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2-17-11 Affordable Care Act Update

House of Representatives Debates FY 2011 Continuing Resolution The House of Representatives this week is debating HR 1, a continuing resolution (CR) that ... Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).   The bill also would cut the budget at the National Institutes of Health by 5.2 percent. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Update on High-Risk Pools   Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a set of new high-risk ... exchanges will be similar to consumer shopping for airline or banking services and offer a choice of health plans that meet certain benefits and cost standards. The grants will help states design systems that will make this model viable. Read the HHS press release and Los Angeles Times ...

Health Equity Report Card Pilot Project to Help Close the Care Gap Highlighted on World Cancer Day

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA  — February 4, 2023  — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ® (NCCN ® )—a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States—joins the call to Close the Care Gap on World Cancer Day , a global awareness day organized by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) every February 4, by launching a new Health Equity Report Card ( HERC ) pilot program. This worldwide ... in cancer outcomes. NCCN’s work improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives is ongoing around the world. Today’s announcement explains more on how the HERC pilot program came about and what it is ...

10-28-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... families.   Now Available: New Patient-Focused Guide to the Affordable Care Act   A new consumer-friendly guide that describes how provisions of the Affordable Care Act help people with cancer and their families is now available on fightcancer.org. ACS CAN worked with Corporate Communications and Health Promotions staff at the National Home Office on the guide, which explains the Affordable Care ... as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions, the prohibitions on annual and lifetime benefit limits, and the guarantee of coverage of no-cost preventive care, public support rises sharply.   For example, a New York Times poll out today about voter attitudes toward the elections ...

10-28-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... families.   Now Available: New Patient-Focused Guide to the Affordable Care Act   A new consumer-friendly guide that describes how provisions of the Affordable Care Act help people with cancer and their families is now available on fightcancer.org. ACS CAN worked with Corporate Communications and Health Promotions staff at the National Home Office on the guide, which explains the Affordable Care ... as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions, the prohibitions on annual and lifetime benefit limits, and the guarantee of coverage of no-cost preventive care, public support rises sharply.   For example, a New York Times poll out today about voter attitudes toward the elections ...

10-28-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... families.   Now Available: New Patient-Focused Guide to the Affordable Care Act   A new consumer-friendly guide that describes how provisions of the Affordable Care Act help people with cancer and their families is now available on fightcancer.org. ACS CAN worked with Corporate Communications and Health Promotions staff at the National Home Office on the guide, which explains the Affordable Care ... as the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions, the prohibitions on annual and lifetime benefit limits, and the guarantee of coverage of no-cost preventive care, public support rises sharply.   For example, a New York Times poll out today about voter attitudes toward the elections ...

New Report Highlights Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Attempts to Co-opt Promising Public Health Policies to Serve Their Own Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) annual state-by-state report released today finds a majority of bills introduced in 2019 to combat youth tobacco use by raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 were co-opted by the tobacco industry. ACS CAN’s 17 th annual How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State ...

Survivor Views: Discrimination Among LGBTQ+ Cancer Patients

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 research panel. The panel is a group of cancer patients and survivors who respond to regular surveys and provide important insights to support ACS CAN’s advocacy work at all levels ...

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