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ACS CAN volunteer invited to attend the State of the Union address

... 17-year breast cancer survivor. She is attending the president’s State of the Union to highlight the importance of patient protections in the health care law.  “It is a tremendous honor to be invited to attend the State of the Union address and to be able to use my voice to advocate for the quality, affordable health care that cancer patients and survivors need,” said Jacqueline. Jacqueline has been fortunate to receive health insurance through her ...

Patient Groups Urge U.S. Court of Appeals to Prevent Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 3, 2023 — More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) patients receiving health care services in the case of  Neese vs. Becerra . The groups filed an amicus brief  in which they make clear that LGBTQ+ patients already ...

Medicaid Expansion: Improving Access to Coverage, Detecting Cancers, Early, Saving More Lives.

The Show-Me-State has an opportunity to provide nearly 260,000 working, low-income Missourians a path to affordable health care coverage. Right now, the Missouri General Assembly can take action to accept billions of dollars of federal money to assure that more hard-working Missouri families have access to affordable health care Coverage, including quality cancer care, through our Medicaid program. Learn More The federal government will pay 100% of the costs in ...

Great Minds Thinking Alike

Yesterday was an incredible day at ACS CAN Š—– we held our first-ever National Forum on the Future of Health Care and it was a huge success! The conference focused on how to ensure that people living with cancer and other chronic diseases have access to quality health care. ItŠ—'s a discussion that has grown in intensity since implementation of the Affordable Care Act began, and our forum brought ...

We won't stop fighting for cancer patients and survivors

Over the next 90 days, ACS CAN will be: Launching a campaign to make health care a top issue in this year’s elections Developing a state-by-state strategy to leverage state laws to improve access to health care Advocating for the federal government to protect access to quality, affordable health care Become an ACS CAN member or make an ...

COVID-19 Pandemic Ongoing Impact on the Cancer Community: May 2020

... (ACS CAN) deployed a survey in late March that found many challenges to cancer patients and survivors , including delays and cancellations of health care services, economic challenges affecting their ability to pay for care, and concerns about their future ability to access and afford the care ... and coordination with partner organizations who serve the cancer community. In addition, we reached out to a small sample of caregivers and health care providers working with cancer patients and survivors to understand how the pandemic is affecting them as members of the cancer ...

Don't Let South Dakotans Fall Through the Cracks - Vote NO on Amendment F

Protect Medicaid Expansion Thousands of South Dakotans are at Risk of Losing Health Care Coverage   Video of hope_in_the_heartland_closing_the_health_care_gap   In 2022, South Dakotans voted to expand access to affordable, quality health care. Since then, nearly 25,000 hard-working South ...

House Vote to Repeal New Patient Protections Disappointing for Families Impacted by Cancer

... President WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 19, 2011 – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, a law that includes important patient protections that are improving access to quality, affordable care for people with cancer and their ... the law without a meaningful alternative would bring back pre-existing condition exclusions, annual and lifetime benefit limits, rescissions of health coverage following a diagnosis and other vestiges of a health system that failed to provide adequate, affordable health care to millions of cancer patients and survivors. “The Affordable Care Act ...

Empowering patient voices through voter registration

While roughly 83% of adults in the United States will visit a health care provider in the next year, an estimated 80% of health outcomes are determined beyond clinic walls. This includes health outcomes like cancer mortality rates due to social determinants of health ...

Governor’s Call to Roll Back Medicaid Expansion Puts 250,000 Oklahomans at Risk

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  - Gov. Kevin Stitt’s remarks requesting that the legislature pursue a roll back of Medicaid expansion threaten critical health care access for more than 250,000 Oklahomans. Medicaid expansion provides access to essential health care services like cancer screenings and preventive care. Substantively changing the program would add barriers to care for thousands of ...

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