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Navigating the Coverage Experience and Financial Challenges for Cancer Patients: Affordable Care Act Brings Improvements, But Challenges Remain The Affordable Care Act (ACA) guarantees coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions, ... care, patients continue to face high out-of-pocket costs and hurdles to obtaining recommended treatments. Financial Navigators are hospital or health-system staff that work with cancer patients to review their plan options, understand their coverage, and obtain treatment. Due to their ... significantly improved with the ACA marketplaces and reform, particularly for people who are uninsured and for those who unexpectedly lose their health care coverage. However, obtaining coverage is still difficult for those who live in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid or are ...

If we are to achieve the goal of defeating cancer, we must fight to achieve health equity, the just and fair opportunity for everyone to prevent, find, treat and survive cancer – regardless of how much money they make, ... of their skin, their sexual orientation, their gender identity, their disability status, or where they live. This virtual event will focus on health equity and its impact on access to care in the cancer space. ACS CAN will host its annual Georgia Policy Forum on Tuesday Oct. 26 via Zoom at 12:00 pm. This event will bring together ...

... to join us for a screening of a compelling documentary from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "Critical Condition: Stories of Health in the Heartland" is a short film featuring stories from Kansans - individuals and families, alongside doctors and health care professionals - sharing their stories about the challenges and triumphs they experience taking care of themselves and their families. Check ...

Some say private.ξ Some say public.ξ ACS CAN says to make sure it's a patient plan. We've all seen the latest news coverage that a public health insurance option could now be falling by the wayside.ξ With so much attention toward public plans and private plans, we thought now was a good time to keep the focus where it should be - on a patient plan. A key focus for health care reform should be ensuring that health care, and especially cancer care, is available and affordable to all Americans and all cancer ...