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Senate Health Care Repeal Puts Cancer Patients’ Coverage at Risk

Washington, D.C.—Today the U.S. Senate passed a tax bill that essentially repeals the nation’s health care law with no replacement plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance requirement from current law would ... without a replacement leaves cancer patients, survivors and all those with serious illnesses at risk of being priced out of the individual health insurance market. Americans who need quality health care will likely pay more and have fewer choices as some young and healthy people forgo ...

Court Urged to Prioritize Patients and Uphold Health Care Law

... when it hears oral arguments today in the case Texas v. United States. The case is being appealed after a lower court ruling that the entire health care law should be struck down because Congress repealed the individual mandate’s tax penalty. The case was brought by 20 states and is led by ... joint statement: “Millions of Americans rely on the critical patient protections included in the ACA to access, afford and retain meaningful health coverage that is essential for their wellbeing. This includes people who suffer from serious, acute and chronic health conditions, like ...

South Carolina Should Prioritize Health Care Access Instead of Barriers

COLUMBIA, S.C. – May 6, 2025 – The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services held a public hearing today regarding plans to submit a waiver request to establish Palmetto Pathways, a program that ... Regional Government Relations Director Beth Johnson released the following statement: “We know state officials want to do something about the health care coverage crisis in South Carolina. Unfortunately, Palmetto Pathways is not going to help those who need insurance. Instead, it will make it ...

How has access to affordable, comprehensive health care impacted you?

One of ACS CAN’s top priorities in 2025 and beyond will be to protect critical patient protections in the health care law and maintain access to affordable, quality health coverage. Your story can help.  0 How has access to affordable, comprehensive health care impacted you? ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Montana Lawmakers to Protect Health Care Access

HELENA, Mont. – Tens of thousands of Montanans are counting on lawmakers to protect their access to health care as business convenes this week in the state capitol.   Montana’s Medicaid expansion is set to expire on June 30, 2025, if not extended. Its ... reauthorization is a crucial agenda item for legislators and a priority for the many Montanans who have been able to access quality, affordable health insurance through Medicaid. For nearly a decade since it was first authorized, Medicaid expansion has proven successful in ensuring our ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Congress to Reject House Health Care Bill

Washington, D.C., March 24, 2017—Today the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA). This bill, in its current form, would significantly alter the accessibility, adequacy and affordability of meaningful health insurance for millions of Americans, including those who have coverage through Medicaid. ACS CAN sent a detailed letter to lawmakers this ...

House Committee Focuses on Public Health with Increased Tobacco Tax, Greater Access to Affordable Health Care

Washington, D.C.— The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote today on legislation that if enacted would greatly improve public health. The legislation would nearly double the federal cigarette tax, create tax parity on some tobacco products, develop a new health care coverage option in states that have not expanded Medicaid, make permanent increased tax credits for marketplace coverage, and cap Medicare ...

Patients Call on Senators to Reject Graham-Cassidy Health Bill; Urge Bipartisan Action on Health Care

Washington, D.C. — September 25, 2017— Dozens of patients from across the country, each with their own personal health care story, gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge their senators to preserve quality health care coverage for millions of Americans and reject the pending Graham-Cassidy health care legislation. The event was organized by the ...

More Than a Decade After Passage of Federal Health Care Law, South Dakota Remains One of 12 States to Not Expand Access to Affordable Health Care

Sioux Falls, S.D. – Today marks 12 years since the historic passage of the Affordable Care Act, and yet roughly 42,500 South Dakotans remain uninsured, denied coverage by state lawmakers who refuse to increase access to Medicaid. South Dakota is one of only 12 states that has not increased access to health insurance coverage through its Medicaid program despite overwhelming evidence that doing so would improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities, and benefit the state’s economy. After years of inaction by lawmakers, South Dakota voters will ...

17 Patient Groups Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Health Care Law

... United States , citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The case is pending before the Fifth Circuit after District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in favor of plaintiffs who argued the entire health care law should be struck down because Congress repealed the individual mandate's tax penalty. Twenty states led by the Texas Attorney General filed the suit challenging the health care law. The patient groups argue the law was intended to help protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and Congress’s inaction to ...

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