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More than 30 Patient and Medical Professional Organizations Respond to US Supreme Court Decision that Protects Access to Lifesaving Preventive Care

... Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, 33 organizations representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of medical professionals are applauding the protection of access to lifesaving preventive care without patient cost sharing. The organizations are also emphasizing the importance of maintaining cost-free access to these evidence-based ... services provision of the ACA had been declared unconstitutional. Below is an excerpt from the brief :  “All Americans use or will use health care services, and the lifetime risk that an individual American will contract a serious or chronic disease or condition is high. Preventive ...

Advocates Set Sights on Improving Access to Cancer Care, Reducing Burden of Disease for Maryland Patients in 2025

... be looking to lawmakers to be on the forefront among states to improve access to patient navigation. The role of a patient navigator in cancer care is to connect patients with the help and support they need and find ways to overcome issues that keep people from getting access to quality cancer care. At its heart, patient navigation is a patient-focused and community-centered approach to care that helps ensure patients don’t fall through ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in ...

35 Patient, Provider and Physician Groups File Amicus Brief Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Lifesaving Preventive Care Without Patient Cost Sharing  

Washington, D.C. –  Today 35 organizations, representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of health care professionals, filed an amicus curiae, or “friend-of-the-court,” brief in the case of Braidwood v. Becerra at the U.S. Supreme ...

New study indicates medical debt associated with worse health status, underscoring importance of legislative proposal in New York to alleviate financial burden of disease

... impact of disease on patients and families, a new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that medical debt is associated with worse health status, more premature deaths and higher mortality rates. Researchers with the ACS have found that medical debt was associated with more days of poor physical and mental health, more years of life lost and higher mortality rates for all-cause and leading causes of death at the county level in the United States. The ... bills because of my cancer diagnosis. Patients should have access to the financial assistance they are eligible for so they can focus on their care and recovery without having to choose between lifesaving treatment and basic needs and without fearing debt collectors,” said Smith. ...

New study indicates medical debt associated with worse health status, underscoring importance of legislative proposals in New Jersey to alleviate financial burden of disease

... impact of disease on patients and families, a new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that medical debt is associated with worse health status, more premature deaths and higher mortality rates. Researchers with the ACS have found that medical debt was associated with more days of poor physical and mental health, more years of life lost and higher mortality rates for all-cause and leading causes of death at the county level in the United States. The ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on the Affordable Care Act & Grandfather ' Rule, Citing the Need for Disclosure, Oversight and Greater Detail on Triggers for Cessation of Grandfather Status

... DC – August 16, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network filed comments on the ‘Grandfather’ rule in the Affordable Care Act, in an effort to more clearly define which plans will be exempt from certain provisions in the new law.   As noted in an earlier ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ... Phone: (202) 661-5711 or (202) 661-5772 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]   0 ACS CAN Files Comments on the Affordable Care Act & Grandfather ' Rule, Citing the Need for Disclosure, Oversight and Greater Detail on Triggers for Cessation of Grandfather Status ...

Letter to Lawmakers regarding HCAF

Jan. 31, 2019 Dear policymaker, One in five Minnesotans[i] depend on public health care programs that are funded in part by the Health Care Access Fund. Ensuring access to quality health care is a long-held Minnesota value. We write in support of the Minnesotans who could ...

New National Cancer Poll Builds Urgency for Reform

... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released results from the only national survey that examines the state of the current health care system through the eyes of people with a history of cancer. The results show that cancer patients are not receiving accessible, affordable health care and overwhelmingly express the urgency needed to reform AmericaŠ—Ès health care system into one that better supports cancer ...

Fight Back: Make October A Month For Reform

... disease. Now is your chance to Fight Back and let your voice be heard.                     Let's make October a month of action for health care reform! Many people don’t realize it, but fighting cancer means fixing health care. Our current health care system fails millions of people, especially cancer patients. Even after beating cancer, many survivors can’t ...

A Focus on the Patient: Ensuring Quality of Life for Cancer Patients

While the merits of comprehensive health care reform legislation are debated in the halls of Congress, ACS CAN urges lawmakers to keep patients' needs top of mind. That means including measures that improve communication between health professional and patients -- ensuring that cancer patients and care givers are involved in all aspects of the decision making process ...

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