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Patient and Consumer Groups Urge Federal Court to Issue Preliminary Injunction Against Short-Term Insurance Rule

... limited-duration (STLD) insurance plans. The hearing in the case Association for Community Affiliated Plans v. United States Department of Treasury will allow the plaintiffs to explain the devastating impact patients could face under the rule if bare-bones plans that do not comply ... required by the Affordable Care Act are permitted to be sold on the individual insurance market for up to 36 months. These short-term plans can deny or charge people more for coverage based on their health status, and are exempt from covering essential health services. The plans can ... treatment and follow-up care. The very population the law is designed to protect could again face barriers to quality health coverage at a cost they can afford - a common occurrence before the law was passed that kept many patients from getting critical care. “The evidence is clear ...

Lawmakers Should Take Critical Step for Cancer Treatment in Tennessee in 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As Tennessee lawmakers begin the 2025 legislative session Tuesday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges them to prioritize legislation which would allow more Tennesseans to access biomarker testing, an increasingly important part of cancer care. In the case of a cancer diagnosis, biomarker testing allows doctors to precisely target a specific cancer, saving some patients from more generalized ...

Survey: Coronavirus Health Care Delays and Anxiety Persist for Cancer Patients and Survivors Months Into Pandemic

... D.C.—Cancer patients and survivors continue to experience potentially serious coronavirus-related health care delays and high levels of anxiety associated with the ongoing pandemic. An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) survey found more than a quarter (26%) of cancer patients and survivors reported delays in their cancer care because of coronavirus. When looking at respondents in active treatment for ...

Wyoming Legislature Fails to Take Meaningful Action on Health Care Access

... Legislature closed business last week having again failed to take meaningful action to address the state’s ongoing health care crisis. As one of only 10 states refusing to enact Medicaid expansion, tens of thousands of Wyoming residents remain in the coverage gap, working jobs where they ... toward that goal. Wyoming residents should not have to settle for less than their neighbors in Utah and South Dakota when there is a clear and cost-effective solution.” In Idaho and Montana, roughly 100,000 residents in each state who normally could not afford a marketplace plan have ... debt. This year some 3,580 Wyomingites will be diagnosed with cancer and too many were uninsured when they received the devastating news. ACS CAN encourages individuals, businesses and organizations that are interested in getting involved in the fight against cancer to visit ...

Congress Prioritizes Cancer Research with $2.5 Billion Increase for NIH and $408 Million for NCI in FY 2023 Budget

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Early this morning Congress released a proposed FY 2023 funding deal that includes an increase of $2.5 billion for biomedical research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $408 million more for cancer research at the National ... or improve access to palliative care.   A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: Cancer Research “Cancer research is one of the most promising fields of biomedical discovery and sustained year-over-year increases ... trials act which would address ancillary costs when enrollees must travel, such as transportation and lodging, which for too long have been cost barriers for participation.    “A five-year extension of additional federal funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico and a permanent extension ...

U.S. Senate Passes Harmful Budget Bill that Will Cause Millions to Lose Health Insurance

RALEIGH, N.C. – July 1, 2025 – Today the U.S. Senate passed the budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, by a vote of 51 to 50. John Broome, North Carolina government relations director with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement: “Congress is making an unprecedented attack on access to health care for millions of Americans, including cancer patients and survivors. Devastating cuts to Medicaid and changes to Marketplace plans in the budget will terminate ...

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 ...

House Votes to Disapprove Medicaid Block Grant Guidance; Concerns Persist About Access Issues

Washington, D.C. – February 6, 2020 – Tonight the House of Representatives cast a vote of disapproval of guidance that would fundamentally alter the Medicaid program. The Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity , or block grant, guidance ... coverage through expansion. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “As the block grant guidance has the potential to significantly reduce access to comprehensive health care for low-income cancer patients, ...

Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations Urge South Dakotans to Support Medicaid Expansion to Provide Health Care to More than 42,000 Residents

Sioux Falls, S.D. – Patient advocacy organizations including AARP South Dakota, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Heart Association, South Dakota State Medical Association and the South Dakota Nurses Association have united to launch South ... Decide Healthcare , an effort to let South Dakota voters determine if the state should expand Medicaid health care coverage to more than 42,000 of their fellow lower-income residents. The coalition—one of the broadest to ever launch a ballot measure in South Dakota—is collecting ... in its first two years. Over five years, Medicaid expansion would return more than $1.3 billion to South Dakota from Washington, D.C., at a cost of only $3.8 million in state funds. "These savings will matter to voters, and South Dakotans Decide Healthcare is the only initiative  that ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Need Immediate Health Care Replacement Plan if Affordable Care Act Repealed

Washington, D.C., January 13, 2017 —Today Congress passed a budget resolution that will enable the repeal of significant parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including premium subsidy support and funding for Medicaid expansion. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: “Today the House took the first step in repealing the Affordable Care Act, following Senate action earlier this week. As the ...

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