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... Congress returned to Washington, D.C. this week to start the lame duck session which is focused on the looming "fiscal cliff" -- the expiration of tax cuts on December 31 and deep across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 2, known as sequestration. ACS CAN is actively monitoring the discussions, and will be weighing in through the cancer lens. It is imperative for Congressional leadership, as well ... scheduled to then run from May through July 31, 2013. The July 31deadline is critical in order to allow enough time for other details, such as cost sharing and premium subsidies, to be resolved, so that the scheduled October 1, 2013 start of the open enrollment period can proceed as ...

... New Jersey. In response, Quinton Law, the New Jersey Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), released the following statement: “It's unacceptable that disease may dictate whether someone can keep food on the table or maintain a roof ... devastating for working families. People already struggling with illness should be able to concentrate on healing, not on the crushing weight of medical debt. “Thankfully, state leaders have acted to establish some patient protections from the financial toxicity that ensues from the high costs of health care and punitive practices around medical debt reporting. With Governor Murphy’s signature on the bipartisan Louisa Carmen Medical ...

... to the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that most people purchase health insurance. Although the report, which was prepared at the request of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), identified possible alternatives to the individual mandate, it did not show that those alternatives would cover as many ... or “individual responsibility” provision would. Following is a statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “ACS CAN believes that the critical patient protections in the Affordable Care Act, including those that end discrimination in the ... Heart Association in an amicus brief defending the provision in federal court. “The individual responsibility provision has proven to be one of the more unpopular provisions in an imperfect bill, but by insuring that nearly all Americans have coverage, the provision will enable consumer ...

Washington, D.C., February 2, 2017—Requiring people to maintain continuous health insurance coverage or risk the imposition of higher premiums could pose significant burdens to cancer patients and survivors, according to Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer ... individuals for losing their health insurance coverage—particularly at a time when they have also lost their employment—imposes an undue cost burden on individuals,” says Lichtenfeld. “Moreover, once an individual with a cancer history is no longer protected from the pre-existing ... unlikely that he/she will be able to purchase insurance coverage at all.” On behalf of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Lichtenfeld urged committee members to consider the impact of potential changes to the health care law on cancer patients and survivors. ...