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... thatξACS CANξfought hard to see included. Cancer related provisions of the Omnibus include: $30.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an increase of $938 million, or 3.2 percent $4.96 billion of the NIH funding will go toward the National Cancer Institute, a $133 ... community-based program for colorectal cancer screening and treatment $4 million for the federal Patient Navigator Program run by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, an initiative ACS CAN has long championed to place trained "navigators" in health facilities to assess patient and community needs, and guide patients through the health care system Cancer Research Funding Passes Congress ...

... D.C. –  The administration released its FY20 budget today including a $4.7 billion cut for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including a nearly $900 million cut for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The budget also reduces funding by $34.5 million for ... use. However, FDA’s urgent regulatory work to address this crisis should not be dependent on the assessment of this fee.   Access to Care “Capping out-of-pocket prescription costs for seniors on Medicare Part D and allowing some low-income enrollees to be spared cost-sharing on ... their care. “However, transforming Medicaid funding into a block grant would likely leave millions of Americans unable to access critical health services. Medicaid serves as an essential safety-net for more than 2.3 million Americans with a history of cancer, including one-third of ...

... the U.S. House is poised to pass an FY 2020 spending bill that includes a $2 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including a $300 million funding boost for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The bill also increases funding for cancer programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and allocates an additional $40 million for the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), which provides funding for programs that help prevent youth from starting to use tobacco and helps adult tobacco users to quit. A ... expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year.” Access “Research alone cannot reduce the cancer burden if Americans are unable to get the care they need due to unaffordable or inadequate health coverage. We’re pleased the appropriations bill includes language to reverse the ...

... vote today on a bill intended to bring down patient prescription drug costs. Several of the bill’s numerous provisions are important to cancer care, including establishing an annual cap on Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket expenses, allowing some Medicare beneficiaries to spread out ... A portion of the bill’s estimated savings would be directed to increasing federal investment in medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and extending funding for the Cancer Moonshot Initiative at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The following is a statement from ... a cancer drug in 2017 hit the catastrophic cap in just the first two months of the year, according to research done for ACS CAN by Avalere Health. Rather than requiring full payment upfront, we support allowing those patients with high-cost drugs to space out their prescription drug ...