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As a leading cause of death and disease in the United States (U.S), cancer takes a huge toll on the health of patients and survivors, and also has a tremendous impact on their finances. The costs of cancer do not impact all patients equally. Evidence consistently shows that certain factors – like race/ethnicity, health insurance status, income and where a person lives – impact cancer diagnosis, treatment, survival and financial hardship that people with ... and how to reduce these costs. People facing cancer and survivors who are uninsured – or don’t have health insurance – have high health care costs, poor access to care, poor cancer outcomes and experience a great amount of financial hardship. Overall, uninsured cancer survivors have ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... (R-Ala.) introduced legislation today that would improve the experience of cancer patients and their families by better coordinating their care and addressing the often debilitating symptoms of treatment.ξ The bill would put in place the building blocks necessary to make palliative ... bill would facilitate and expand federal research into palliative care; support training for nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals to effectively practice palliative care; and convene health professionals, patients, public and private payers and state and federal health officials for a national summit to develop tools and model ...