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Poll: 72% of Kansans back Medicaid reform stalled by GOP legislators since 2017
This article originally ran in Kansas Reflector . TOPEKA — A majority of Kansans across the political spectrum endorse expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in a statewide survey also indicating nine in 10 registered ... for the Affordable Care Act has ranged from 120,000 to 150,000. The federal government would be obligated to pay 90% of the increased cost in Kansas. In the poll, 81% said all Kansans regardless of income, location, race, gender or immigration status ought to have affordable ... was among her top priorities as governor. “I will propose my fifth in January. I think the fact that I never will be on the ballot again can take politics out of it.” Schmidt said conservative leadership of the House and Senate wouldn’t step aside to allow a Medicaid expansion ...
Medical Necessity
ACS CAN and ACS Great West Division partnered with Support for People with Oral, Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) in July 2009 to file an friend of the ... to care for cancer survivors who suffer major dental damage as a result of their cancer treatments. The issue is whether Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration (AHCCCS), which administers the Arizona Medicaid program, should be required to cover dental costs as ...
Defending Immigrants’ Access to Medicaid
Immigration policy of the Biden administration details how the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interprets the “public charge” rule in a way that helps ensure that immigrants can access health care and other supplemental government services to which they are entitled by law, without causing harmful immigration ...
Reducing the Financial Burden on Cancer Patients
... cancer treatment more affordable for patients and their families includes protecting patients from receiving surprise bills for unexpected out-of-network care that are prohibited by the No Surprises Act (NSA). ACS CAN strongly supported NSA during the legislative and regulatory processes. There are numerous legal challenges to NSA, but only one that threatens the patient protections ACS CAN fought for in the debates. ACS CAN filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Haller v. Health and Human Services (HHS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, providing extensive scientific research from ACS ...
Preserving Access to Preventive Services
A lawsuit filed in Texas challenges the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require private insurers to cover preventive services recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force ... potential remedies to correct the flaw, putting treatments such as proven screenings for colorectal, cervical, and lung cancers at risk. ACS CAN led 16 patient groups representing millions of people with serious health conditions in this amicus brief providing scientific data on how preventive services save lives and are cost-effective . Read our statement . The RFRA claims eventually settled. Unfortunately, in March of 2023, Judge O’Connor ruled that the ...
Defending Access to Care for Immigrants
The case of Texas v. Mayorkas challenges a policy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that interprets the “public charge” rule in a way that helps ensure that immigrants can access Medicaid without causing harmful immigration consequences. ACS CAN and other public health partners filed an amicus brief asking the ...
Opinion: Medicaid expansion is popular – and necessary
This opinion originally ran in Wausau Pilot & Review. By Philip R. O’Brien, national member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors In the Badger State, we have a proud tradition of taking care of each other when our friends and neighbors are struggling. ... without health insurance tend to be diagnosed a full stage later than insured individuals, marking a substantial difference in treatment cost. Expanding BadgerCare would cover cancer patients who currently do not have insurance. We need to acknowledge what rural, urban and suburban ...
Short-Term Limited Duration Plans
In 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule that could disrupt the health insurance market by extending for up to three years "short-term" ... effect in early October of 2018, and significantly extended the amount of time permitted for short-term limited duration (STLD) plans. ACS CAN has strong concerns that these plans will destabilize the insurance market by attracting younger and healthier people to these lower cost, barebones plans while forcing those who need comprehensive coverage to pay more in premiums or be unable to obtain insurance entirely. ...
2020 Idaho Legislative Wrap Up
Idaho’s 2020 legislative session has come to an end. While the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) did not have a major legislative victory during the session, there is certainly a lot of positive news that we can report. The session ended with growing concern about COVID-19 and our daily lives have certainly changed as a result ... request. The legislature discussed, but ultimately did not act on proposals to require counties to help fund the state’s share of the cost to expand the Medicaid program. Idaho is still awaiting feedback from the federal government on the proposal to add work and related reporting ...