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

... curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today sent a letter detailing the organization’s concerns to select governors invited to attend a Medicaid meeting led by the Senate Finance ... 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 implement restrictions to make up ...

Idaho Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action in Support of Increasing Tobacco Taxes

... advocates from across Idaho will meet virtually this week with state lawmakers for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Week of Action. During the virtual meetings, the advocates will urge their lawmakers to support a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 per pack with an equal tax increase on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Currently, Idaho has one of the lowest cigarette ...

2017 End of Session Report

Volunteers from across the state attended our 2017 ACS CAN Day at the Capitol on January 30th. As a result, we saw easy passage of the Idaho Med-Synchronization Rule , which allows Idahoans to ... Fund for the American Cancer Society to provide public outreach about cancer screening services in rural parts of our state at low to no cost. ACS CAN supported a coalition that landed a key hearing on a proposal to increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, which ...

Lawmakers Roll Out Yet Another Bill Designed to Take Health Care from Tens of Thousands of Hard-working Idahoans

BOISE, Idaho – – A bill that would serve to strip health care from thousands of hard-working Idahoans will be heard by the Health & Welfare Committee of the Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 345 would ... their treatment plans and keep others from potentially life-saving screenings and regular visits with their health care providers.  Idaho ACS CAN advocates urge lawmakers to adhere to the will of the voters and the hundreds who have testified previously against similar legislation.   ... sources and requiring more frequent paperwork from enrollees just adds to government red tape and confusion for Medicaid enrollees.  From a cost-benefit perspective, this all adds to the staffing and infrastructure burdens of the Department of Health and Welfare with no clear benefit to ...

ACS CAN Testimony: Cancer patients need better access to all chemo options

This week ACS CAN participated in a chemotherapy informational hearing at the State Capitol on the unequal cost cancer patients incur for oral (pill and liquid) ... state-based health care plans.   As targeted oral chemotherapy advances, it is apparent that the most effective or, in some cases, only form of treatment will also come with an increased price tag. State Director, Luke Cavener, shared that ACS CAN is committed to finding a solution so ...

Brazen Disregard for the Will of Idahoans: Senate Passes Damaging Legislation That Will Strip Health Care From Thousands

BOISE, Idaho –– The Idaho Senate today ignored the clear will of its constituents and passed House Bill 345, which would strip health care from thousands of hard-working Idahoans and make significant, damaging changes to voter-initiated Medicaid expansion.   Policies like work-reporting ... HB 345 limits the period for public input and is another example of legislators serving entities beyond Idaho over Idahoans. Advocates of ACS CAN urge Gov. Brad Little to make right what the legislature got wrong, hear the overwhelming voices of Idahoans in opposition to Medicaid cuts, ...

Oral Chemotherapy Fairness

Currently in Idaho, all state regulated (not self-funded) health plans currently impose a disproportionate cost-share between traditional (intravenous) chemotherapies and oral based chemotherapies. The dramatic cost associated with oral chemotherapies often prohibits patients from receiving treatment or following the course of treatment prescribed by their physician. Traditional chemotherapies are typically covered under an insurance plan’s medical or major medical ... In Idaho, for specialty medications, 74 of 74 silver plans use coinsurance and the average coinsurance for these medications is 33%. This can mean thousands of dollars per prescription per month. States that have enacted chemotherapy fairness laws have ensured that cancer patients ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Legislature to Make Cancer Top Priority

... building today to ask lawmakers to prioritize legislation to fight cancer during the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Action Day. Specifically, the group pushed to regulate e-cigarettes and improve access to oral chemotherapy medications.  Volunteers ... retailers are not. This bill would require e-cigarette retailers to be licensed and follow the same training and licensing requirements of other tobacco retailers. Classifying e-cigarettes as a tobacco product is an important step in getting a handle on the youth tobacco epidemic. ... “We want legislation that would make oral chemotherapy cancer drugs more accessible for patients to take in the comfort of their own homes and cost the same as traditional chemotherapy.” “In our state there will be an estimated 8,500 new cancer cases this year, and many cancers can be ...

Devastating Medicaid Repeal Bill is Killed After Overwhelming Opposition

BOISE, Idaho –– The threat of Medicaid expansion repeal and to Idahoans’ access to health care that was House Bill 138 ended Tuesday morning when HB 328 was introduced as ... voted to initiate Medicaid expansion, business leaders, economists, health care providers, professionals and advocates from across the spectrum of disciplines, including cancer care, children’s and mental health. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is grateful that lawmakers heard those voices and decided to end what was a clear effort at Medicaid expansion repeal. ACS CAN hopes lawmakers also hear that, despite the removal of the repeal trigger language, HB 328 introduces new red tape and barriers for Medicaid ...

Idaho Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Save Lives and Money

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho didn’t measure up to any of the policy recommendations in the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. One critical area where voters have ...

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