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American Cancer Society Statement: American Cancer Society Ready to Play a Lead Role in Providing Patient Navigation Training and Certification Standards

... get the training and certification needed so this essential support can be more widely accessed as a covered service. Successful navigation of health care barriers for patients undergoing cancer treatment involves the deployment of skills and care plans unique to other diseases like heart failure ... individuals. Prioritizing patient navigation is particularly important to achieve the  President’s Cancer Moonshot  goals of cancer health equity, as the greatest impact of professional navigators is often addressing the needs of under-resourced or marginalized communities. ...

ACS CAN Statement on HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ' Resignation Announcement

... 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 provisions of the Affordable Care Act that ensure people with pre-existing conditions such as a history of cancer are no longer denied health insurance outright or charged far more than others for quality coverage. Because of her leadership, millions more people now have ...

Quality of Life Call to Action

As the leading patient voice in the health care reform debate, ACS CAN has issued a call to action to advance legislation that transforms the current Š—“sick careŠ— system to one that ... is not being used in every patient at every bedside. I am comforted and proud that ACS CAN is providing critically important leadership in health care reform to promote understanding about palliative care and its role in maintaining quality of life. ACS CAN serves as the vehicle for ...

Medicaid is a Lifeline for Cancer Patients in Maine: A Storybook

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid will terminate health care for tens of thousands of Mainers who need it most–cancer patients, seniors, children, people with disabilities and working families. These ... many of them, like thosewho share their stories in this book, having healthinsurance through Medicaid means they can access the often lifesaving care they need. If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, Mainers with cancer could have their care interrupted or stopped completely, and many others ...

Poll: 72% of Kansans back Medicaid reform stalled by GOP legislators since 2017

... expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in a statewide survey also indicating nine in 10 registered voters believe a candidate’s position on health care influenced votes at the polls. Kansas is among a dozen states declining to broaden access among lower-income people to affordable health coverage under Medicaid. Expansion legislation in Kansas was vetoed in 2017 by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-led Senate blocked ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Benefit From 10 Years of ACA

... and patients will gather for a briefing on Capitol Hill today to highlight progress made for patients since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The law, passed 10 years ago March 23, has expanded access to health coverage to millions of Americans and put in place critical patient protections and essential health benefits that have helped prevent, detect, and treat cancer; lessening the overall burden of the disease nationwide.   “Prior to the ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Benefit From 10 Years of ACA

... and patients will gather for a briefing on Capitol Hill today to highlight progress made for patients since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The law, passed 10 years ago March 23, has expanded access to health coverage to millions of Americans and put in place critical patient protections and essential health benefits that have helped prevent, detect, and treat cancer; lessening the overall burden of the disease nationwide.   “Prior to the ...

35 Patient and Provider Advocacy Groups Deliver Letter in Support of Step Therapy Reform Legislation (A4815/S3051)

... would ensure that when step therapy is used in New Jersey it is safe for patients, clinically grounded, and, transparent to patients and health care providers. Step therapy policies, also known as fail first, are used by health insurers to force patients to try medications that insurance companies choose, requiring the patient to “fail first” before gaining ...

End of Session Summary

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Maryland residents touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... million for the state breast and cervical cancer screening and early detection program. This program, administered by the Maryland Department of Health, aides low-income, uninsured and underinsured women. Cancer Research, Screening, Detection and Treatment: ACS CAN worked to maintain funding ...

House & Senate Committee Hearings to Highlight Critical Need for Affordable Access to Lifesaving Medication

... create more predictability for patients facing high out-of-pocket expenses for lifesaving medication. The following day, February 29, the House Health and Government Operations Committee will hold a hearing on the companion bill, House Bill 879. Current practices in Maryland make it so that ... a bipartisan opportunity for lawmakers to ensure that patients have access to affordable and predictable out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving care. ACS CAN is urging Senate Finance and House Health and Government Operations Committee members to vote in support of this proposal, making it so that their constituents have fewer barriers to ...

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