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2-21-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Preventive Care Coverage On February 20, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Labor issued an FAQ which clarified the coverage ... gene (BRCA) include both the counseling and the genetic testing.   FYI, the FAQ was issued in conjunction with the final Essential Health Benefits Rule.  ACS CAN is reviewing the entire final rule and will have a summary in next week's ACA update. Tobacco Surcharge Under the ...

3-14-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update   ACS CAN National Forum on the Future of Health Care   ACS CAN convened lawmakers, providers, insurers, patients, and other stakeholders Tuesday at its second annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Speakers examined central issues around the improvement of health care delivery in this ...

7-14-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... have in covering cancer treatment for approximately fifty percent of all cancer patients. Exchange Regulation   On Monday the Department of Health and Human Resources released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ... Advisors Act (HR 1206), which would take broker and agent commissions out of the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation created by the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality ...

9-15-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Hearing on Repealing Grandfathered Plans and Medical Loss Ratio Provisions    The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing this afternoon focused on draft legislation that will be introduced soon to roll back consumer protections for plans designated as "grandfathered" -- individual health insurance plans and employer-based health insurance plans already in existence when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The legislation would exempt grandfathered plans from adopting important insurance reforms included ...

2-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report today showing that Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan s (PCIP) are providing health coverage to nearly 50,000 people with high-risk pre-existing conditions nationwide. The PCIP was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide access to quality, affordable health care to people in every state with pre-existing conditions such as cancer who have gone ...

9-16-10 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   Update on ... reporting requirements for small business.   ACS CAN opposed the amendment because its financial offset was to strip the Prevention and Public Health Fund ($17 billion over 10 years) of nearly all its funding. As you know, the Affordable Care Act established the Fund to support important prevention programs like tobacco cessation, obesity and nutrition programs and public health infrastructure. The amendment would have also made significant changes to the individual mandate requirements included in the new law that ...

3-10-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... passed a 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011) spending bill, H.R. 1, in February that stripped the budget of funds necessary to implement the Affordable Care Act and also made deep cuts to federal cancer research and prevention programs. The Senate and the president considered the bill a ... the March 18 deadline.      The Hill reports on other tactics the House is considering to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act.   Health Insurance Rate Increases   Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must justify any unreasonable rate increases to the states and the federal government, and post them on their websites. The Department ...

4-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... its plan for reducing the national debt.   The House budget resolution calls for $6 trillion in cuts over 10 years and repeals the Affordable Care Act by denying the funds needed to implement the law, such as subsidies for middle-class Americans to purchase insurance in state exchanges and elimination of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Both the budget resolution and White House plan would seek to reduce Medicare and Medicaid spending.   The House plan would transform Medicaid into a block grant program and Medicare into a voucher system whereby seniors would receive a fixed subsidy to purchase health insurance in the private market.   The President’s proposal would reduce Medicaid expenditures by standardizing the federal match and ...

4-26-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   This week the House will vote on a measure that diverts funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to keep down the costs of student loan interest rates.  ACS CAN sent a letter to all House members opposing any legislation that would cut prevention and public health funding for any purpose, including offsetting the cost of student loan program. Read the ACS CAN press release and letter .   Medical Loss Ratio - Average Rebate Estimates for 2012   Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must meet minimum medical loss ratios (MLR), the percentage of premium dollars that are actually spent on medical benefits ...

1-19-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association in the litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.  The brief received favorable mention in several news articles, some of which recounted its central argument that Congress had the authority to enact the individual mandate -- which requires almost all individuals to purchase or carry health insurance by 2014 -- to ensure the success of patient protection provisions such as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions and annual ... , which links to a copy of the brief and coverage from CQ .   State Update   Many states are busy trying to pass legislation to create health benefit exchanges during their newly opened 2012 legislative sessions. Approximately 20 states that have almost no foundation to build on ...

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