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... Commerce Subcommittee Hearing Examines Proposal to Allow Insurance Sales Across State Lines   WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 25, 2011 – The high cost of health insurance will not be automatically remedied by increased competition and decreased regulation, factors that could create barriers to ... chronic disease such as cancer, testified Stephen Finan, senior director of policy for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), before the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee today. At the hearing, which focused on the feasibility of interstate insurance ...

... 11, 2013 Access to meaningful, affordable health care will not only improve health outcomes, but provide cancer patients and survivors peace of mind, testified Stacy Cook, Iowa volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today. At the hearing, which focused on progress in implementation of ... Care Act: How it Helps People With Cancer and Their Families. The guide outlines how the new patient protections improve the quality and cost of health care for people with cancer and those at risk for cancer. It also clarifies some of the misunderstandings that still exist about the ...

... Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled calls between a select group of governors and Senate leadership this week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to state leaders detailing the organization’s concerns about proposals to dramatically reduce Medicaid funding that would ...

... across party affiliations say people with pre-existing health conditions should have access to health coverage without paying more because of their health status and 80 percent agree that simply having health insurance isn’t enough; plans must cover necessary treatments when people ... and 78 percent say they would be “very concerned” if care for pre-existing conditions was no longer required to be covered. More than half of those surveyed said they or an immediate family member have a pre-existing medical condition. The issue of pre-existing conditions protections ... commit to uphold pre-existing condition protections,” said Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Voters understand that simply prohibiting insurers from denying coverage based on your health status alone isn’t enough. They expect ...