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Lawmakers Roll Out Yet Another Bill Designed to Take Health Care from Tens of Thousands of Hard-working Idahoans

BOISE, Idaho – – A bill that would serve to strip health care from thousands of hard-working Idahoans will be heard by the Health & Welfare Committee of the Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 345 would make significant, damaging changes to ...

Congress Passes a Bill to Make Health Care More Affordable for Millions of Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Their Loved Ones

... which means that more cancer patients and survivors have affordable access to the treatment they need.  The bill also extends the Affordable Care Act expanded tax credits for three years, which will provide continued relief for millions of Americans, including individuals facing a cancer ... do.   Unfortunately, the bill fails to address the Medicaid Coverage Gap, which denies more than 2 million Americans access to the lifesaving health coverage they need. Of those in the coverage gap, 60% are people of color, the majority of whom live in the South. This is a serious health equity issue and one that our lawmakers cannot afford to ignore. Where you live should not determine if you live.   Together, we will keep ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on Accountable Care Organizations Created by Affordable Care Act

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) filed comments this week with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed Accountable Care Organization (ACO) regulation issued under the Affordable Care Act. The comments acknowledge the potential of ACOs to improve the health and quality of care for cancer patients, and encourage the administration to improve the regulation to better benefit families affected by ... harmful effects of pain, symptoms and emotional distress can enhance survival and reduce costs. The comments also encourage the Department of Health and Human Services to make a handful of revisions to the regulations, such as enhancing patient participation on ACO governing boards; ...

The Maryland Health Benefits Exchange Recognized as Model

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recognized Maryland's Health Benefits Exchange  as one of the model exchanges in our country to date. On May 26, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced Governor O'Malley's appointments to the Health Benefit Exchange Board. The appointees will be Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Lisa ... and a health economist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jennifer Goldberg, assistant director of advocacy for health care at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, vice president at academy health and director of the Robert Wood Johnson ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update            Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update           Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

9-1-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update            Prevention and Public Health Fund   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the release of more than $200 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to improve ... local and territorial efforts to provide services such as tobacco cessation and increasing the public health workforce to deliver preventive care to more communities. Additional information on the recent grant announcements can be found at:   ...

25 Groups Representing Patients and Health Care Professionals Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Preserve Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 25 groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae (also known as friend of the court) brief , in the case of State of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the ...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Applauds State Lawmakers for Filing Legislation That Aims to Expand Health Care Coverage

“Mississippi’s legislative leadership said improving access to health care for low-income Mississippians will be on the table and at least thoroughly vetted as a solution to our state’s health care crisis. For cancer patients and survivors caught in the coverage gap, we know access to health care means comprehensive coverage for ...

Patients, Doctors, Leading Patient Advocacy Groups Express Concerns about Proposed Legislation that Would Eliminate Health Care for Millions of Americans

WASHINGTON – March 16, 2017 – Patients, doctors and several of the nation’s leading organizations that advocate for better health care for chronic disease patients joined today to express significant concerns about the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which is currently being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives.  At today’s event at the National Press Club, ...

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