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Alternative Medicaid Financing Proposals Could Jeopardize Cancer Care; Increase States’ Medicaid Costs

... 4, 2017 —States would likely face increased costs and cancer patients and survivors could face delayed preventive, diagnostic and curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today ... enrollees.” Unlike the current system, fixed federal payments would not adjust automatically to account for increased enrollment, unexpected health emergencies or the cost of new breakthrough treatments. Instead, such financing would shift the cost to states, which would then likely ... grants and per capita caps raise serious issues about Medicaid’s ability to offer low-income Americans quality, affordable and comprehensive health care coverage, particularly for those suffering from cancer,” said Hansen. “We want governors as well as Congress to carefully consider ...

Governor Reynolds Signs Medicaid Cuts, Disastrous for 180,000 Iowans

DES MOINES, Iowa   – Today, Governor Reynolds signed a bill that threatens to repeal Medicaid expansion – putting critical health care for more than 180,000 Iowans at risk. This law will do grave harm to the health and well-being of our state. Iowa Medicaid serves as a lifeline for many workers, veterans and our rural hospitals.   Medicaid expansion, ...

Medicaid and Cancer

... in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.   If you qualify for Medicaid, you’re one cancer diagnosis from financial hardship. Medicaid is health care and cancer care for 677,000 low-income Iowans, so I can’t understand why Rep. Ashley Hinson is talking about cutting Medicaid. Our state’s cancer rates are the fastest rising, and with this crisis, health coverage is so important. I know this on a personal level as an eight-year breast cancer survivor. Diagnosed at just 39 with two young ...

Iowa cancer patients shouldn't be at risk of losing Medicaid

... about it?   Instead of adopting the policies we know will reduce cancer rates, the Iowa Legislature is trying to separate people from their health insurance. A short-sighted bill, House File  613 ,  would add work requirements to Medicaid coverage and add layers of administrative red ... between Iowans and their doctors. That’s not acceptable for the  20,460 Iowans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year . Medicaid is the health insurance that tens of thousands of Iowans depend on to detect and treat major illnesses like cancer. At the American Cancer Society Cancer ... like those in this bill, have led to thousands of people losing their Medicaid coverage. For a patient who is mid-treatment, a loss of health care coverage could seriously jeopardize their chance of survival.   Medicaid work requirements could hinder access to lifesaving preventive ...

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