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Calculate your potential health care rate increase if health care tax credits expire.
If Congress doesn't act soon, enhanced health care tax credits will expire at the end of the year. Use this calculator tool to find out how you could be impacted. 0 Calculate your potential health care rate increase if health care tax credits expire. ...
What Are Health Care Tax Credits
This factsheet explains what health care tax credits (also known as "enhanced tax credits") are and why Congress needs to extend them before they expire at the end of the year. What Are Health Care Tax Credits ...
Survivor Views on Health Care Tax Credits
... ACS CAN’s advocacy work at all levels of government. Fielded October 24-November 16, 2025, our latest survey explores the impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care tax credits on cancer patients and survivors. The web-based survey was conducted among 1,707n cancer patients and survivors nationwide ... treated for cancer in the last seven years. More methodological detail follows at the end of this report. Key Findings: 96% of those receiving health care tax credits say they would have difficulty getting the care they need without the enhanced tax credits, and 63% say it would be ...
Tell Congress: Renew health care tax credits now!
Health care tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025 are making health insurance affordable for millions. Without them, 4.2 million people, many with chronic conditions like cancer, will not be able to afford their insurance. If Congress fails to act, health care costs will skyrocket for millions. 0 Tell Congress: Renew health care tax credits now! ...
Sign the petition to help protect affordable health care
Countless cancer patients and survivors have benefits from patient protections in the health care law. Sign now to urge Congress to keep and strengthen comprehensive, affordable health coverage 0 Sign the petition to help protect affordable health care ...
ACS CAN Factsheet: State Data on Health Care Tax Credits
Access to affordable health insurance is crucial for individuals to receive necessary care, especially for those with chronic conditions like cancer. Research from the American Cancer Society shows that uninsured individuals are less likely to receive routine cancer screenings, leading to later diagnoses when treatment is more difficult and costly. Marketplace health plans offer services that cancer patients (and those who do not yet know they have cancer) need. Enrollees in Marketplace plans have access ...
Time is running out for Congress to extend health care tax credits
Shagah, recently diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time, needs Congress to extend enhanced health care tax credits to help her afford her care and stay alive. Urge your members to help keep care within reach for cancer patients like Shagah today. 0 Time is running out for Congress to extend health care tax credits ...
Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits
Enhanced health insurance tax credits help make cancer care affordable for countless patients. Sign the petition now, and tell Congress to keep healthcare coverage affordable. 0 Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits ...
CMS Marketplace Integrity Proposed Rule Would Create Unnecessary Barriers to Accessing Comprehensive, Affordable Health Insurance
Washington, D.C. – Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing the 2025 Marketplace Integrity Proposed Rule and outlining the consequences it would have on potentially millions of people who get their coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace, including cancer patients, survivors, and those at risk of developing the disease, if finalized as drafted. If ... and shortening open enrollment periods, requiring burdensome paperwork and fees, and creating other barriers that would put affordable health insurance out of reach for up to 2 million people. Many of these restrictions would lead to gaps in coverage and delays in care, including ...
How enhanced tax credits make cancer care affordable for patients like Ali
... dismissed. What followed was a years-long struggle through misdiagnoses, testing errors, and an uphill battle to receive the quality, affordable care she needed. After three years of struggling, Ali was finally diagnosed with terminal cancer. The enhanced premium tax credits have helped keep her health insurance costs more affordable, but now this is at risk. The long road to diagnosis In the fall of 2021, Ali went to the hospital for ... was a seizure. She was prescribed anti-seizure and cardiac medication, yet her symptoms persisted. At the time of her symptom onset, Ali had health insurance through her employer. Due to the seizures, she had to stop driving and working, which caused her to lose her health insurance. ...