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Missouri Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Critical Access to Health Insurance

... healthcare coverage voters approved last August. This ruling is a victory in the fight against cancer in Missouri. We know individuals without health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at later, more costly stages and are less likely to survive. By increasing access to Medicaid, Missouri can help ensure more individuals who currently lack affordable, comprehensive health insurance can gain coverage through Medicaid and access the care they need. For cancer patients, this can mean the difference between life and death.  “The voter approved Medicaid expansion was supposed ...

Patient, Disability and Health Care Organizations Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Access to Medicaid and Rule Against Work and Community Engagement Requirements

Washington, D.C. — Fifteen groups representing patients, people with disabilities and health care professionals filed an amicus curiae - or friend of the court - brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to health coverage as it considers the validity of work and community engagement requirements in Medicaid. The groups, which include the American ...

Patients Would Pay More for Less Coverage Under Senate Health Bill

Washington, D.C., June 22, 2017—Based on a preliminary read of the Senate health bill released today, the proposed legislation appears to significantly weaken the ability of millions of cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for the disease to find and afford adequate, meaningful health care coverage. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: “Preliminary analysis of the Senate bill released today shows ...

North Carolinians’ Health on the Line in New Medicaid Bill

... and increasing patient costs. “As written, the bill will increase out-of-pocket costs significantly for North Carolinians with Medicaid health insurance. The bill disproportionately penalizes cancer patients by implementing the maximum allowable co-payment of $35 for each health care visit, including those where cancer patients and others with serious illness receive their lifesaving treatment. This bill puts lives ...

Letter to the Editor: No repeal of health insurance without replacing it

I am a cancer survivor and my health coverage is my lifeline. Access to timely treatment, affordable medications, regular screenings and doctor visits are essential and are the reason why I am alive today. Any breaks in coverage could mean delayed care and dire consequences for my health. As members of Congress begin to debate repeal and replace options for the current health-care law, I am anxious for cancer patients, ...

Leading Health Organizations Urge NC Lawmakers to Reconsider Proposal Implementing Medicaid Cuts

RALEIGH, N.C. – 14 nonpartisan organizations representing millions of patients living with serious and chronic health conditions are concerned that HB 696 CCS, signed by Gov. Josh Stein Thursday, puts in place new, overly burdensome requirements for people with Medicaid health insurance coverage in North Carolina. The patients we represent need access to timely treatment to maintain their health. This law ... Carolina. HB 696 CCS sets copay amounts at the highest possible levels, which creates barriers to treatment that can disrupt the continuity of care for patients with chronic disease. Research has shown that even low levels of cost-sharing and copayments deter patients from seeking care. ...

House Health Bill Would Lead to Less Coverage, Higher Patient Costs

... by the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, while preserving some patient protections, will have the net effect of shifting health insurance costs to low and middle-income patients, significantly reduce the standards of what constitutes quality insurance, curtail the ... and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee retain key patient protections prohibiting insurers from charging more based on health status and prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions. However, these protections are hollow if patients and survivors can’t afford insurance that covers the health care services they need to treat their cancer diagnosis. “ACS CAN has long advocated that any changes to the health care law should provide equal ...

Important and Bipartisan Senate HELP Hearings Continue; Graham-Cassidy Health Bill A Distraction

Washington, D.C.—This week the Senate HELP Committee is hearing from bipartisan health care experts in its ongoing effort to strengthen the individual insurance market and ensure that meaningful, affordable health care coverage is available for millions of Americans, including cancer patients, survivors and their families.  A statement from Chris ...

Legislative Inaction Leaves Kansans Without Access to Needed Care

Topeka, Kansas – The Kansas legislature left Topeka Wednesday without adequately addressing several critical issues affecting access to health care for tens of thousands of Kansans, particularly those in need of cancer screening and treatment. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... be suspended. Whether it is freezing changes to Medicaid and with it access to cutting-edge screening and treatments, increasing availability of health plans that often deny coverage of essential health benefits or charge higher premiums to individuals with pre-existing conditions such as ...

Florida Researchers and Health Leaders Discuss Policy Priorities at Annual Cancer Breakfast

... Florida Cancer Breakfast: Breaking Down Barriers to Access at the Florida Blue Conference Center in Jacksonville. The program brought together health care leaders, researchers and advocates to discuss how public policy can improve access to care and spotlighted the urgent need for Congress to extend the health care tax credits that help people afford health insurance on the Marketplace. “For cancer patients, these health care tax credits are a ...

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