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Polling Shows Strong Public Support for Accepting Federal Funds to Increase Access to Care Through Medicaid

As you might remember, when the Supreme Court ruled in June to preserve critical patient protections in the Affordable Care Act , it also ruled that the law cannot require states to expand their Medicaid programs. It's up to each state to make the decision for itself. Since the ruling by the high court, a geographic mix of states have been wrestling with the decision of whether to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families under 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by the ACA. Thousands ... Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico and Texas - want their state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid. Specifically, we informed participants that federal funds are available to pay 100 percent of the costs to cover ...

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

... 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.  According to the American Cancer Society , in 2025, more than 42,000 Arizona residents will be newly diagnosed with ... cancers (lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate), but more likely to develop cancer in the liver, stomach, and cervix.  “Access to quality health care and enacting proven tobacco control policies are two ways we can lessen the burden of this disease,” said Brian Hummell, ACS CAN ...

Making the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Tax Credits Permanent Will Protect Coverage for Cancer Patients and Save Lives

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Tammy Baldwin (WI) plan to introduce a bill, the Health Care Affordability Act of 2024,   that would make permanent the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced tax credits that help make health insurance coverage affordable for an estimated 20 million people. Co-sponsored by 45 Senators, this bill, related to Representative Lauren ...

National Patient Groups File Amicus Brief in Federal Appellate Court Defending Patient Protections in the Affordable Care Act

... diabetes, heart disease or stroke jointly filed an amicus brief in federal appellate court today in support of provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are critical for people with life-threatening chronic diseases. The American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer ... with chronic diseases, would not be sustainable without the individual responsibility requirement. These provisions significantly improve the health care system for chronic disease patients and their families by expanding access to quality, affordable health care; reducing the cost burden on families; and refocusing the system to emphasize prevention. “For decades our organizations have worked ...

National Patient Groups File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Defending Patient Protections in the Affordable Care Act

... diabetes, heart disease or stroke jointly filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today in support of provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are critical for people with life-threatening chronic diseases. The American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer ... chronic diseases would likely not be sustainable without the individual responsibility requirement. These provisions significantly improve the health care system for chronic disease patients and their families by expanding access to quality, affordable health care; reducing the cost burden on families; and refocusing the system to emphasize prevention. “Patients with chronic diseases are already ...

FY22 Omnibus Offers Important Increases to NIH and NCI; Misses Mark on Cancer Prevention Funding and Access to Health Coverage

... Tonight the House is considering a long-overdue FY2022 funding bill that addresses critical aspects of cancer research, prevention and access to care. In a tough budget environment, the spending bill includes a $2.25 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a $353 million increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It also provides $1 billion to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency on Health (ARPA-H), a new program dedicated to accelerating the pace of biomedical research for rare and difficult to treat diseases, including ...

A Trip to the White House: Celebrating the 90-Day Anniversary of Passage of the Affordable Care Act

... an amazing experience. We were able to meet and speak directly to President Obama. We were able to thank him for his relentless efforts to pass health care reform for families like ours who faced holes in the broken health care system. It is so rewarding to know that just over a year ago, we were here with other cancer patients and survivors, ACS CAN volunteers ...

Initial Guidance on Essential Health Benefits Leaves Questions about the Guarantee of Adequate and Affordable Coverage for Cancer Patients

... D.C. -- January 31, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin -- the first communication from the administration laying out guidelines for determining a minimum standard of benefits in ... to strengthen the guidelines in a number of ways including, providing a uniform definition of coverage that addresses a continuum of care, regardless of geographic location; prohibiting efforts by insurers to subtly discriminate against certain medical conditions through benefit ...

President Signs Bill to Allow College Students to Keep Their Health Coverage in the Event of Medical Leave

... D.C. -- Oct. 9, 2008 -- President Bush signed into law critical legislation today that protects full-time college students from losing their health insurance in the event of a serious medical condition.  Bush’s approval of Michelle’s Law (HR.2851), which would allow some seriously ill college students to take up to 12 months medical leave from school without the risk of being dropped from a parent's health insurance plan, comes on the heels of unanimous support from Congress.  The law is named after Michelle Morse, who was a student at ... companies to cover any new procedures or new individuals it just prevents them from dropping coverage. “Ensuring access to quality health care for all Americans, including college students, is critical to conquering cancer,” said Laura J. Hilderley, RN, MS, volunteer chair of the ...

New Survey: Top Barriers to Biomarker Use in Cancer Care Include Coverage and Cost Concerns

... need to do all that we can to ensure policies keep pace with innovation and patients can benefit immediately from the rapid pace at which cancer care is advancing.” Eighty-nine percent of providers surveyed said biomarker testing makes it easier for them to make more informed treatment recommendations and 85% agree that improving access to biomarker testing can help improve health equity. Biomarker testing has been required or recommended for more than half of the 62 cancer drugs introduced in the last five years and ... biomarker-driven targeted cancer therapy have improved outcomes. “Without access to comprehensive biomarker testing, the advances in cancer care that precision medicine provides cannot be realized on a large scale,” said Lacasse. “That’s why ACS CAN is committed to making sure ...

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