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CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION During his State of the Union address on January 24, President Obama noted the importance of cancer research and implored Congress to keep funding for it in tact. Specifically, he said: "Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed

Federal Update Yesterday the administration published the final regulation for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required

Yesterday the administration published the final regulation for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage.

Federal Update Summary of Benefits Coverage This week the chief executive officers of ACS CAN, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, Consumers Union, and AARP sent a letter to the president urging him to issue a strong, final regulation on

Litigation Update One week ago, the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN filed a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court along with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association in the litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The brief received

Federal Update On December 16, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an advisory bulletin outlining policy direction for states on the essential benefits package. Although the bulletin does not have the force of law, it gives states important guidance as they move

Federal 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

Federal Update Medical Loss Ratio The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium revenue on health care claims and quality improvement costs. Beginning this year, insurers who miss the target are required to rebate the difference to

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS Super Committee Shortly before its November 23 deadline, the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of