ACCESS TO CARE

Medicaid Expansion

ACS CAN will advocate for low-income individuals and families to have access to health care coverage through TennCare. We will support policies that preserve and protect access to TennCare and will advocate for an expansion of the program, to provide parents and adults earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage.

Biomarker Testing

ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to better diagnose and treat diseases like cancer. Biomarker testing is an important step to accessing precision medicine which includes targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and better quality of life for cancer patients, but insurance coverage for biomarker testing is failing to keep pace with innovations and advancements in treatment.