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The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today joined consumer and public health groups representing millions of Americans in urging the administration to revisit guidance issued earlier this year that could subject patients to far higher out-of-pocket spending than was intended in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Three years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, people with cancer or at risk for developing the disease are just months away from a ban on pre-existing condition exclusions that have been historically used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the final Health Insurance Market Reform Rule of the Affordable Care Act, including a more specific definition of what constitutes a tobacco user for purposes of determining whether insurers can charge a higher insurance premium.
WASHINGTON, D.C. February 20, 2013 Patients and consumers in the private insurance market should no longer face unexpected cost-sharing for preventive colon cancer screening tests that were supposed to be free under the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 25, 2013 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. December 20, 2012 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- December 12, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the White House and congressional leaders to make cancer a top priority as negotiations continue over reducing the federal deficit. Christopher W.
WASHINGTON, DC - November 20, 2012 - "The proposed regulation provides important details on the minimum level of health coverage required for new individual and small-group plans offered across the country.