Here is a quick update on what has happened in the Senate this week to make changes to our health care system. The Senate attempted to vote on an amendment that included the last version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), and $100 billion...
This week the Senate's efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have stalled, for now. Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he was not going to move forward with a vote on the Senate’s health care reform proposal called the Better...
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate released its revised proposal to overhaul health insurance in America. Unfortunately, this new version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA-2) would still cause significant harm to the cancer community. For clarity, here we will focus just on the changes to the...
On Friday we shared details about the Senate health care bill, and in the last few days there have been new developments. First, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report on the Senate health care proposal and unfortunately the news is still alarming.The CBO estimates...
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate released the “Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) of 2017,” containing their proposed changes to our health care system and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The language we have now is still being referred to as a ‘discussion draft,’...
The Congressional Budget Office has released its “score” of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the bottom line is that the AHCA will cost the cancer community greatly. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a non-partisan agency that is tasked with analyzing proposed legislation to...
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, by a two-vote margin, to pass the American Health Care Act. As we have talked about in prior posts, if signed, this law is a step backwards and would hurt millions of Americans. It has the potential to effect...
Once again we find ourselves in the position of having to share some frightening news when it comes to health care system. Last week, an amendment (referred to as the MacArthur Amendment) was proposed to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the legislation designed to...
Who should attend a Triage Cancer Conference? In short, everyone in the cancer community. We are coming to 3 different communities with a FREE program that has been designed for patients, survivors, caregivers, health care professionals, and advocates. Whichever group you are part of, we...
Late yesterday evening, a bill was introduced in Congress to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare). Prior to the actual introduction of this piece of legislation, there was a lot of speculation about what would be included, and although...