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ACS CAN President Attends WH Summit on Health Care Reform

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the ... he made during his address to Congress last week to defeat cancer in our lifetime. Approximately 120 people from the Administration, both sides of the aisle in Congress (including key committee chairmen and Speaker Pelosi), health care providers, unions, business, and patient advocacy ... of strong tobacco control policies, including increased tobacco taxes, in our efforts to improve public health. The significance of ACS CAN’s inclusion in today’s Summit cannot be overstated. Our voice – the voice of cancer patients and survivors across the country – was ...

ACS CAN Wins Major State Ballot Initiatives Across the Country

Voters across the country last week approved important state ballot measures that will expand access to health care for hundreds of thousands of Americans and reduce the spread of tobacco products. Thanks to the hard work of ACS CAN and its volunteers, these new policies will help prevent and reduce the burden of cancer in our country. Where you live, shouldn’t determine ...

New Report Shows State Lawmakers Can Do More to Prevent, Reduce Cancer

... solutions to prevent and fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality grades states on the strength of evidence-based policies that help to prevent cancer, which kills roughly 1,670 people a day nationwide, forces patients to pay nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket expenses every year and in 2015 cost the country more than $80 billion in direct medical expenditures.  The report, an annual snapshot of key state policies, shows many states ...

ACS CAN Statement on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ' Resignation Announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2014 Following is a statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) on the announcement by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius that she is resigning her post: Secretary Sebelius led the massive effort to implement critical ... tests, treatments and follow-up care, and most people insured through their employer now benefit from added protections such as low-or no-cost preventive services and a ban on annual and lifetime limits on the dollar amount of care a plan will cover. The law 's implementation, like ...

ACS CAN Files Amicus Brief Opposing New Short-Term Plans Policy

The impact for cancer patients could be devastating. That is the argument ACS CAN is making in an amicus brief filed today in U.S. District Court. The brief is supporting a lawsuit filed by the Association for Community Affiliated Plans that objects to the recent Trump Administration policy allowing for the expansion of what’s known as short-term health plans. Officially called short-term, limited duration plans, these health plans allow insurance companies to ... cancer patients and survivors, denying coverage for cancer treatment or refusing to insure those impacted by cancer altogether. The expansion of these plans is expected to weaken the individual insurance market, leading to higher insurance premiums and costs for cancer patients and ...

A Focus on the Patient: Ensuring Quality of Life for Cancer Patients

While the merits of comprehensive health care reform legislation are debated in the halls of Congress, ACS CAN urges lawmakers to keep patients' needs top of mind. That means including measures that improve communication between health professional and ... chronic diseases. Research proves that in addition to improving the quality of life of patients, palliative care treatment plans help reduce the cost of health care spending by lowering the number of hospital and intensive care unit visits for a patient. As the leading patient voice in the ...

ACS CAN volunteer shares cancer story at U.S. Senate committee meeting

... breast cancer for a second time eight years later, she wasnŠ—Èt so lucky. Although she had health insurance, it only covered a tiny fraction of her treatment. She would have to pay out of pocket for the mastectomies and hysterectomy she needed, along with chemotherapy and most of her ... the health care laws. After telling her cancer story, Stacy told Senators that although she received treatment that saved her life, it came at a cost. She is so in debt from her medical bills she may need to file for bankruptcy this year. But, Stacy said, thanks the Affordable Care Act she can live her life with the comfort of knowing that she will have access health care in the future. Š—“I now have peace of mind knowing that, in ...

Leaders of Major National Organizations Collaborate on Approaches to Health Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 27, 2009 -- Leaders from widely diverse national organizations today stressed their mutual commitment to reform of the nation’s health care system, calling it an “urgent, national necessity” that requires different stakeholders to cooperate in ways that ... with each other privately before formal debate on health reform begins, the participants found areas of early consensus they believe can provide Congress with a solid foundation for reforming the health system. “We entered this process knowing that the issues are complex, and ... care reform within reach.” -- Scott P. Serota, president and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Business Roundtable: “Health care cost is a top pressure facing American businesses and workers, and is hurting our ability to compete globally. We must make our system competitive ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 28, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the interim final rule regarding the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which was created as part of the ... premiums not exceed the standard market rate; and permitting plans to seek additional funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers.  The new high-risk pool program will give access to health care to at least hundreds of thousands of uninsured people ...

ACS CAN: Proposed ACA Wellness Regulation Should Prevent Unintended Discrimination

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 25, 2013 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (the Departments) on the proposed rule, Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans, of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The proposal offers guidance on designing wellness programs to promote health, rather than discriminate against ...

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