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SCOTUS Upholds Financial Assistance Provided Under the Affordable Care Act

... will continue to get the financial assistance they need to afford quality health coverage. The CourtŠ—'s decision also ensures that millions of people with serious health conditions will continue to have access to essential treatment and care, and millions of others at risk for disease ... This is in large part due to provisions in the ACA that provide patients with lifesaving prevention and early detection services at little or no cost, prohibit patients from being denied health coverage because they have a pre-existing condition such as cancer and enable children to stay on their parentsŠ—' health plan until age 26, to name a few. Now that the Supreme Court has issued its decision, the Society and ACS CAN will continue to educate cancer patients and survivors nationwide about how major provisions of the law could help them. ACS CAN will continue ...

House Passes Historic Health Care Legislation With Provisions That Would Help to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality

WASHINGTON -- March 21, 2010 -- In an historic vote, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight approved health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that would help to reduce suffering and death from cancer in this country. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, analyzed the legislation through the eyes of cancer patients, survivors and their families. In a letter sent to ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2021 Legislative Session: Granite State Budget Opportunities 

CONCORD, NH – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the 2021 legislative session particularly in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to Mike Rollo, director of government relations for ACS CAN in New Hampshire, lawmakers have the opportunity ...

Poll Shows New Jerseyans Overwhelmingly Support Proposed Step Therapy Regulations

  TRENTON  – By a significant majority, New Jerseyans would like to see protections put in place that control the practice of step therapy by health insurance companies according to a poll released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The poll results were released as the New Jersey state legislature is considering step therapy reform legislation during the lame duck session. According to the poll, two of three New Jerseyans or 64% support putting controls on step therapy. Only 25% oppose these controls.  Legislation that would govern step ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally Legislators Virtually Due to COVID-19

NASHVILLE, TN – The unpredictable and dynamic nature of COVID-19 is no match for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) volunteers’ steadfast commitment. Because of the virus and the elevated risk for those with compromised immune systems, cancer patients, ... policies, when it comes to access to medication. Currently, insurance companies may require a cancer patient to try and fail on a lower‐cost drug before they cover the drug prescribed by the patient’s doctor, even if the doctor feels the more expensive treatment is more effective. ...

Key Organizations Urge Senate to Support Cloture Motions in Health Reform Debate

ACS CAN volunteer Dan Brodrick traveled to Washington, D.C. from Gainesboro, Tenn., to urge the Senate to put patients before politics and vote for ... the holes that exist in the broken health care system.  His wife Sharon passed away from cancer that was not caught in time due to a lack of access to care – care that could have saved her life.  Dan is also featured in ACS CAN’s first national television spot.   A full release ... were joined by people from across America who described how the current health care system has failed them -- people who understand what the cost of inaction means for American families and small businesses. “AARP applauds the Senate for putting forward legislation that protects ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Applauds Legislature for Investment in Medicaid Expansion, Opposes Some Provisions

... biennium budget today that included $1 billion in additional funds for Medicaid expansion, allocated annually. The passage came after weeks of negotiations that have delayed implementation of Medicaid expansion. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges state leaders to begin enrolling eligible North Carolinians as soon as possible. “We’re thrilled to see the legislature take the ...

9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m proud to say – after watching the President’s remarks – that ...

Comparing the Health Exchange Plans

... on Proposed Health Benefit Exchange Legislation For more information contact:  Russ Sciandra, 518 449-5438 x12 Get an embedable version of this graphic from our CancerNYNJ Flickr account   Key Issue to be addressed Governor’s Bill Draft  LBD 6 Senate Bill 5652 (Seward, Hannon) ... combines responsiveness and accountability with needed flexibility. Is the governance board properly structured to serve in the best interests of the consumer, patients, workers and small employers?  Do conflict of interest provisions prohibit the participation of those who stand to ... authority to be “active purchasers” when selecting participating health plans, as opposed to being required to allow every health plan that can meet the minimum requirements to participate.  With this authority, the exchange could use its considerable market power and certification ...

Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally Lawmakers to Support Access to Care, Tobacco Control at ‘Cancer Action Day’

... state Capitol on Thursday for ‘Cancer Action Day,’ an event hosted annually by the the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Advocates met with lawmakers and urged them to support policies that increase access to quality health care and prevent tobacco use.  ... in rates persist, most notably among Native American and Black people. Furthermore, recent data indicates cancer is the second-leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino people. Compared with non-Hispanic White people, Hispanic men and women are less likely to be diagnosed with the ... urged select lawmakers to hold a hearing for HB 2561 in the House Health and Human Services Committee. If enacted, the bill would provide no-cost follow-up imaging for patients who receive an abnormal result on their initial breast cancer screening. While speaking to volunteers ahead of ...

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