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New Report: Cancer Survivors in New York Face High Costs of Care and Debt Years After Treatment
ALBANY , NY – DECEMBER 15, 2022 – The costs of being diagnosed with cancer last long after the diagnosis and initial treatment putting cancer survivors at increased risk for lifelong financial hardship, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The report, The Costs of Cancer Survivorship , examines several of the long-term expenses cancer survivors face in the years after they ... The report details several policies that should be enacted to help patients and survivors afford their care, including eliminating unexpected cost-sharing for cancer screenings and ensuring payment or financial products offered to patients to pay their medical bills are not predatory. In ...
ACS CAN calls on legislative leaders to include colorectal cancer screening in state budget
ALBANY, NY – A coalition of more than 65 patient and provider groups, cancer centers, and other public health organizations delivered a letter to state legislative leaders ... in support of legislation that would require insurance plans to cover colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 45 and eliminate all patient cost-sharing for a follow up colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of death for men and women in New York. In 2022, an ... as the next step in the preventive screening process and therefore should be covered by health insurers with no patient out-of-pocket cost. ACS CAN is calling on state leaders to include S906-B sponsored by Senators Sanders and Kennedy and A2085-A sponsored by Assemblymember Dinowitz—the ...
Survey: More than 80 Percent of Cancer Patients and Survivors Say Copay Assistance Programs Help Them Afford Their Prescription Drugs
Albany, NY – A new Survivor Views survey from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that while copay assistance programs can help cancer patients afford the medications they need, some aren’t able to apply them to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket requirements, which can create a barrier to care. An overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) who have applied to a copay assistance ... a copay assistance program report that the assistance they received was not applied to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket cost requirements. Sponsored by an individual pharmaceutical manufacturer or an independent foundation, copay assistance programs are offered to ...