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ACA Update | March 10, 2017: GOP Repeal Plan, the AHCA, Moves Forward in the House

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The AHCA, the long-awaited Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was unveiled earlier this week. NCCS released a statement, explaining that this legislation would be devastating for older, sicker, and poorer Americans, let alone those facing a cancer diagnosis. The AHCA hurts older Americans the most by allowing insurance companies to charge up to five times as much for premiums […]

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NCCS Statement on the American Health Care Act

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The AHCA seeks to repeal and replace significant portions of the current health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Even upon initial review, there is no question that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is a significant step backward from the ACA’s affordability and patient protections, and will hurt millions of Americans, including cancer patients and survivors. […]

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What Caught Our Eye: High-Risk Pools, “Trumpcare,” Childhood Cancer Survivors, Medicaid Spending, Trump’s FDA Deregulation

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), March 3, 2017 What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series, where we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Affordable Care Act “States Be Warned: High-Risk Pools Offer Little Help At A High Cost” Do high-risk pools offer little help at a high […]

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ACA Update | March 2, 2017: GOP Tax Credits, Medicaid Proposals, and a ‘Secret’ Replacement Bill

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In his address to a joint session of Congress this week, President Trump shared his priorities for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). David Nather of Axios wrote, “It wasn’t detailed enough to be called a proposal, but Trump outlined enough principles to give a general idea of what he wants. He got more specific on some issues than he has in the past […]

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