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... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is asking lawmakers to act on two pieces of legislation that will help save lives and provide access to needed care. One bill (S.906-A Sanders/A.2805-A Dinowitz), would assure that if a colonoscopy is needed as a follow-up to a home-based screening test, it should be considered as the next step in the preventive screening process and covered by health insurers with no additional cost sharing. The legislation is currently in Assembly Ways and Means; and the Senate Insurance Committee. The ... from using a copay card or coupon to cover their out-of-pocket expenses.  Under this practice, when a patient uses a copay coupon or card, the health plan receives the payment from the card or coupon, yet the amount of the support provided by the coupon/card does NOT count toward the ...

... in the Baltimore Hope Lodge, which would enable the facility to provide more cancer patients and their caregivers with housing during their care; whereas, the second (Senate Bill 595/House Bill 879) aims to create more predictability for patients facing high out-of-pocket expenses for ... annually. This reflects an estimated savings of nearly $2.3 million for these patients and families and generates around $12 million for local health systems annually. Marylanders save approximately $1.1 million annually on lodging costs alone, as approximately 50 percent of guests each ... to my survivorship. I couldn’t be more grateful for the access that the Baltimore Hope Lodge granted me to the top-tier care that the city’s health institutions have to offer. The Hope Lodge is a force for good in Marylanders’ lives. I hope lawmakers act to expand its capacity for good ...

... against cancer a national priority. Their priorities this year include an increase in federal research funding at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, increased funding for cancer prevention programs through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making the additional subsidies to purchase health coverage on the ACA health insurance exchanges permanent, and streamlining the approval process for new breakthrough cancer detection tools ... qualify. Many people put off their cancer screenings during the pandemic either from fear of catching the virus, difficulty accessing medical care or from pandemic-related changes to insurance coverage. As such, the backlog of people who need these tests will place a new burden on this ...

... is poised to pass a funding bill this week that includes a $2.6 billion increase for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The measure, agreed upon by both House and Senate conference committee members, also provides $296 million increase for the National ... and Prevention (CDC), including for skin, prostate and ovarian cancer programs. There is an additional $20 million for the Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).    The bill also includes a measure to raise the federal age of sale for tobacco to 21, extends Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico ... the U.S. territories for two years is critical to helping cancer patients and survivors maintain access to life-saving treatments and follow-up care.    “Similarly, extending funding for federal qualified health centers ensures uninsured and underinsured Americans across the country can ...