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Nation’s Leading Cancer Patient Advocacy Organization Supports Expanding Access to Affordable Health Insurance for DACA Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 23, 2023 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments today supporting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule to expand federal insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. If finalized, the rule will amend the definition of “lawfully present” in the United States, for the purposes of Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Affordable Care ...

New Report: Alaska Gets B+ in Balanced Pain Management Policies for Cancer, Other Chronic Diseases

Anchorage, AK – August 4, 2016 – Alaska is doing well but needs to improve its policies to make pain treatment, including use of pain medications like opioids, available to cancer patients and others with serious illnesses, according to a new report funded by the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Alaska is one of just seven states to improve its pain policies since 2013. The report, Achieving Balance in State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card (CY 2015) ...

Uninsured Adolescents and Young Adults at Higher Risk for Advanced Cancer Diagnoses

... males aged 15 to 39 were 1.5 times as likely as those with private insurance to be diagnosed with cancer that has metastasized to distant parts of the body, or what the study calls distant cancer. Uninsured females in that age group were nearly twice as likely as those with private ... The Affordable Care Act, with its focus on increasing private insurance coverage of young adults and providing certain cancer screenings at no cost to patients, has the potential to make a big impact on this age group, said Anthony Robbins, MD, PhD, the American Cancer Society 's director ... scientific journal CANCER. An abstract of the study is at http://bit.ly/1ddaKPM . A PDF copy of the full study is available upon request. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

House Passes Legislation That Won’t Improve Health Outcomes

... The following is a statement from Doug Hogan, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in West Virginia: "The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges the Senate to amend House Bill 4753, the biomarker ... tests that can allow them to benefit from the right treatments at the right time – often leading to improved health outcomes, better quality of life, and ultimately cost savings – but this legislation falls short of those goals.  “Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve ...

Patient Advocates Urge Governor Murphy to Make Stronger Commitment on Tobacco Tax

... week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy released his proposed budget for 2025. In response, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) New Jersey Government Relations Director Quinton Law issued the following statement, highlighting how Governor Murphy can amplify his intended impact of improving public health and addressing the deficit by increasing the cigarette tax by $1 per pack. “In proposing to increase New Jersey’s ... Governor Murphy and the Legislature to consider a $1.00 increase in the tax. In doing so, state leaders can offset the predatory practices of the tobacco industry, limit tobacco’s presence in New Jerseyans’ lives and lungs, save the state on health care costs and generate much ...

Proposed Short-Term Health Plan Rule Would Strengthen Patient Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C.— July 7, 2023 — Today the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and the Treasury Department jointly released a proposed rule that would return the sale of new short-term limited duration insurance plans ... vulnerable to extremely high out-of-pocket costs when diagnosed with a serious illness, or even being kicked off of plans.   STLD plans can charge more or deny coverage to people based on their pre-existing medical conditions, can set arbitrary caps on how much coverage they will ...

3-14-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update   ACS CAN National Forum on the Future of Health Care   ACS CAN convened lawmakers, providers, insurers, patients, and other stakeholders Tuesday at its second annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Speakers examined central issues around the improvement of health care delivery in ...

3-14-13 Affordable Care Act Update

Policy Update   ACS CAN National Forum on the Future of Health Care   ACS CAN convened lawmakers, providers, insurers, patients, and other stakeholders Tuesday at its second annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Speakers examined central issues around the improvement of health care delivery in ...

Stimulus Bill A Good Down Payment on Important Public Health Priorities

Statement of Daniel E. Smith, president, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 13, 2009 -- “The House of Representatives today passed a stimulus bill containing $10 billion for the National ... programs will go a long way toward preserving health care coverage for more than 50 million needy Americans.  A provision that subsidizes the cost of COBRA insurance with a 60% subsidy from the federal government for nine months will help individuals maintain affordable coverage at a time ...

Bill Would Weaken Patient Protections in New Health Care Law

... 20, 2012 The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to vote today on legislation (H.R. 1206) that would remove the commissions of health insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR), a calculation that insurers must use to show the proportion of premiums they spend on ... expenses. Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): The Affordable Care Act requires health insurance companies for the first time to spend a minimum share of premiums on providing health care ... it clear that fees and commissions paid to insurance agents and brokers should be counted as administrative expenses that contribute to the cost of a health plan. For the medical loss ratio to be a meaningful measure of value to consumers, broker and agent fees must be included in the ...

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