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ACS CAN: New Proposed Rule for Many Private Health Insurance Plans Would Have Life-Threatening Consequences for Cancer Patients and Survivors
Washington, D.C. - This week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing several policies in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule for plan year 2027. In the letter, ACS CAN outlines how policies in the NBPP would weaken ...
Majority of voters support protecting health coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions
A majority of voters from across the political spectrum believe every American deserves access to quality, affordable health coverage, regardless of their health status or pre-existing condition, according to a new ACS CAN poll. Nearly 7 in 10 voters said that patients with pre-existing conditions should not be charged more for their health care coverage and ...
Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors Travel to D.C. Urging Congress to Make Cancer a National Priority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 18, 2023 – As Congress works to determine 2024 priorities before the budget deadline at the end of the month, nearly 700 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, and nearly ... make clear to members of Congress that cancer must be a national priority. As part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) annual Leadership Summit and Lobby Day, advocates will urge lawmakers to increase funding for cancer research and prevention, support ... as prostate cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death for Black men,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “We know added cost is a significant obstacle in determining whether an individual is able to remain up to date on their recommended cancer screenings. The PSA ...
House Advances Problematic Public Health Provisions as Part of Debt Limit Proposal Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2023 – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives, in a 217-215 vote, passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act, advancing provisions that would greatly restrict access to affordable care and risk progress in the fight against cancer. Just this week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to House leadership detailing their concerns on provisions in the Act and the adverse impact they would have on individuals’ ... treat and survive cancer. The following is a statement from ACS CAN President Lisa Lacasse: “We’re disappointed by the House passage of a proposal that includes harmful public health policies that would roll back our nation’s progress in the fight against cancer in an aim to ...
Cancer Advocates Express Concern on Effectiveness of March-In Authority to Lower Drug Pricing and Potential Threats to Innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 12, 2023 – The National Institutes of Standards and Technology proposed new guidance late last week that seeks to expand conditions under which federal government agencies can apply march-in rights, a provision of the 1980 Bayh-Doyle Act, to include consideration for pricing of pharmaceutical drugs. A statement on behalf of Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO ...
ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Need to Preserve Critical Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Health Care Law
... 29, 2019—Preserving critical protections for cancer patients, survivors and all those with pre-existing medical conditions will be the focus of a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday. Committee members will hear testimony from Keysha Brooks-Coley, vice president for federal advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), along with that of other health policy experts and patients. Brooks-Coley will share with the committee how the patient protections included in the Affordable Care ...
7 Reasons Why Lights of Hope Matters to our Volunteers
By: Priyanka Konanur Photos courtesy of Hyacinth Burrowes, Paul Adam and Elisabeth Drabkin Lights of Hope is the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s signature fundraising event dedicated to honoring those who have been touched by ... y has battled cancer. When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, you start to see the limitations of treatment, insurance and legislation. ACS CAN fights to make the n ecessary changes a priority a nd I couldn't be happier to support this cause.” –Hyacinth Burrowes, Florida As the ...
Partnership with the Gates Scholarship Program teaches students how to become ACS CAN advocates
Chau Dang had just graduated with a master’s in physics from the University of Oklahoma, but, even with her advanced degree, she was struggling back at home in Seattle to find a job. Chau had attended college and ... Scholarship, an academic scholarship program founded by Bill and Melinda Gates that offers minority students a full-ride to the school of their choice. But after graduating, Chau realized the program didn’t have a good alumni network that could help mentor and support current and ... Chau and her fellow Gates alumni realized that the best fit for Gates students would be the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and cancer advocacy. Cancer disproportionately affects minority communities, yet so often the policymakers in Washington, DC and in state ...
Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority
... survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will be on Capitol Hill this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is hosting its annual Leadership Summit and Lobby Day to urge lawmakers to increase funding for cancer research and prevention programs, advance legislation that supports patients’ quality of life, ensure lifesaving colon cancer screenings are affordable for seniors and reduce tobacco use by restricting flavored tobacco products to ...
ACS CAN Letter: Proposed Changes to Medicare Drug Coverage Could Delay Cancer Patients’ Access to Treatment
Washington, D.C.—Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) detailing ways in which proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six ... are rarely interchangeable. In addition, cancer patients frequently suffer from other serious medical conditions further narrowing the number of potential appropriate drug therapies. Imposing step therapy on these patients, the letter states, “can lead to patients not filling their ... Additionally, the letter raises alarm about patient access to the latest therapies should plans be allowed to exclude new formulations of drugs, as well as what recourse patients would have if plans eliminate certain drugs because a manufacturer increases the drug’s price above ...