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New CBO Score Projects 14 Million Americans Will Lose Health Coverage in 2018 Under House-Passed Health Care Bill

Washington, D.C., —Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its updated assessment of the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – estimating the number of Americans who would likely lose health insurance as compared to current law, as well as the possible cost changes for those who maintain coverage. The CBO projects that under the ...

More Than a Decade After Passage of Federal Health Care Law, Wyoming Still Has Not Increased Access to Affordable Health Coverage

Cheyenne, Wyo. – Today marks 12 years since the historic passage of the Affordable Care Act, and yet roughly 24,000 Wyoming residents remain uninsured, denied coverage by state lawmakers who refuse to increase access to Medicaid. Wyoming is one of only 12 states that has not increased access to health insurance coverage through their Medicaid programs despite overwhelming evidence that doing so would improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities, and benefit the state’s economy. Despite excellent momentum and bipartisan support from many ...

HELP Committee Vote Represents Major Progress Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform This Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 15, 2009 --  “Today’s vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to approve health care legislation represents major progress toward the goal shared by millions of families touched by cancer to enact comprehensive health ...

Quality Health Care Must Ensure Quality of Life for Patients with Chronic Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 15, 2009 -- As Congress debates health care reform this year, it is important that legislation include measures to better coordinate care, improve access to palliative care and address ... palliative care which addresses patients’ physical, psychological, and emotional needs into treatment plans can help reduce overall health care spending by helping patients to articulate their goals of care, matching treatments to those goals, and eliminating unwanted and ...

Harry and Louise Return to Promote Health Care Reform in New Ad Campaign

Washington, D.C. -- August 19, 2008 -- Harry and Louise, the iconic couple featured in ads to defeat the Clinton health plan in 1993-1994, are back on television. This time they will lend their voice to strongly encourage health care reform. The new multi-million dollar ad campaign will air on national television throughout the Democratic and Republican conventions. ...

Cancer Community Calls on Senate to Move Forward on Meaningful Health Care Reform

... and weeks of floor debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on senators to invoke cloture and pass health care reform legislation this year so that House and Senate conferees can begin working on a strong final product for patients. In a letter to ... of the American Cancer Society, said the proposed legislation includes a number of strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of ...

Georgia Legislative Session Ends with Future Opportunities for Increasing Access to Health Care

... Georgia legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is optimistic for the future of increasing access to health coverage in the Peach State and reinforces its commitment to this effort. In reflection on the session, ACS CAN Managing Director of ... during the 2024 legislative session related to closing the coverage gap in Georgia. The state came the closest it’s ever come to bringing new health care access to more than 400,000 uninsured Georgians living in the gap. We thank the lawmakers who supported the creation of the health care ...

ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Proposed Health Care Changes in Graham-Cassidy Bill

Washington, D.C. — September 25, 2017 — Changes to the nation’s healthcare system as proposed in the pending Graham-Cassidy health legislation could leave millions of cancer patients and survivors without access to adequate, affordable health insurance coverage, according to Dick Woodruff, senior vice president of federal advocacy for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... cover, putting current guaranteed essential health benefits (EHB), including coverage for hospitalization, physician services, specialty cancer care and prescription drugs at risk.  “Insurance should cover the major health needs of cancer patients and survivors,” said Woodruff. ...

House to Vote on Legislation Expanding Access to Affordable Health Care to Millions

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. House of Representatives will consider landmark legislation today that would expand access to affordable health care coverage to millions of Americans through a combination of making low-cost marketplace health plans available to low-income people in states that have yet to expand Medicaid, permanently increasing federal funding for Medicaid in the ...

Justice Department Argues to Roll Back Critical Patient Protections in Health Care Law

Washington, D.C.—The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last night it will not defend several critical patient protections in the health law and instead is arguing to end them. Twenty states led by the Attorney General (AG) of Texas filed a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in federal court in Texas. The plaintiffs in Texas vs. USA argue that because Congress repealed the individual mandate's tax penalty ... plaintiffs who are making the case that key patient protections, including those that prohibit insurers from charging people more based on their health status and denying coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, be eliminated. If successful, the case could leave millions of ...

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