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... to working with lawmakers during the 2025 legislative session and helping them understand our state’s challenges when it comes to cancer care, including prevention and early detection. More than 450,000 South Carolinians , the majority of whom are working, don’t have health insurance and lack access to lifesaving care. “Too many South Carolinians are caught between paying for household expenses or health care coverage. As a result, they are often forced to go without preventive care or delay critical treatments, costing our state and ...

... Action Network (ACS CAN) Washington, D.C. – June 14, 2010 – The Obama administration today released an interim final rule detailing which health care plans will be exempt from certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the ... ‘grandfather’ status if they choose to reduce benefits or substantially shift costs to patients. In the interests of patients, existing health plans should be allowed to strengthen benefits and continue to operate as they did before the law was signed. If a plan decides to ...

... to the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold the individual responsibility requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart ... requirement, which is critical to preserving the law’s strong patient protections that are improving access to quality, affordable health care nationwide. “Our organizations believe that patient protections such as those that end discrimination in the insurance market against ... with chronic diseases would not be sustainable without the individual responsibility requirement. These provisions significantly improve the health care system for chronic disease patients and their families by dramatically expanding access to quality, affordable health care; reducing ...

The federal government ruled today that health insurance companies will be allowed to expand the use of “short-term” insurance plans that can deny coverage to cancer patients and ... is a huge step in a wrong and dangerous direction. The “short-term” plans can deny or charge people more for their coverage based on their health status.   They also do not have to cover essential health services, like prescription drugs or hospitalization, that cancer patients and ... “may be forced to forgo treatment entirely because of costs.” Over the next 90 days, ACS CAN will be: Launching a campaign to make health care a top issue in this year’s elections Developing a state-by-state strategy to leverage state laws to improve access to health care Advocating ...