Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017

The Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act (HR 2976/S 3207)

Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017 (HR 2976), To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow for the deferment of certain student loans during a period in which a borrower is receiving treatment for cancer. American Health Care Act (HR 1628); Better Care Reconciliation Act; and reform bill by Senators Graham and Cassidy: provisions related to loss of insurance, increased health insurance premiums, reductions to Medicaid funding, and those negatively impacting access to care for cancer patients/survivors. Tax Cut and Jobs Act (H.R. 1): provisions impacting individual mandate to purchase insurance, the medical expense deduction, and the impact of sequestration on Medicare spending. Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017: legislation stabilizing the individual and small group insurance markets.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act of 2017 (HR 2976), To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow for the deferment of certain student loans during a period in which a borrower is receiving treatment for cancer. American Health Care Act (HR 1628); Better Care Reconciliation Act; and reform bill by Senators Graham and Cassidy: provisions related to loss of insurance, increased health insurance premiums, reductions to Medicaid funding, and those negatively impacting access to care for cancer patients/survivors.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE