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IOM Report a Critical First Step to Determining Meaningful Coverage for Millions of Americans

... report on essential benefits is a thorough first attempt to address the challenging and complex issue of determining a minimum standard of health coverage. The report properly identifies the weaknesses in the insurance system today and the need to balance coverage and cost as we go ... guarantees access to affordable, meaningful coverage that includes the full continuum of evidence-based prevention, treatment and follow-up care that fully addresses the needs of people with cancer and other life-threatening conditions. “While setting a premium target is a provocative attempt to rein in costs, we are concerned that in practice doing so could reduce the incentives of health insurers and providers to deliver care more efficiently to control costs and simultaneously improve outcomes. By setting a target premium ...

2018 Midterm Elections Result in Critical Public Policy Advances in the Fight Against Cancer

... officeholders at all levels of government and voted on ballot measures that will impact communities nationwide. Voters made it clear that health care was a defining issue in this election, and that they consider fighting cancer and preserving and expanding access to health care top priorities. The shift in the make-up of the House of Representatives indicates that future efforts to undermine patient protections ...

New High-Risk Pools Offer Coverage for Many Denied Previously Because of Pre-existing Conditions

... program that will offer coverage in every state for uninsured people with pre-existing conditions. The new program was created by the Affordable Care Act to offer health coverage to people with cancer and other pre-existing conditions who have been uninsured for at least six months. Details about the program ... new high-risk pool program will give at least hundreds of thousands of uninsured people with cancer and other pre-existing conditions access to health care.  For the first time, every state will be required to offer its own high-risk pool or the new federal high-risk pool, and to begin ...

Cancer Advocates Strongly Urge Congress and Administration to Permanently Close Medicaid Coverage Gap

Washington, DC – October 20, 2021 – As lawmakers deliberate which health care priorities to include in the budget reconciliation package, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is strongly urging ... adults in the 12 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid are now in the “coverage gap,” uninsured and unable to qualify for affordable health insurance. Included in the reconciliation legislation passed by the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees is a provision ...

Testimony Sent a Clear Message: It’s Time to Remove the Sunset from Montana Medicaid Expansion

... well the success of the program and the clear need for legislators to ensure that state residents have continuing access to crucial, life-saving health care. Hours of powerful testimony from countless Montanans made it clear that Medicaid is working as intended and should be maintained, the sunset ... the will of their voters and remove the sunset clause from Montana Medicaid expansion, assuring tens of thousands retain access to life-saving health care. “It was a clear and powerful message on Wednesday,” ACS CAN Montana Grassroots Manager Katharine Sutphen said. “Lives have been ...

ACS CAN Emphasizes Prevention Priorities that Will Help Reduce the Cancer Burden

... (ACS CAN) issued a letter to CDC director, Thomas Frieden, regarding investment of prevention funding in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  The letter emphasizes key areas, such as tobacco control, combating obesity and reducing disparities, where investment can maximize health and wellness and advance our progress in promoting cancer prevention and improving quality care.  The full text of the letter follows: ... obesity, increasing utilization of life-saving cancer screening tests, improving quality of cancer and survivorship care, and decreasing health disparities. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was very supportive of the substantial infusion of resources for ...

South Dakotans Want State to Cover Uninsured Through Medicaid

... Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in South Dakota want their state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid. By a 32-point margin, South Dakota voters support the decision, a move that would as allow many as 48,000 low-income South Dakotans to get lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The statewide poll, conducted by national political and public affairs research firm Public Opinion Strategies, was fielded in November 2013. South Dakota lawmakers currently face the decision of whether to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by federal health ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Joins Effort to Repeal the Cadillac Tax

Washington, D.C. (November 4, 2015) The Alliance to Fight the 40, a broad-based coalition seeking to repeal the 40 percent tax on employee health benefits, announced today that the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has joined the Alliance. With the addition of ACS CAN, a patient advocacy group committed to ensuring that cancer patients, survivors and their families have access to affordable health care, the Alliance 's ranks increase to more than 30 member organizations representing millions of affected individuals. We 're thrilled to welcome ...

ACS CAN Welcomes Cancer Survivors and Their Loved Ones to Washington

... ACS CAN's "Surviving the System" Lobby Day, each with his or her own personal story of how theyŠ—Ève fallen through the cracks of the current health insurance system. Today's Lobby Day training was was focused on empowering our cancer survivors to share these stories with their elected ... Washington with exuberance and unmatched gusto. They understand the power of advocacy and they know their voice can add authentic depth to the health care reform debate. Today marked a new page for ACS CAN. It was a touchstone of what truly makes ACS CAN a leading patient voice in the health care ...

Blunt Amendment Would Undermine Historic Focus on Prevention

... urging them to vote against an amendment to the transportation bill that would permit employers to refuse employee insurance coverage for any health benefit guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act if the employer raises a religious or moral objection to those benefits. Half of cancer deaths could be avoided with proper access to ... Roy Blunt to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act that would permit employers to refuse employee insurance coverage for any health benefit guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act if the employer raises a religious or moral objection to those benefits. Annually, seven out ...

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