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Yesterday was an incredible day at ACS CAN Š—– we held our first-ever National Forum on the Future of Health Care and it was a huge success! The conference focused on how to ensure that people living with cancer and other chronic diseases have access to quality health care. ItŠ—'s a discussion that has grown in intensity since implementation of the Affordable Care Act began, and our forum brought ...

... Senate Bill 897, would require able-bodied adults enrolled in Medicaid to meet various work requirements as a condition of eligibility for health care coverage. Over 56,590 Michiganders are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year – many of whom are receiving health care coverage through Michigan’s Medicaid program. The coverage, benefits and services provided through Medicaid helps to improve access ...

... detectable only through routine screening. When you dive a little deeper into the study's results you learn that insurance and having a regular care provider have an impact on screening 55 percent of people without insurance have never been screened, and of those without a regular care provider, 61 percent have never been screened.ξScientific research from the American Cancer Society has shown that people without health coverage are more likely than those with private insurance to be diagnosed with cancer at its more advanced stages and less likely to survive the disease.ξThat's why provisions in the health care law to increase access to affordable insurance and a regular care provider will help make colorectal cancer screenings more readily ...

... of these factors include but are not limited to: [i]   Lack of access to coverage – It is a well-established fact that having comprehensive health insurance is an important factor in a cancer patient’s access to care, and in their health outcomes – and therefore not having comprehensive health insurance or being underinsured is harmful to a patient with cancer. Individuals ...