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Bill Would Weaken Patient Protections in New Health Care Law

... 20, 2012 The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to vote today on legislation (H.R. 1206) that would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR), a calculation that insurers must use to show the proportion of premiums they spend on ... expenses. Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): The Affordable Care Act requires health insurance companies for the first time to spend a minimum share of premiums on providing health care ... it clear that fees and commissions paid to insurance agents and brokers should be counted as administrative expenses that contribute to the cost of a health plan. For the medical loss ratio to be a meaningful measure of value to consumers, broker and agent fees must be included in the ...

Wyoming Must Increase Access to Medicaid to Reduce Cancer, Save Lives and Money in the State

... 25,000 low-income, uninsured Wyoming residents. The bill passed the House last week, and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, and the Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), urge the Senate to follow suit and pass this lifesaving ... money when patients don’t have health insurance. When someone goes to a county hospital and gets care without insurance, taxpayers absorb the cost because they support the hospital through taxes," said Banu E. Symington, M.D., MACP, Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center, Hematology and ...

Governor Signs Bill to Reduce the Illinois’ Cancer Burden

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is encouraged to see the Illinois legislature pass and Gov. J.B. Pritzker sign legislation to allow Illinois Medicaid recipients access to ... to cover routine costs associated with clinical trials. Gov. Pritzker and the legislature have taken an important step to ensure the viability of new cancer research in our state and to allow an additional 20% of Illinois residents to have access to these new, potentially lifesaving treatments and therapies,” said Shana Crews, government relations ...

New Jersey General Assembly Prioritizes Access to Colorectal Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Screenings

... Assembly approved legislation that seeks to remove financial barriers to lifesaving cancer screening. A-3523 passed the full Assembly by a vote of 78-0, edging New Jersey closer to requiring health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminating cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies. In 2022, an estimated 4,260 New Jerseyans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and, by year’s end, New Jersey residents can expect to lose 1,380 neighbors to the preventable disease. This legislation was erected to address colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality ...

Maine: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...

Massachusetts: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...

Vermont: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...

Rhode Island Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing

... right patient, at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a critical role in improving cancer outcomes – biomarker testing being one of the ways we can achieve these outcomes by allowing doctors to understand and target unique markers in a patient’s cancer cells. Despite its benefits, access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation due in part to lack of coverage by private health insurance and Medicaid for needed testing. Senate Bill 2201 aims to enable more ...

House Party Review

With a cancer survivor, as well as various care-givers in attendance, the overwhelming feeling of the guests at tonight's ACS CAN Presidential Address Party was that the President exceeded expectations in addressing health care in his speech. Not only did he call for ... cancer, that the President and our government leaders will succeed in bringing these promises to fruition. As mentioned by President Obama, the cost of health care now causes bankruptcy every thirty seconds. This hits home. I recently witnessed several friends, who thought they were secure ...

Mississippi Lawmakers End 2025 Session Without Addressing Health Coverage Crisis

... health care coverage crisis. In response, Mississippi Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Kimberly Hughes released the following statement: “We are disappointed the legislature failed to listen to Mississippians and expand ... go even longer without access to lifesaving care. We know Medicaid is a critical state–federal health insurance program that serves millions of Americans, including over 37 million children. One-third of childhood cancer patients rely on Medicaid to access essential treatments and 20% of adults with a history of cancer in rural areas rely on ...

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