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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirements

Washington, D.C.,—Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled unanimously that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should not have approved work requirements and other barriers to eligibility for Medicaid as part of a request from ... said HHS did not adequately consider how the proposed Medicaid work rules and other eligibility changes would affect residents’ access to health care, as required under federal law, and approval of such requirements was ‘arbitrary and capricious.’    A statement from Keysha ...

Wyoming Must Pass Medicaid Expansion

... expansion to protect Wyoming’s critical agriculture economy. Expanding access to Medicaid will protect both the physical and financial health of hardworking Wyoming families.      More than 3,170 Wyoming residents will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Access to health insurance is critical to prevent and catch cancer early when it is easier and less costly to treat. Too many Wyoming residents can’t access the care they need.      Dr. Symington treats many uninsured cancer patients in rural Wyoming. Expanding Medicaid will help prevent cancer or detect ...

ACS CAN Praises Administration’s Action to Expand Protections Against Discrimination for Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Monday the Health and Human Services Department released a proposed rule expanding nondiscrimination protections for patients using federally funded health programs. The rule also requires anti-discrimination training and reinstates translational services for people with limited English ... are pleased to see the administration move forward to provide critical anti-discrimination protections put in place as part of the Affordable Care Act. “The LGBTQ+ community already faces significant health disparities and LGBTQ+ people with cancer are more likely to have ...

2024 California Legislative Priorities

... requires bold public policy solutions that promote cancer prevention, increase early detection of cancer, expand access to quality, affordable health care, reduce disparities and advance health equity. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Californians touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating ...

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