Site Search
Search Results
One Year Later: Test Your Knowledge of the Affordable Care Act
One year ago the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. Many provisions have begun to take affect and are already helping cancer patients and their loved ones. This week we launched a new tool to help you better understand how the law impacts you. Think you already know all there is to know about the health care reform law? Take our Affordable Care Act quiz and test your knowledge. Leave a comment and let us know how you did. We invite you to share the ...
Nation’s Leading Public Health Groups Applaud SCOTUS Ruling Protecting Civil Rights for Individuals with Medicaid Coverage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 8, 2023 – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a decision in the case of Health and Hospital Corportation of Marion County v. Talevski siding with the plaintiff and ruling that individuals could enforce their civil ... of diseases and treatment for those diagnosed. The groups filed an amicus brief in September urging SCOTUS to protect access to quality health care for individuals with Medicaid coverage and providing scientific data showing the importance of Medicaid to early detection and ...
Passage of the Budget Bill Will Terminate Health Coverage for Millions, Including Cancer Patients and Survivors
... just passed a budget bill by a vote of 218 to 214 that contains the most devastating cuts to Medicaid in history and changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace that will make it more difficult and expensive to obtain and keep health insurance coverage. This reconciliation bill, which will soon be signed into law, is projected to cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid ... deep disappointment and urging Congress to extend the enhanced ACA tax credits: “Despite countless warnings that this bill will rip health coverage away from nearly 12 million people, including cancer patients and survivors, a majority in Congress voted for this unprecedented ...
Patient Groups Urge District Court to Uphold Expansion of Critical Access to Affordable Health Insurance for DACA Recipients
Washington, D.C. – October 2, 2024 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious diseases and health conditions filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief strongly urging the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota to ... injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States of America . The brief maintains that the final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanding insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients aligns with Congress’s intent in passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) because it will improve patient outcomes and public health, and reduces uncompensated care costs by decreasing the number of ...
New Poll: 8 in 10 Voters say Access to Affordable, Comprehensive Health Coverage is a Vote-Determining Factor
... Action Network (ACS CAN) showed that inflation and the cost of living was the most important issue on voters’ minds with the affordability of health insurance being the top health care issue. A majority of voters said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supported policies requiring health plans to cover ...
District Court Decision Temporarily Blocks Critical Access to Affordable Health Insurance for DACA Recipients in 19 States
... a preliminary injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States. This decision temporarily blocks the Final Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which expands insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in 19 ... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and other patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious diseases and health conditions filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in October urging the Court to deny a motion for a stay. The groups argued that the Final Rule aligns with Congress’s intent in passing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because it will improve patient outcomes and public health and reduce uncompensated care costs by decreasing the number of uninsured ...
Why an Influential Oklahoma Lawmaker is Championing Palliative Care in His State
... so grateful he chose to lead an effort to help improve the quality of life for cancer patients and people with chronic conditions. Palliative care will "help people in chronic conditions have a better quality of life," Ownby said in a recent interview. His bill directs a key state health council to "to identify ways to improve the quality and delivery of palliative care, according to a state summary of the bill. Thanks to his efforts, the bill passed unanimously in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, ...
National Film Premiere Offers Look into Life Inside the Health Insurance Coverage Gap, Highlights Urgency Behind Expanding Medicaid
... Washington, D.C. The film and the panel of storytellers and policy experts that followed the screening highlighted the urgent need to close the health insurance coverage gap in the 10 states that have yet to expand Medicaid. The film, directed by Chicago-based independent filmmaker Ashley O’Shay, offers a unique view into the health insurance coverage gap by following three Black Americans facing each day without access to the health care they need. Their voices, along with the voices of experts in the film, speak powerfully to the history of racial bias and discriminatory ...
District Court Ruling Upholding Short-Term Health Insurance Rule Could Make Comprehensive Coverage Unaffordable; Leave Many Uncovered
Washington, D.C., July 19, 2019 — Patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious health conditions are voicing concern about access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage after U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon today upheld an administration rule expanding access to short-term limited-duration ... the individual insurance market, which has provided millions of previously uninsured people with access to quality coverage since the health care law went into effect. People with serious illnesses need comprehensive coverage, but the availability of short-term plans could result in ...
North Carolina Lawmakers Further Delay Access to Care for 600,000 Constituents
... meaning that 600,000 hard-working, would-be eligible North Carolinians are forced to wait even longer for a chance at affordable access to care. To date, 38 states and the District of Columbia have taken the lifesaving action of increasing access to their Medicaid programs. North ... issue thus far is profoundly disappointing for many patients with cancer and their families in North Carolina as they struggle with access to care. Moreover, if access is not expanded, the cancer disparities that disproportionally affect Black, Latino, and rural communities in the state ... who will be diagnosed with cancer, to work with North Carolina policymakers to expand Medicaid for those hard-working North Carolinians in the health care coverage gap and whose lives stand to markedly improve.” ### 0 North Carolina Lawmakers Further Delay Access to Care ...
Type
Priority Issue
State
- (-) Remove National filter National
- Georgia (2) Apply Georgia filter
- Minnesota (2) Apply Minnesota filter
- New Jersey (2) Apply New Jersey filter
- North Dakota (2) Apply North Dakota filter
- Tennessee (2) Apply Tennessee filter
- California (1) Apply California filter
- Kentucky (1) Apply Kentucky filter
- Mississippi (1) Apply Mississippi filter
- North Carolina (1) Apply North Carolina filter
- Oklahoma (1) Apply Oklahoma filter