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Affordable Care Update 4.9.15
June 17, 2015
This message is being sent via blind copy to, Division Senior Leadership Team (EVPs, SVPs, and VPs), Corporate Center Functional Leaders, Community Engagement and Partner Relationships Senior Directors, All Health Systems Staff, ACS CAN Field Media Advocacy, ACS CAN Field Staff and ACS CAN National Staff.
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CMS Releases Numbers for Marketplace Special Enrollment Period
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), roughly 36,000 Americans have taken advantage of the special enrollment period (SEP). SEP eligibility is limited to individuals who did not have health care coverage in 2014, are subject to the “shared responsibility payment” fee when they file their 2014 personal income taxes, and who became aware of the penalty after the Feb. 15 close of the regular open enrollment period. The special enrollment period began March 15, 2015 and extends through April 30. Reported figures reflect enrollment through March 29.
Resource Highlights
Below is a quick reference for ACS CAN and Society resources that help educate people with cancer and their families about the law’s patient protections and provide other guidance involving access to care.
- Affordable Care Act Webinar – Focuses on the importance of improving access to care to the Society’s mission, provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are helping people with cancer, the Society and ACS CAN’s role in implementation of those provisions and educating the public about them.
- Health Insurance Assistance Service Quick Reference Guide – This guide provides an overview about the Society’s Health Insurance Assistance Service, which assists constituents who contact the Society inquiring about health insurance-related issues.
- The Health Care Law: How It Can Help People With Cancer and their Families – The Society’s consumer-friendly guide to the ACA is available in print from Society Mart (item #5600.00).
- Ley de Atención Médica: Cómo esta ley puede ayudar a las personas con cáncer y a sus familias – The Spanish language version of the ACA consumer guide is available from Society Mart (item #5600.10).
- fightcancer.org/healthcare – ACS CAN’s website offers a variety of resources to educate patients about the ACA.
- The Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid and the Health Care Law, How Health Insurance Works, and Breast Cancer and the Health Care Law – ACS CAN answers frequently asked questions about the ACA.
- Tips for Choosing Health Insurance and Tips for Choosing Health Insurance that Covers Your Prescriptions – ACS CAN’s tools for cancer survivors, people living with cancer and their families to use when they compare insurance plans on the new online health insurance marketplaces or in conversations with navigators.
- Tips for Getting Help Affording Your Health Insurance Premium – ACS CAN's step-by-step guide to help patients determine whether they qualify for financial assistance to help make health insurance more affordable.
- Tips for Choosing a Medicaid Part D Plan – ACS CAN provides important information to consider when choosing coverage under Medicaid Part D.
- ACS CAN Talking Points and FAQs – newly revised information on the ACA to help address questions you may receive about the law from internal and external constituents. While the FAQs are for internal use only and cannot be distributed to external audiences, the talking points can be distributed to both audiences.
As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Carter Steger, Senior Director, State and Local Campaigns, at [email protected], (202) 661-5727, or Keysha Brooks-Coley, Director, Federal Relations, at [email protected], (202) 661-5720.You may also contact your ACS CAN Division Government Relations Vice President.