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ACS CAN Urges Governor Herbert to Voice Concerns About Impact of AHCA on State Cancer Burden Ahead of Discussions with Senate Leadership

Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled ...

ACS CAN Urges Governor Sandoval to Voice Concerns About Impact of AHCA on State Cancer Burden Ahead of Discussions with Senate Leadership

Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled ...

Rejecting Special Enrollment Period Puts Americans at Increased Risk of COVID-19

... D.C.—According to media reports, the administration has indicated it will not create a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, to allow uninsured Americans to enroll in health coverage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... “We would strongly urge the administration to reconsider this reported decision and allow uninsured Americans the opportunity to obtain health coverage through a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act during this rapidly accelerating pandemic. “Access to timely ...

Senate Doubles Down on Life-Threatening Budget Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released today its sections of the budget reconciliation bill, covering the tax and health care portions of the bill that passed the House last month. The Senate bill doubles down on the House version which, according to the nonpartisan ... Office (CBO), would result in $793 billion cuts to Medicaid and cause nearly 11 million people to become uninsured with no other affordable health insurance options. No one is safe from the harms that this bill will cause, not even cancer patients.  Like the House bill, the Senate ...

Medicaid expansion will prove extremely valuable in the fight against cancer

... The Tar Heel State should feel a sense of pride and relief for the nearly 600,000 North Carolinians who are now eligible for affordable health insurance through Medicaid. We at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) are thrilled to see this decade-long fight culminate in the exciting rollout of Medicaid expansion. Now, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians can access affordable health insurance, including preventive, lifesaving care, which is critical to our mission at ACS CAN. In fact, we know having health coverage is a top indicator of a patient’s chances of surviving ...

Patient advocacy organizations oppose bill that threatens to repeal Iowa Medicaid expansion

Our organizations represent thousands of patients and their families facing serious health conditions and are committed to ensuring they have adequate, affordable, and accessible health care coverage at every stage of life. We are deeply concerned by HSB248/SF363. This proposal threatens to repeal Medicaid expansion – putting ...

Ambassadors Meet with Congressman John Tierney

... Belkin, and Society staffer Katie King met with Congressman John Tierney to present him with almost 1,000 “Linking Together for Health Care” bracelets signed by Massachusetts residents from through out the 6th Congressional District calling for national health care reform.  The volunteers discussed the need to provide all Americans with access to quality, affordable health care to better prevent ...

American Cancer Society Enhances Washington Office

... FDA regulation of tobacco products and federal tobacco excise tax. Haifley will also be responsible for federal outreach on nutrition, physical health and wellness issues. Haifley, formerly the deputy director of public policy for the People for the American Way, has 14 years of D.C.-based ... Way, Haifley served as deputy director of government relations at the Children’s Defense Fund where he focused on federal budget, tax and health policy and was also responsible for developing and overseeing the Fund’s federal health policy agenda. Haifley holds a Juris Doctor from ... In her tenure at the Society and now with ACS CAN, she has helped advocate for passage and reauthorization of bills to reduce health care disparities in the Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005 and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early ...

Cancer Patients Urge House Passage of Stimulus Package

... passage out of both the Senate Appropriations and Finance Committees yesterday. The legislation contains a significant funding boost for public health measures that improve access to care, prevention and wellness programs, community health organizations, National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and health information technology.  The following is a statement on the ...

Legislation Introduced Would Improve PatientsŠ—' Quality of Life

... two bills were introduced yesterday in the U.S. Congress that aim to reduce suffering and improve the quality of life of patients undergoing care for serious illnesses such as cancer by expanding access to palliative care. What is palliative care? It's a growing field of specialized ... treatment options and gives patients and their families a voice in determining their treatment and care. Palliative care is a big change in health care delivery, and it works in favor of the patient. Yet, thousands of patients who are suffering from the side effects of treatment for ... care training offered in the nation's medical schools by creating new incentives for the training and development of interdisciplinary health professionals in palliative care. Additionally, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) introduced the Patient ...

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