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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 ...

2-17-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... the House started debate on the bill Tuesday morning. Numerous amendments have been filed to defund provisions and programs in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including an amendment Representative Denny Rehberg (R-MT) has filed that would shut off funding to pay federal workers, official ... the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).   The bill also would cut the budget at the National Institutes of Health by 5.2 percent. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Update on High-Risk Pools   Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a set of new high-risk pools, also known as the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), established ...

8-18-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... the Administration issued four proposed regulations that are important components of building a new available, affordable, and comprehensive health insurance system.   The regulations complement and supplement the health exchange regulation proposal issued in July. The proposals are very detailed blueprints for various functions will operate, and collectively ... and Coverage and Uniform Glossary Issued by the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Treasury, this proposal addresses a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that individual market and small group market plans provide all applicants with a summary of benefits and coverage as well as a uniform ...

12-14-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... earners, allowing an extension of the Bush era tax rates for families earning less than $250,000 annually and proposed funding cuts in federal health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in an effort to come to an agreement on a deficit reduction plan that will keep the government from ... announced this week a four-year, $53 million contract with CGI Technologies and Solutions to build its online marketplace. Media and Polling Health Care Costs Average health insurance premiums for workers with employer-sponsored health insurance rose 62 percent between 2003 and 2011, while ...

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution ... this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health budget. More than 500 amendments were offered to the bill to make even deeper cuts to numerous federal programs. The bill was also used to ... to the CR passed that would greatly complicate the law’s implementation, including the development of regulations that will govern the health benefit exchanges and determining the essential benefits package. Amendments also passed that would deny funding to enforce the new medical ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation Grants that are aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and communities. The grants are specially focused on reducing chronic diseases, disparities, and health care costs with five priority areas:   tobacco, nutrition and physical activity, evidence-based prevention services, mental health, and safe ...

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