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Administration’s Budget Risks Reversing Progress Against Cancer

Washington, D.C.— The administration released its FY21 budget today which contains significant cuts to health care programs. If implemented, the cuts could leave millions more Americans uninsured and unable to access comprehensive health coverage and stall medical research essential to preventing, detecting and treating cancer.   The budget cuts funding for medical research ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Help Reduce the Cancer Burden on Minnesotans

... patient quality of life, prevent youth commercial tobacco use and help adults quit tobacco, and expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care. “While cancer affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally. ACS CAN is committed to working with lawmakers to ensure all ... This year in Minnesota, there will be over 35,000 new cancer cases and an estimated 10,340 cancer deaths. ACS CAN will focus on reducing health disparities that contribute to a higher cancer rate, later stage diagnoses and higher mortality rate among communities of color, populations ...

New Survey Finds Affordability Leading Policy Priority for Cancer Patients and Survivors

... the urgency to address this issue in the U.S. In this most recent Survivor Views survey, 52% of respondents named protecting no-cost preventive care as one of their top three policy priorities, compared to 37% in 2020, while the importance of addressing medical debt increased from 33% in ... cancer treatment or with a recent cancer diagnosis elect free coverage of cancer preventive services and reduced medical debt as the leading health care issues facing them today. We need to prioritize policies that make health care affordable for everyone and make medical debt less prevalent to ensure everyone has a fighting chance against cancer.”  Today’s ...

Proposed Requirements for BadgerCare Coverage Pose Serious Risk to Cancer Patients and Survivors

... burdensome requirements could result in fewer individuals having access to this lifesaving program and force more Wisconsinites to go without health insurance altogether, widening health inequities and worsening health outcomes. “Medicaid is critical to our progress in the fight against cancer. Thousands of Wisconsinites depend on the program for cancer prevention, early detection, treatment and survivorship care services,” said Sara Sahli, government relations director for ACS CAN in Wisconsin. ACS CAN opposes adding work requirements as a condition ...

Medical Debt and Cancer

... with cancer, their caregivers and their families. ACS CAN has long fought for public policies – like access to comprehensive and affordable health insurance coverage – that reduce the likelihood or severity of that debt. Unfortunately, many Americans remain uninsured or underinsured ... and even those with comprehensive coverage can still incur significant medical debt. 1,2   People with cancer often bear significant health care costs because they can have substantial health care needs, are high utilizers of health care services, use many different providers, ...

2022 ACS CAN Virginia Cancer Research Forum

... an ambitious goal to achieve a 40% reduction in cancer mortality in the United States by 2035. To achieve this goal, we must fight to achieve health equity. Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible by removing obstacles to health care such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences. We will specifically focus on reducing colorectal cancer morbidity rates in Virginia ...

Oregon Cancer Policy Luncheon to Address Cost of Breast Cancer in The State

... Month and this year, an estimated 3,400 Oregon women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Research shows that access to quality and affordable health care coverage is key in the ability to fight cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of disease and death in the United States. An analysis by ... that cancer patients pay nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket costs each year and the disease cost the country nearly $88 billion every year in health care spending. On Friday, October 26, a group of patient advocates, health care experts, insurers and medical professionals will discuss the ...

Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Montana’s U.S. Senate Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority

... ACS CAN calls on Montana’s major U.S. Senate candidates to state their position on cancer issues such as access to quality and affordable health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Sen. Steve Daines to meet with volunteers. "Important decisions about cancer are not just made in doctor’s offices. Congress makes decisions every day about health issues that affect Montanans," said Keri Yoder, Helena resident and state lead volunteer for ACS CAN Montana. "This year alone, roughly ...

Formulary Transparency Helps Cancer Patients

For an individual with specific health care needs – like cancer patients and survivors – the drugs covered by a health plan and corresponding cost sharing for each drug is important information when choosing health insurance. However, to make an informed ...

FL Legislative Briefing: The Promise of Precision Medicine in Cancer Care: Improving Patient Access to Targeted Cancer Therapies - A Virtual Event

... click here." EVENT OVERVIEW This educational briefing will provide an overview of the rapidly advancing world of precision medicine in cancer care, as well as the importance of increasing patient access to biomarker testing and targeted cancer therapies.  A panel of experts will discuss ... be treated with targeted therapies, studies have shown improved patient outcomes across cancer types.   As precision medicine shifts the way health care providers and patients think about cancer treatments, it is important to identify and address obstacles to biomarker testing. While ... appropriate biomarker testing relies on a combination of factors including reliable, valid, and relevant tests, insurer coverage, knowledgeable health care providers, and health care facilities equipped with the appropriate testing infrastructure for the efficient and sufficient collection ...

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