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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 ...

ACS CAN Announces Support for Senate Health Care Reform Bill

After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the U.S. Senate has begun a series of critical votes on health care reform legislation that should lead ... the bill.   In a letter to Senate leaders and communications to the news media, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) strongly opposed the filibuster and urged senators to approve the bill, which includes several strong provisions that would significantly ... to emphasize prevention;       Guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions;       Reducing the cost burden on families;       Covering routine health costs for those who enroll in clinical trials; and       Emphasizing patients’ ...

U.S. Senate Passes Health Care Reform Legislation

... to affordable, quality care and significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families.   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) worked with lawmakers from both parties to ensure the bill meets the needs of people with cancer by:   •         Elevating the ... prevention; •         Guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions; •         Reducing the cost burden on families; •         Covering routine health costs for those who enroll in clinical trials; and •         ...

1-08-10 This Week in Health Care Reform

As you know (and as many of you no doubt watched on C-SPAN despite the early hour), cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones came one step closer to a remedy for our ... by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions; reducing the cost burden on families; eliminating lifetime coverage limits; covering routine health costs for those who enroll in clinical trials; and emphasizing patients’ quality of life. Earlier in December, ACS CAN raised concerns about the negative impact of annual benefit limits on many cancer patients, and those concerns were heard by the Senate and the ...

ACS Advocates Lobby for Health Care Reform

Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Health Care Now, Not Later More than 400 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district united on Tuesday to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform. ACS CAN hosted its annual leadership summit and lobby day this week in Washington, D.C. to urge lawmakers to focus on patients, not politics, by ...

U.S. House Passes Health Care Reform Legislation!

In two historic votes, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that meaningfully improve the health care system for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Although the bill is not perfect, it meets the reform priorities of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) specifically to:   1.         Increase the emphasis on disease prevention , such as by reducing or eliminating out-of-pocket costs for ...

U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

... care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) is working with lawmakers from both parties to ensure that the bill takes important steps to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits , reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age .   As the leading voice of patients in the ...

Important Message From John Seffrin

... to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our broken health care system for cancer patients and their families is entering its ... clear in recent days that it wants Congress to move forward with a final effort to pass health care reform legislation.   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) has been working with lawmakers from both parties to produce legislation that   1.    Increases the emphasis on disease prevention , such ...

New NIH Funding for Cancer Research

... September 30, 2009 – “President Obama today announced $5 billion in medical research grants that are critically important to the discovery of new and more effective treatments and prevention measures for life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer. The grants, part of the American ... not only creating jobs and stimulating local economies, but also furthering important medical research.   “Cancer and other chronic diseases cost our economy $1 trillion a year in lost workdays and lower employee productivity.   Investing in medical research has a dual benefit of ... and dying from the disease. If our nation makes the necessary investment in medical research, prevention, early detection and treatment, we can defeat cancer once and for all. The grants announced today are another step forward in that investment in medical research, yet there is still ...

9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m proud to say – after watching the President’s remarks – that ...

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