the federal exchange to perform plan management functions (i.e. certification and approval of qualified health plans), provide consumer assistance services (e.g. navigators), or both.  In addition, the state can perform Medicaid eligibility ... their families   Chris Hansen | President ACS Cancer Action Network | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.   5-18-12 Affordable Care Act Update ...

2-10-11 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.   Next Week in ... and vote scheduled for next week.   Governors Seek More Flexibility On Monday, 21 of the nation’s 29 Republican governors sent a letter to US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to appeal for more flexibility in establishing and operating the state health insurance exchanges. The governors made six specific requests, including having more of a say in which insurers are allowed in the states’ ...

4-28-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... the House earlier this month. As you may recall, the budget resolution would do away with the coverage expansions provided for in the Affordable Care Act through elimination of funding for health insurance exchange planning grants, affordability credits, and Medicaid expansion.     It also recommends turning the federal-state ... of the proposed $750 billion cut.   An even greater proportion of those surveyed -- 73 percent -- oppose cuts to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Two out of three Americans reject giving governors more flexibility to administer the program if it means dropping health ...

11-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... budget negotiations, to prioritize investments in cancer research, prevention, and early detection programs; funding to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA); and protecting lifesaving programs such as Medicare and Medicaid that serve people with cancer and their families nationwide. ... of long-awaited ACA regulations Nov. 20.  Of greatest importance to cancer patients and their families are proposed regulations on essential health benefits, state insurance market reforms, and wellness programs. A brief summary of the regulations are attached. The ACS CAN Policy Team is ... the federal government, as well as states allowing the government to operate a federal exchange, can begin sending information for Qualified Health Plan (QHP) certification on March 28 through the end of April next year. The certification process is scheduled to then run from May through ...

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