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Stay WEll Awareness
GuiDE DEtailS proviSionS
of nEW hEalth CarE laW
The American Cancer Society has updated its consumer guide on the health care law
known as the Affordable Care Act. The Health Care Law: How It Can Help People With
Cancer and Their Families describes how provisions of the health care law can help people
with cancer and their families access lifesaving treatment. The timing couldn't be better
since major portions of the law are scheduled to take effect January 1, 2014.
TEAMInG UP
WITH THE nFL
Since 2009, the National
Football League has conducted
an annual breast cancer promotion,
A Crucial Catch: Annual Screening
Saves Lives, to boost the American
Cancer Society's efforts to inform
women 40 and older about the
importance of annual breast cancer
screenings. Efforts include team
participation, player public service
announcements and an online auction. All auction proceeds during
october (national Breast Cancer
Awareness Month) benefit the
Society and team charities. The nFL
and the Society extend A Crucial
Catch to the younger generation
by contacting youth and high
school football coaches nationwide, offering suggestions on how
to "go pink" to help finish the
fight against breast cancer. Visit
nfl.com/pink for videos and stories
of how this partnership is making
a difference.
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The guide features stories of real people who have battled cancer, and discusses
how terms of the health care law apply to the Society's original "4 A's" that define
meaningful health coverage: adequacy, affordability, availability and administrative
simplicity. The guide is part of the continuing efforts by the Society and the
American Cancer Society Cancer Action networkSM (ACS CAn)-the Society's
nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate-to educate the public about the health care
law, which includes provisions that:
»
Require insurance plans sold in state health
insurance marketplaces to cover essential
benefits needed to prevent, treat and
survive a disease such as cancer
»
Improve access to health coverage
for low-income, uninsured people
through Medicaid in states that have
chosen to accept federal funds
for that purpose
»
Ensure that people with pre-existing
conditions such as cancer are not
denied coverage and receive access
to lifesaving care
»
Provide proven preventive care such
as mammograms and colonoscopies
at no cost to patients (currently in effect)
Get your free copy of the guide by calling 1.800.227.2345.
http://www.nfl.com/pink
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Triumph - 2013 Fall Winter
Contents
Finish the Fight
Stay Well
Get Well
Find Cures
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