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Strong Prevention Policies Will Reduce the Cancer Burden

Current federal law provides life-saving coverage of cancer prevention and early detection services and programs.  These provisions are crucial to reducing the incidence and impact of cancer in ... Required coverage of preventive services and vaccines :  Most private insurance and Medicaid expansion plans are required to cover, without cost-sharing, clinical preventive services given an ‘A’ or ‘B’ rating by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) as well as ... including cancer, costs about $190 billion in healthcare expenditures each year in the U.S. [v] The good news is that half of all cancer deaths can be prevented and the substantial cost of the treatment of advanced disease could be reduced through the use of existing evidence-based ...

Survivor Views: Cancer & Medical Debt

Overview: The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives voice to cancer patients and survivors on critical public policy issues that affect their lives.  As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... through 23, 2022, the latest survey explores cancer patients’ and survivors’ experiences and concerns with medical debt associated with the cost of cancer care. The web-based survey was conducted among 1,218 patients and survivors nationwide diagnosed with or treated for cancer in the ...

Survivor Views: Affordability, Prescription Drugs, & Pain

Overview: The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives voice to cancer patients and survivors on critical public policy issues that affect their lives.  As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... Over half of lower income earners (55%) say prescription costs are difficult to afford and one-in-five (20%) say they are very difficult. Cost is a significant factor in treatment decisions for lower income cancer patients: 15% of those with annual household income under $35,000 say ...

Navigating the Coverage Experience and Financial Challenges for Cancer Patients

... lifeline to accessing treatment. And while the ACA ushered in important consumer protections, particularly for cancer patients who require high-cost care, patients continue to face high out-of-pocket costs and hurdles to obtaining recommended treatments. Financial Navigators are hospital or health-system staff that work with cancer ... patients. While the annual limit on out-of-pocket costs provides security to patients against catastrophic costs, meeting that limit annually can take a financial toll. Even with the help of a Financial Navigator, it’s difficult to get information on what a patient can expect to pay ...

High Deductible Health Plans, Health Savings Accounts and Cancer Patients

... savings accounts (HSAs) are becoming more common in employer-sponsored insurance and the individual and small group markets.  These types of plans have risks and features must be implemented carefully so they do not harm cancer patients, survivors or those at risk for cancer. What is ... have lower premiums – the enrollee’s monthly bill – the plans have higher deductibles and enrollees often pay a much higher share of the cost for health care services.  Shopping by premium alone can result in large out-of-pocket costs in HDHPs. The IRS defines a HDHP as any plan with a deductible of at least $1,400 for an individual or ...

Survivor Views: Copay Assistance and Patient Navigation

Overview: The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives voice to cancer patients and survivors on critical public policy issues that affect their lives.  As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... populations, with over one-quarter of Black, Hispanic, and Asian cancer patients and survivors reporting they have declined treatment due to cost after finding they were unable to enroll in a copay assistance program. The most difficult tasks for cancer patients and survivors tend to be ...

Survivor Views: Preventive Care Coverage, Medical Debt, & Food Insecurity

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... v. Becerra case which could challenge the ACA requirement that most private insurance plans cover recommended preventive care services without cost sharing. Finding ways to help cancer patients stay out of medical debt and reduce the negative impacts of medical debt they have already ...

Medical Debt and Cancer

Medical debt impacts many people with cancer, their caregivers and their families. ACS CAN has long fought for public policies – like access to comprehensive and affordable health insurance coverage – that reduce the likelihood or severity of that debt. Unfortunately, many Americans remain uninsured or underinsured and even those with comprehensive coverage can still incur significant ... many indirect costs, like transportation and lodging as well as losing wages due to unpaid time off or job loss, that add to their already heavy cost burden.  In March & April of 2024, ACS CAN asked people with cancer and survivors about their experiences with medical debt through a ...

Survivor Views: Majority Less Likely to Get Recommended Screenings if Coverage is Lost

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... less likely to stay up to date with preventive care if the provision mandating 100% coverage was repealed, resulting in a patient out-of-pocket cost for these services. Fifty-three percent put the dollar amount that would present a barrier to accessing preventive services at less than $200. ...

Barriers to Patient Enrollment in Therapeutic Clinical Trials for Cancer

Download Executive Summary of Landscape Report Download Landscape Report on Barriers to Patient Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials Download Recommendations for Overcoming ... to Patient Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials Download Figures and Tables The objective of cancer research is to generate new knowledge that can be used to improve survival and quality of life for patients with cancer. Clinical trials are the key step in advancing potential new cancer ... documents and processes to ensure education and comprehension by patients of the research in which they are contemplating participation. Provide cost transparency by providing full coverage analyses on all trials to clearly articulate responsibility for all anticipated trial costs. Trial ...

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