The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new Consumer Assistance Grants program awards of nearly $30 million to help states and territories put patients in charge of their health care. These grants will support states' efforts to establish or strengthen consumer assistance programs that provide direct services to consumers with questions or concerns regarding their health insurance. "The Affordable Care Act's Patient's Bill of Rights gives people important benefits and ends the worst insurance company abuses," said Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...




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