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10-5-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Physician networks and hospital systems can play an important role in driving down health care costs and improving quality of care.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently released ... a report titled "Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice" that looks at how consolidation of hospital systems affects the ability of insurers to negotiate prices.  Increased competition among insurers can help decrease costs and improve ...

Senate Amendment to Pay for Student Loan Fix with Prevention Fund Undermines Historic Investment in Health

WASHINGTON -- May 24, 2012 -- The U.S. Senate is considering an amendment to offset the cost of student loan programs by cutting the Prevention and Public Health Fund. A statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) President Christopher W. Hansen follows: Families affected by cancer are urging lawmakers in the U.S. Senate to oppose an amendment that would ...

Let's Screen NY Campaign Homepage

Cancer screenings save lives!  Like going to the dentist or changing the oil in your car, cancer screening should be a regular part of your life. Screening tests are used before a person has any symptoms to help find cancer early, when it may be easier to treat.  Print this ... public policy proposals, all of them are committed to removing barriers to cancer screening. Join the 2022 Let's #ScreenNY Campaign Today! ACS CAN NY has launched the  Let’s Screen NY Campaign . The goal of the campaign is to mobilize federal, state, and local policymakers around an ... offers a critically important service to men and women who lack health insurance – screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer at no cost to the patient. Detected early, these cancers are more effectively treated. Failing to have these cancers detected early can lead to deadly ...

Nearly 1 in 2 Patients with Medical Debt Feel “Trapped”, New Poll from Leading Healthcare Orgs Finds

... are counting on lawmakers to solve the medical debt crisis. U.S. adults say it is past time for federal and state policymakers to act. Over 90% of U.S. adults agree that elected officials should pass policies that protect people with serious illnesses like cancer from medical debt and ... who are more likely to face ongoing treatment with hefty price tags. More than six in 10 U.S. adults say they would be unable to afford the cost of cancer if they were diagnosed tomorrow. “Cancer patients continue to suffer from a significant financial toll. The high cost of cancer care often continues for not only months but even years, which can result in substantial medical debt,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “No one ...

10-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Essential Benefits   The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is expected to release its final report on essential health benefits on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), however, is unlikely to release a final rule until May 2012.  The Affordable Care Act required the IOM to ... during its fall term, with a decision expected before the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer of 2012. The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN filed as "friends of the court" at the appellate level, along with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association to ...

10-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Essential Benefits   The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is expected to release its final report on essential health benefits on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), however, is unlikely to release a final rule until May 2012.  The Affordable Care Act required the IOM to ... during its fall term, with a decision expected before the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer of 2012. The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN filed as "friends of the court" at the appellate level, along with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association to ...

10-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Essential Benefits   The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is expected to release its final report on essential health benefits on Friday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), however, is unlikely to release a final rule until May 2012.  The Affordable Care Act required the IOM to ... during its fall term, with a decision expected before the Supreme Court adjourns for the summer of 2012. The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN filed as "friends of the court" at the appellate level, along with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association to ...

Survivor Views: Preventive Care Coverage, Medical Debt, & Food Insecurity

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... v. Becerra case which could challenge the ACA requirement that most private insurance plans cover recommended preventive care services without cost sharing. Finding ways to help cancer patients stay out of medical debt and reduce the negative impacts of medical debt they have already ...

PCIP Extension Gives Cancer Patients Time to Shop for New Health Coverage without Disruption in Treatment

... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network President Chris Hansen follows: "Extending the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan will give tens of thousands of people with a history of cancer or another serious disease the security of knowing they will not face a costly gap in coverage on Jan. 1 if they ... Extending coverage under PCIP gives patients valuable additional time to select the marketplace plan that best meets their unique needs." ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

Arizona Cancer Patients, Survivors and Advocates Tell Congress the Time to Make Health Care More Affordable is Past Due

Photos of the event here . Phoenix , Ariz. – Last night, cancer advocates in Phoenix kicked off National Cancer Survivor Month with an important message to Congress: affordable cancer care is PAST DUE. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers gathered on Thursday for an evening of celebration and advocacy, urging lawmakers to pass current proposals to make permanent increased subsidies for to purchase private health ...

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