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... that provides comprehensive health coverage for certain individuals, including those with limited incomes and disabilities. The vast majority of those with Medicaid who can work already do so; nationally, 92% of individuals with Medicaid coverage under age 65 who do not receive Social Security disability benefits ... program, far short of the state’s goal of 100,000 participants in its first year. [viii] High Administrative Costs: The program has already cost nearly $26 million to implement, with 90% of funding directed toward administrative expenses, including application processing and work ...

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 ... as a result of their self-advocacy and follow-up. Seventeen percent felt they needed follow up care but did not seek it due to concerns about cost or coverage. Detailed Survey Findings: Women Twice as Likely as Men to Report Middling Ratings of Their Experiences Overall, the vast majority ...

Consumers need access to health insurance policies that cover a full range of evidence-based health care services – including prevention and primary care – necessary to maintain health, avoid disease, overcome acute ... Important to Cancer Patients? Individuals with cancer and cancer survivors have unique health care needs and require access to a wide range of products and services, including oncology services, chemotherapy, radiation, prescription drugs and hospital services.  Consumers who enroll in ... Providing coverage of essential health benefits like preventive services such as cancer screenings helps to prevent some forms of cancer and can help detect other cancers at an earlier stage when the individual has a higher likelihood of more treatment options and a better overall health ...

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 patients ’ and survivors’ experiences and perspectives, through efforts ... American Indian and Asian or Pacific Islander (44%) were far more likely to have encountered challenges accessing care.  •    The overall cost of health care was identified by over one third of cancer patients and survivors (36%) as the most important challenge to address in order to ...