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Open Enrollment: Time for Cancer Patients and Survivors to Get Covered and Stay Covered

Fall is the season when millions of people nationwide enroll or re-enroll in health coverage through their jobs. For the next three months, people without health coverage through work or Medicare can purchase a health insurance plan by visiting HealthCare.gov . Thanks to key provisions of the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act, every state now has a website that makes it easier than ever to shop for coverage and compare health ...

South Dakota Medicaid Expansion: Impact on Tribal Nations

Wicozani: Bridging Health Care Gaps Video of wicozani_bridging_health_care_gaps   We encourage you to share our "Wicozani: Bridging Health Care Gaps" film with your friends, family, tribal members, faith groups, ...

Pandemic and Threat to Patient Protections Magnify the "Costs of Cancer"

... a cancer diagnosis is. As a leading cause of death and disease in our country, cancer already bears an enormous toll on the personal lives and health of patients and survivors as well as on our nation’s health care system. That’s before even taking into consideration the often-shocking financial burden that follows a diagnosis. The true costs of cancer ...

ACS CAN Wisconsin Volunteer Letter Published

Gallagher’s health care-related votes disappointing WRIGHTSTOWN - As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I am deeply disappointed with two of Rep. Mike Gallagher's recent votes. First, Rep. Gallagher voted for the American Health Care Act, despite having no score from the Congressional Budget Office and despite opposition from all the leading health-related nonprofit ...

Coming Soon: ACS CAN Surviving the System Lobby Day

... loved ones from across the country will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the ACS CAN "Surviving the System: Why Cancer Patients Need Health Care Reform NOW" Lobby Day. ACS CAN staff and the patients will take the message to Capitol Hill that cancer patients and survivors need health care reform now, not later, by sharing personal stories with their elected officials. Their stories personify the experiences of cancer ...

Three Years Later, Full Implementation of Critical Patient Protections Just Months Away

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2013 Three years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, people with cancer or at risk for developing the disease are just months away from a ban on pre-existing condition ... this Saturday marks the countdown to broad implementation of critical patient protections that will increase access to affordable, meaningful health care for people with cancer and other chronic diseases beginning in January 2014. Barriers to health care coverage have hindered progress in the fight to reduce death and suffering from cancer for far too long, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, ...

COVID-19: Through the Cancer Lens

ACS CAN South Carolina Health Policy Forum 2020 Pre-Registration for the 2020 South Carolina Health Policy Forum is now closed. You may register the day of the event (August 21st, 10AM ET) by clicking here . Save this event to your  ... 21, 2020 from 10am to 11:30am. The event will feature perspectives from leaders in policy, health, business and academia, and explore cancer care, prevention, and access to health care during COVID-19. We are excited to announce the following guest speakers: Moderator: Dr. Jan Eberth : ...

Opinion: Medicaid expansion is popular – and necessary

... & Review. By Philip R. O’Brien, national member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors In the Badger State, we have a proud tradition of taking care of each other when our friends and neighbors are struggling. It’s the Wisconsin way. Right now, tens of thousands of Wisconsinites are struggling to afford health care for diseases like cancer. Expanding BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, is incredibly popular. According to the latest survey ... Action Network (ACS CAN), 7 in 10 Wisconsinites want to see BadgerCare expanded and 8 in 10 want our elected officials to take action to make health care more affordable. BadgerCare is critical in the fight against cancer. Thousands of Wisconsinites depend on this program for cancer ...

The Case for Increasing Access to Medicaid

As of January 2014, states have the option to offer comprehensive health care coverage to low-income, uninsured individuals through their state Medicaid programs. However, a recent White House report found that millions of uninsured Americans continue to lack access to health care coverage because a number of state lawmakers and/or governors have chosen not to broaden access to Medicaid. These millions of ...

Patient Groups Praise Administration’s Action to Preserve Protections Against Discrimination for LGBTQ Patients

Washington, D.C.—More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are praising the Biden administration’s action to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients receiving health care services. The groups filed an amicus brief in a case against the 2020 Rule that rescinded protections for LGBTQ people and individuals ...

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