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Following the historic passage of health care reform legislation in the U.S. Senate in December and the U.S. House of Representatives in November, congressional leaders have been meeting ... congressional leaders to continue moving forward on comprehensive reform and not to step back on the promise of significant improvements to the health care system. In fact, a majority of members of both the House and Senate have already supported comprehensive reform with their votes.   We ...

Congress returned this week from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in its historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age .   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, ACS CAN is working to protect the bill’s strongest provisions and ...

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day for cancer patients and their families. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate ... plans will likely be up and running by September 1.   Applications for the PCIP will also be available starting today on a new Department of Health and Human Services website, www.healthcare.gov , with coverage to begin August 1. Funding for the program will be provided to states based on the same funding allocation that is used for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).   All of the high-risk pool plans must offer individuals a standard rate, providing people with serious ...

ON CAPITOL HILL Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and other essential preventative care measures, priority issues for ACS CAN, have ...