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North Carolina could be the next state to expand access to quality, affordable health care

... incentives. If passed, this bill would expand quality, affordable coverage to more than 600,000 North Carolinians, many with serious and chronic health conditions. Expanding Medicaid would also enable people to receive critical cancer screenings, allowing more people to detect their cancer ... year alone, more than 65,320 North Carolinians will be diagnosed with cancer. Expanding access to Medicaid would ease the financial burden that health care costs place on many of these individuals, allowing them to focus on treatment. When every day matters in the fight against cancer, delaying ...

Patients with Serious Illnesses Will Face Greater Barriers to Health Care Under Proposed Administration Guidance

... The administration released guidance today to give states expanded authority to offer less comprehensive plans to individuals who purchase their health insurance coverage through the individual market. A statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: “On ... who are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in America this year, ACS CAN shares the administration’s goal of achieving affordable health coverage; however that affordability cannot come at the cost of adequate coverage. “The intent of the law was to guarantee individuals had ... significantly more because of their health history. The guidance offered promotes plans that do not provide the kind of comprehensive health care coverage most Americans need and will once again permit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions like cancer.  “Allowing states to ...

Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits

Enhanced health insurance tax credits help make cancer care affordable for countless patients. Sign the petition now, and tell Congress to keep healthcare coverage affordable. 0 Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits ...

Nation’s Top Patient, Health Care Provider, and Insurer Groups Push to Extend ACA Premium Tax Credit

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The nation’s leading organizations from across the health care spectrum are calling on Congress to extend the expanded Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care premium tax credits. The groups, which include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, AARP, American Heart Association, ...

ACS CAN Submits Testimony on Policies to Reduce Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Care

... Network (ACS CAN) submitted testimony today to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the topic of racial and ethnic disparities in the health care system that often result in an unequal cancer burden. The hearing is focused on disparities in the overall health care system, as well as those around COVID-19. ACS CAN works on evidence-based public policies at all levels of government that seek to ...

House Committee Votes on Policies to Improve Health Care Affordability and Availability for Millions of Americans

... D.C.— The House Energy and Commerce Committee will vote today on legislation that would greatly improve the availability and affordability of health care for millions of Americans. The legislation—part of the broader budget reconciliation package before Congress—would create a means for low-income people living in states that have not expanded Medicaid to access affordable health care; make permanent increased subsidies now available to help people afford comprehensive health coverage on the exchange; and would cap ...

Survey: Coronavirus Health Care Delays and Anxiety Persist for Cancer Patients and Survivors Months Into Pandemic

Washington, D.C.—Cancer patients and survivors continue to experience potentially serious coronavirus-related health care delays and high levels of anxiety associated with the ongoing pandemic. An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) survey ... cancer outcomes for years to come.” The survey also found 45% of respondents are worried if COVID-19 cases continue to rise the effect on the health care system will make it harder for them to access their cancer care. Already more than two-thirds of Americans report that their scheduled ...

Health Care Changes Could Leave Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors Unable to Access Meaningful Coverage

Washington, D.C.—An executive order issued today allows for the expansion of association health plans and changes the rules governing the length and renewability of short-term catastrophic insurance plans. A statement from Chris Hansen, ... the ability of millions of cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for the disease from being able to access or afford meaningful health insurance. Exempting an entire set of health plans from covering essential health benefits like prescription drugs or specialty care and allowing expansion and renewability of bare-bones short-term plans will split the insurance market. If younger and healthier people leave ...

Improving the Nation’s Health Care System Should Be Top Priority in State of the Union Address

... will tune into the president’s State of the Union address tonight, watching to see if the president will commit to improving the nation’s health care system by preserving access to comprehensive and affordable health care coverage, including addressing the issue of surprise bills and affordability of prescription drugs, as well as investing in life-saving ...

Voters Deliver Clear Message on Health Care, 300,000 More Americans to Gain Access to Medicaid

... voters from Florida to Idaho made it clear: fighting cancer is a top priority for the American people. By passing measures to increase access to health coverage through Medicaid, reduce the deadly toll of tobacco products, and preserve local governments’ ability to implement policies that ... cancer’s burden and building a healthier future for our families. “In Idaho, Nebraska and Utah, voters secured a historic victory for the health and wellbeing of their communities by passing ballot measures to increase access to Medicaid. These measures will extend quality health care coverage to 300,000 hard-working people in every corner of Idaho, Nebraska and Utah. One in two men and one in two women will be diagnosed ...

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