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This Week in Healthcare Reform!

Week Ending May 16th This week was one of the most important in the health care reform debate, with the president using his bully pulpit several times to promote the issue. On Monday, ... representing health insurers, drug companies, hospitals, doctors, medical device makers, and unions. The participants pledged to find cost savings of up to $2 trillion over the next 10 years. The president has asked for more concrete details by June 1. Cost savings was on the ... and cost effective. Raising revenue to pay for reform was also discussed, with new taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and soft drinks mentioned. ACS CAN supports raising the federal tobacco tax and is already talking to members of Congress about the lifesaving impact and long term cost savings ...

Report: Cancer Patients Should Get at Least the Health Benefits Congress Enjoys

A new report by ACS CAN and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute finds the most popular health insurance plan among federal employees offers adequate and ... for defining minimum coverage benefits in health care reform legislation. The Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) offers a number of options to federal employees and Members of Congress, approximately half of whom elect the Blue Cross Blue Shield standard option (BCBSSO). The study, Š—“A Benchmark for Coverage: How ...

Proposed Association Health Plan Rule Could Split Insurance Market and Unravel Patient Protections

Washington, D.C.—Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department of Labor regarding proposed changes to rules governing association health plans (AHPs). The comments ... patients and survivors with few meaningful or affordable coverage choices. ACS CAN details how AHPs would be exempt from current benefit and cost-sharing requirements. Such plans could, for example, exclude coverage for prescription drugs or other essential health benefits, cap coverage ...

Patient Advocates Respond to Governor Shapiro Executive Budget

... maintain funding for key cancer prevention and detection programs and acknowledged health care costs and price transparency as a continued area of interest, which secured high praise from patient advocates concerned over the role cancer plays in limiting Pennsylvanians’ financial ... affordability issues, including Pennsylvanians’ access to paid leave, medical debt relief and lifesaving medications. “Concerns around the cost of living pervade everyday life for most Pennsylvanians. For those with cancer, the financial weight of everyday decisions can be crushing. Pennsylvanians need state leaders to intervene and prevent the costs of care from trending upward and potentially trapping them in ...

Alaska Legislature Made Strides Against Cancer in 2024 Session

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The passage of two bills late in the 2024 legislative session marks a significant step forward in easing the cancer burden in Alaska.    Senate Bill 91 ... insurance plans for follow-up and supplemental breast cancer imaging tests.    “With many competing priorities facing the legislature, ACS CAN is pleased to see access to health care improve with passage of the telehealth and breast imaging bills. We remain steadfast in the need for ... such coverage is only required for telehealth visits with physicians. Greater access to telehealth services removes transportation and some cost hurdles to patients’ access to care while supporting the patient with maximum flexibility.    “The telehealth bill builds upon the ...

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 ... for the first time at the federal level. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: “The bill before Congress right now represents one of the most transformative opportunities to expand health care coverage to ...

1-18-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Proposed Rule Medicaid, CHIP and State Based Health Exchange Coordination    Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans will gain access to affordable health coverage through health insurance exchanges and improvements in Medicaid and the Children's ... lay out a structure and options for coordinating Medicaid, CHIP, and exchange eligibility notices and appeals; provide additional benefits and cost-sharing flexibility for state Medicaid programs; and codify several provisions included in the ACA and the law reauthorizing CHIP. ACS CAN is reviewing the proposed changes to determine if there are areas where we should comment from the cancer perspective.   Network Adequacy for ...

1-18-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Proposed Rule Medicaid, CHIP and State Based Health Exchange Coordination    Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans will gain access to affordable health coverage through health insurance exchanges and improvements in Medicaid and the Children's ... lay out a structure and options for coordinating Medicaid, CHIP, and exchange eligibility notices and appeals; provide additional benefits and cost-sharing flexibility for state Medicaid programs; and codify several provisions included in the ACA and the law reauthorizing CHIP. ACS CAN is reviewing the proposed changes to determine if there are areas where we should comment from the cancer perspective.   Network Adequacy for ...

1-18-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update Proposed Rule Medicaid, CHIP and State Based Health Exchange Coordination    Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans will gain access to affordable health coverage through health insurance exchanges and improvements in Medicaid and the Children's ... lay out a structure and options for coordinating Medicaid, CHIP, and exchange eligibility notices and appeals; provide additional benefits and cost-sharing flexibility for state Medicaid programs; and codify several provisions included in the ACA and the law reauthorizing CHIP. ACS CAN is reviewing the proposed changes to determine if there are areas where we should comment from the cancer perspective.   Network Adequacy for ...

Patient Protections in the Current Health Care Law

... with critical protections that benefit cancer patients and survivors, as well as anyone who might one day be faced with a cancer diagnosis. ACS CAN is working to ensure any congressional action preserves these and other lifesaving provisions. Access to Health Insurance Coverage Enable young ... Provide patients with access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance coverage options Eliminate disparities in prevention and treatment of cancer among our nation’s most vulnerable by ensuring comprehensive, affordable coverage is available in every state either through Medicaid or cost-sharing assistance. Affordable Cancer Prevention, Detection and Treatment Provide patients no- or low-cost coverage for lifesaving cancer ...

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