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New Survey Finds Cancer Patients and Survivors Overwhelmingly Support Extending the ACA Enhanced Tax Credits

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Seventy-two percent of cancer patients and survivors support extending the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, according to the latest Survivor Views survey released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ... (ACS CAN). Further, 43% of those surveyed who reported benefiting from the enhanced tax credits say they could not have afforded to enroll in a health plan without the tax credits while others would have considered a plan that could carry significant financial risk or provide insufficient coverage. “Cancer patients and survivors are uniquely aware of the importance of affordable, quality health insurance with research showing health coverage is a significant determining factor in surviving a cancer diagnosis,” said Dr. Karen E. ...

Movement Grows in States to Address Effective Pain Management for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases

... to a report released today. Over almost a decade, states have made considerable progress in enacting policies that enhance access to pain care, including the use of pain medications, and minimize potential treatment barriers. The report, Achieving Balance in State Pain Policy: A ... adopted new policies to improve access to effective pain management between 2008 and 2012. The policy improvement was largely a result of state health care regulatory boards adopting policies to encourage appropriate pain management, and state legislatures or regulatory agencies repealing ... CAN). States must effectively inform the medical community about improved pain policies so people with pain can benefit from them. Patients, health organizations, healthcare professionals, regulatory officials, licensing boards and policymakers all have a role to play to promote a ...

Easy ways YOU can help our campaigns

... report back on your ACTIONS     Medicaid Document section:  Document 1: Medicaid Cuts & the Workforce This document explains that Medicaid is health insurance for low-wage workers who aren't offered coverage through their job and can't afford private health insurance. The document lists out several ways Medicaid is a resource to workers as well as how Medicaid cuts will eliminate jobs and halt ... Document 2: The Real Cost of Cutting Medicaid   This document explains that rushing cuts to Medicaid will hurt those who can least aford care and won't do anything to lower health care costs.  Document 3: Medicaid work requirements jeopardize access to care for cancer patients and ...

How Much Does Cancer Cost? New Report Adds Up the Financial Burden of a Cancer Diagnosis

... 2018 spent $5.6 billion in out-of-pocket costs for cancer treatment. Overall, the disease cost the country $183 billion in direct cancer-related health care spending in 2015—an amount that is projected to increase to $246 billion by 2030. It also found cancer-caused financial hardship falls ... a few weeks before the Supreme Court hears a case that could invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and significantly alter how Americans get health care and what they pay for it—examines the costs associated with several kinds of cancer through various common insurance types including: ...

2-10-12 Monthly Advocacy Update

... Coverage (SBC), which will put cancer patients, survivors and their families in a far better position to make important decisions about their health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to provide consumers a brief, straightforward summary of benefits, including real-world examples.  ACS CAN views ... the provision as a fundamental component of the fourth "A" - administrative simplicity -- in the Society and ACS CAN's four "A's" of meaningful health coverage.    The final rule is a very good step forward in helping consumers. Beginning September 23, 2012, all plans-individual and group ...

Statement of Dick Woodruff on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal

... with chronic diseases on the proposal introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to repeal and replace the current health care law. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. As the nation’s leading advocate for public policies that are helping to defeat cancer, ACS CAN ensures that cancer patients, ...

ACS CAN Warns Against Dangerous Farm Bureau Bill

... coalition of 30 organizations warning lawmakers about Senate Bill 84 and House Bill 477, which would allow the sale of substandard and dangerous health plans by the Alabama Farmers Federation or ALFA. In response, Alabama Government Relations Director Jane Adams released the following statement: “We have grave concerns about the harmful effects SB84 and HB477 would have on Alabamians. The sale of substandard health plans would jeopardize access to health care and financial security for thousands of Alabamians who may enroll in them without realizing they do not offer the same coverage as health ...

15 national patient advocacy organizations urge Congress to oppose the ACA repeal and take a bipartisan approach to reform

... and provider groups representing millions of Americans issued the following statement today on the Senate’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA): “Any attempt to repeal the ACA without replacing it with equal or better coverage will leave our health care system in shambles. If the existing law is abolished, 32 million Americans could lose their insurance coverage in the next decade. This ... is completely unacceptable for the patients we represent. Many of these Americans are low-income or struggle every day with pre-existing health conditions, and have come to rely on the coverage the law has provided. The ACA is not perfect, however, and we agree that long-term ...

ACS CAN Volunteers Hittin' the Streets

What a month it's been for ACS CAN volunteers, who have taken action on health care reform all over the country! Volunteers have been conducting postering campaigns, leading phone bank efforts, and hosting house parties with ... state Capitol.ξ Read about it here. In New York, ACS CAN volunteers invited Rep. Arcuri - a member of the moderate Blue Dog coalition - to a health care forum at a local hospital. Read the story. Tell us what you've been doing during the congressional recess to help keep health care ...

Mina's Story

... weeks after graduation, Mina was diagnosed with bone cancer. Prior to her diagnosis, Mina’s parents heard about a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allowed them to add Mina to their health insurance through age 26. And they did it. It was a move that perhaps saved Mina’s life and prevented her parents from going bankrupt ... Mina’s story isn’t over yet. As a proud cancer survivor, she’s now considered to have a “pre-existing condition.” Without the current health care law, it would be nearly impossible for her to get health insurance on her own - all because she had the audacity to survive and thrive. ...

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