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4-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update
In the States ACS CAN and Society Divisions used the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court hearing to educate the public about the key provisions in the law that are helping cancer patients and their families access quality, affordable health care. Outreach activities included participating in coalition events, pitching cancer patients' stories to the media, and placing op-eds and ... on benefits versus administrative costs. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers must spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Starting in 2011, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to policy ...
9-21-12 Affordable Care Act Update
... and Commerce Committee On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up and approved H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011. The legislation would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR), a calculation that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to show the proportion of premiums they spend on providing health care to patients as opposed to salaries and ...
4-14-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... for Disease Control and Prevention budget at $5.6 billion, a cut of $740 million (nearly 12 percent) below FY10. The National Institutes of Health budget will be just under $30.7 billion, a cut of $320 million (1 percent) below FY10. The National Cancer Institute budget will be $5.06 billion, a cut of $43 million. Funding for implementation of the Affordable Care Act was mostly untouched; however the CR does cut $2.2 billion of the $6 billion that was authorized for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP). CO-OP was created as a public option alternative that creates nonprofit, member-run health insurance companies in all 50 states and District of Columbia to offer qualified health plans. The CR also repeals the Employee Free Choice ...
9-27-12 Affordable Care Act Update
Federal Update Beginning this week, all health insurers and group health plans are required to provide applicants and interested parties with an easy-to-understand summary of a plan's benefits and coverage. The ... called "coverage examples," that allow consumers to see what the plan would generally cover in two common medical situations - maternity care and diabetes. ACS CAN is advocating for the inclusion of a cancer example in future versions of the form. The SBC is modeled after the ...
10-27-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... Exchange Comments ACS CAN filed comments on October 24 with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed rule on the development of marketplaces for insurance plans sold to individuals and small businesses under the Affordable Care Act - known as health insurance exchanges. The comments encourage the administration to: Clarify and strengthen the rule to benefit patients and consumers, ...
9-22-11 Affordable Care Act Update
Federal Update Senate Committee Finalizes Health Funding Bill The Senate Appropriations Committee completed its work last night on its 2012 fiscal year (FY 2012) Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill. Four Affordable Care Act (ACA) related amendments were offered. The first, and most significant, would have suspended implementation of the law, prohibited the use ...
12-15-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... Prevention and Public Health Fund Lobby Day Today, more than 40 leading groups from the public health community, including ACS CAN, are on Capitol Hill participating in more than 70 meetings with members of Congress to remind them of the importance of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention and Public Health Fund was established under the Affordable Care Act and set an unprecedented investment to promote a healthy nation. This year, the Prevention Fund allocated $1 billion to communities in ...
6-30-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation challenging the constitutionality of Affordable Care Act (ACA). The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called "individual mandate"). One of the leading conservatives on the circuit – George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey ... opinion showed an understanding of how the industry operates in practice, and that the individual mandate regulates "active participation in the health care market." The opinion also discussed the uniqueness of health care, and the necessity of access to it. Judge Sutton’s concurring ...
10-14-10 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 Delaware ... . View the ad . New Information Added to Healthcare.gov Website Additional consumer information was recently added to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) consumer-friendly website: www.Healthcare.gov . On October 1 the website launched a new tool to help ... on benefits and monthly premium estimates, as well as cost-sharing information including annual deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for health plans, is now available. Also, information about the percent of people in the plan who pay more than the base premium estimate due to their ...
10-13-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... body, released its report on principles for an essential benefits package. One of ACS CAN's most important goals is to achieve adequate health coverage for all cancer patients. The Affordable Care Act gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services very broad - but vague - authority to develop an essential health benefits package. The IOM report is a thorough first ...