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Improving quality of life for cancer patients

Cancer Patients Need Access to Palliative Care   Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses.  It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregivers. The team works with the patient to control pain and other ... so the patient can choose what is best. ACS CAN successfully advocated in 2017 for legislation that would require the Virginia Department of Health to include resources on its website that will make information about available palliative care services easily accessible to patients and ...

This is what makes a plan affordable

You're hearing a lot of talk about making health care AFFORDABLE. So, what does "affordable" really mean? ACS CAN has outlined five key tenets to determine if legislation would make health care affordable for all Americans.ξ Legislation should include: oξξξ Caps on patientsŠ—È out of pocket expenses oξξξ ...

Executive Order on Pre-Existing Condition Protections Unlikely to Help Cancer Patients and Survivors

Washington, D.C.—As part of a broader health care package the administration issued an executive order today to preserve health coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions should the Supreme Court invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A statement ...

Patient Advocates Call for Action as 2025 Session Ends

... (AHA), the American Lung Association and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) have released the following joint statement on the future of health care coverage legislation: “For the first time, a bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers proposed a bill to expand Medicaid this session. We look forward to continuing working with them to solve the health care coverage crisis in Georgia. More than 400,000 Georgians fall into the coverage gap, meaning they make too much money to qualify for ...

Featured Op-Ed: Access to insurance, patient protections is matter of life and death

... tissue sarcoma, leaving me with 20-plus tumors in my lungs requiring frequent CT scans to monitor growth. Against all odds, I’ve survived and health coverage is my lifeline. Without health insurance, I don’t know how I would pay for the medical care needed to monitor my cancer and manage ongoing health complications. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, cancer survivors like myself cannot be ...

What is your state doing to improve patient quality of life?

Treating cancer involves more than just treating the patient’s disease. Patients also need palliative care, a medical specialty that can provide cancer patients and survivors with an added layer of support and an improved quality of life. Patients ... Studies show that when palliative care is used to proactively address the many side effects of cancer, patients are most satisfied and health care costs go down. For patients to benefit from palliative care, they and their families need to be aware of the services and be able to access them from their health care provider. ACS CAN has created model state legislation that establishes a Palliative Care Advisory Council made up of state experts to ...

Lt Governor Brown recognized at press event

On June 7 in Annapolis, the Health Care For All Coalition, which the American Cancer Society is a participating member of, recognized Lt. Governor Brown as Maryland's Public Health Hero.  Over the years, beginning when he was in the House of Delegates, Lt. Governor Brown has been one of the key leaders making our ...

New Healthcare Ads Begin

Today marks the launch of ACS CA's multi-media health care reform advertising campaign using Congress to address the gaping holes in our nation's health care system and enact meaningful reform. Full page color advertising is running in prominent Capitol Hill publications today and will be ...

Go Iris!

"As a cancer patient, I know that our nation's current health care system is broken and does not work for many people with cancer." That's how Iris Tolley, ACS CAN's lead volunteer in Utah, started her op-ed ... in the Salt Lake Tribune. "We cannot reduce death and suffering from cancer if the country does not improve access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans," says Iris. Read her editorial. It could help you in effectively communicating the importance of health care reform ...

Fail First and Patient Safety

Fail First prevents patients from accessing the treatment prescribed by their health care provider by making them first try and fail on one or more alternative drugs. Fail First can make patients sicker by delaying access to the most effective treatment. The time spent on trying and failing one or more medications can lead to disease progression and increase health care costs. This bill would ensure Fail First protocols are based on clinical guidelines and provide for a transparent exceptions and ...

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