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... in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.   If you qualify for Medicaid, you’re one cancer diagnosis from financial hardship. Medicaid is health care and cancer care for 677,000 low-income Iowans, so I can’t understand why Rep. Ashley Hinson is talking about cutting Medicaid. Our state’s cancer rates are the fastest rising, and with this crisis, health coverage is so important. I know this on a personal level as an eight-year breast cancer survivor. Diagnosed at just 39 with two young ...

... (94%) but was also very strong among Independents (88%) and Republicans (75%). “Clearly voters understand the importance of affordable health coverage and want their lawmakers to respect their choice,” said David W. Benson, senior state and local campaigns manager at ACS CAN. ... “Support for this change is strong across political parties, but more important than the policy’s popularity is its effect on people’s health. American Cancer Society research shows that uninsured Americans are less likely to get screened for cancer and thus are more likely to have their cancer diagnosed late when survival is less likely and the cost of care more expensive. Medicaid expansion would help more people get and keep the kind of affordable comprehensive coverage that could save their ...

... changer, wherein all boats rise through enhancing access to oncology navigation services. Patient navigation increases understanding of cancer care plans, improves patient outcomes, reduces unnecessary treatment cost, and increases patient satisfaction,” said Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of ... cancer and other serious illnesses. ACS CAN applauds CMS for recognizing this need and working toward addressing it.” Successful navigation of health care barriers for patients undergoing cancer treatment involves the deployment of skills and care plans unique to other diseases like heart ... developed navigation training curricula, and united organizations through the American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable .  To help health systems maximize the use of patient navigation across the nation, it is now expanding its work to include a standardized training and ...

... that you're at a Final Four party or at the high school gym of a top recruit.ξ Last month though, they were in Washington, DC advocating for health care reform. Tubby Smith (Minnesota), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Oliver Purnell (Clemson), Ed DeCellis (Penn State) and John Thompson III (Georgetown) joined hundreds of ACS CAN volunteers last month to send a clear message to Congress - we need health care reform. Watch this great video of the coaches telling their cancer story and explaining why they are so passionate about health care ...