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APHA says tax bill will undercut public health

December 21, 2017

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is warning that tax legislation approved by Congress “will create a dangerous environment for public health in which millions fewer Americans are insured, key health programs and agencies are desperately underfunded and income inequality is dramatically worsened.” In a statement, the APHA said the legislations’s repeal of the individual health insurance mandate will cause deep automatic cuts to key health programs like Medicare and the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Public health professionals strongly oppose repeal of Obamacare

January 5, 2017

In a letter to members of Congress yesterday, the American Public Health Association strongly opposed attempts to repeal or weaken the Affordable Care Act. "Any effort to repeal the ACA without ensuring a viable and immediate replacement plan is unconscionable and will put the health of the American people at an unacceptable risk," wrote APHA Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD.

Cancer screenings up as Affordable Care Act lowers financial barriers

ACA removes financial barriers for low-income people

June 17, 2015

Screening for colorectal cancer increased in lower socioeconomic status (SES) individuals after 2008, perhaps reflecting the Affordable Care Act’s removal of financial barriers to screening according to a new analysis. The study, by American Cancer Society investigators, appears online in the journal Cancer.

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The cost of a cure: Medicare spent $4.5 billion on new Hepatitis C drugs last year

Charles Ornstein

April 6, 2015

Medicare spent $4.5 billion last year on new, pricey medications that cure the liver disease hepatitis C — more than 15 times what it spent the year before on older treatments for the disease, previously undisclosed federal data shows.

Congress passes bill that will affect mental health services

Medicare cuts would include psychotherapy payment reduction

February 24, 2012

Medicare recipients currently receiving mental health outpatient services will be affected by the payroll tax legislation passed by Congress last week.

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