For US patients:Consumer-Friendly Affordable Care Act Guide

[Olga]

Reposted from Mimi Olsson mailing list:
Consumer-Friendly Guide Explains How Affordable Care Act
Helps Cancer Patients and Their Families

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http://action.acscan.org/site/DocServer ... ocID=18421

Cancer patients and their families looking for information about how the new federal Affordable Care Act will help them better access health care can now turn to a new consumer-friendly guide developed by the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. The guide, which features the stories of real people who have battled cancer or helped loved ones fight the disease, describes how provisions of the law improve the quality of care and make health care more affordable, available, and easier for patients to understand.

The guide is available free of charge online at acscan.org, or by calling the American Cancer Society toll-free at 800-227-2345. I hope that as an ACS volunteer, you will obtain one of these guides for yourself and your family, and encourage others in the community to do the same.

The Affordable Care Act has many benefits for cancer patients, survivors, and their families, and those at risk for cancer. We want people to understand that the law, while not perfect, will meaningfully improve the health care system for people with cancer, and it will save lives. For example, the new law ensures that people with cancer will no longer:

Be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions;
Be charged more for their coverage because of health status;
Be faced with annual or lifetime coverage limits that cause a sudden termination of care; or
Have to choose between saving their life or their life savings because they lack access to affordable coverage.
This free guide divides the information into easy-to-understand sections, including Providing Quality Care; Making Health Care More Affordable; Making Health Care More Easily Available; and Making Health Care More Simple. The guide also clarifies some of the myths about the new law that began circulating during the legislative debate, and provides simple and straightforward information for patients about what is actually included in the law and when the provisions take effect.

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