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New Report Spotlights How Some Families Affected By Cancer Are Faring in the Recession

... -- July 31, 2009 --The deepest recession in decades has caused more than 7 million people to lose their jobs and in many cases their job-based health insurance a worrisome development for any American, but especially for those also grappling with cancer or other serious illnesses. A new ... patients and survivors and the challenges they face to help gauge how the recession is affecting workers who are most in need of ongoing medical care. The report, Patients Under Pressure: Profiles of How Families Affected by Cancer are Faring in the Recession illustrates the kinds of ... if they are uninsured even for short periods of time. The report is a follow up to Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System ( http://tinyurl.com/ny7erd ), a joint project of the Foundation and the American Cancer Society released in February. Both ...

ACS CAN Applauds House Vote to Improve KanCare Access

... Cancer Action Network, issued the following statement. “Today, the House of Representatives took an important step toward increasing access to health insurance coverage for an estimated 150,000 low-income Kansans, which will be critical in the fight against cancer in our state. We would like to commend the bipartisan group of lawmakers who led the effort to expand eligibility for the KanCare program. “Quality health care coverage is critical to preventing, detecting and surviving cancer. But right now, most low-income parents and adults do not qualify for any ...

President's Remarks

... We don't do what's easy. We do what is necessary to move this country forward. For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care. This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every 30 seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose ... In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than wages. And in each of these years, 1 million more Americans have lost their health insurance. It is one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas. And it's one of the ...

American Cancer Society Past President, Dr. Elmer Huerta, Receives President 's Champions of Change Recognition

... Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, was honored as a Champion of Change at the White House today for his work to promote good health and prevent disease among minority and underserved communities. Huerta was the first Latino elected as volunteer national president of the ... CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, nominated Huerta for his work to encourage policymakers to eliminate barriers to care and reduce death and suffering related to cancer. Dr. Huerta is a tireless advocate for ensuring that all cancer patients and survivors have access to the affordable health care, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN. He is also without peer as a champion ...

Oregon Cancer Policy Luncheon to Address Cost of Breast Cancer in The State

... Month and this year, an estimated 3,400 Oregon women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Research shows that access to quality and affordable health care coverage is key in the ability to fight cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of disease and death in the United States. An analysis by ... that cancer patients pay nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket costs each year and the disease cost the country nearly $88 billion every year in health care spending. On Friday, October 26, a group of patient advocates, health care experts, insurers and medical professionals will discuss the ...

Cancer Patients, Survivors Travel to Pierre to Urge Legislators to Leave Medicaid Expansion, Tobacco Fund in Place

... Kristi Noem’s budget proposal, which would strip 60% of the annual funding to the South Dakota Tobacco Prevention and Control fund. “Taking health care away from South Dakotans and giving Big Tobacco even more of a voice in the state are not the kinds of health outcomes anybody wants,” ACS CAN South Dakota Government Relations Director Ben Hanson said. “We look forward to talking to lawmakers ...

California Makes Major Strides Enacting Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... licensing fees for tobacco retailers and distributors.   The only ranking in which California is “in the red” is access to palliative care.  California lawmakers have a chance to improve access to palliative care by passing Senate Bill (SB) 294 this legislative session. Senator ... including New York and Texas found that providing palliative care alongside curative treatment in hospitals can reduce costs for patients and health systems.  In fact, palliative care is estimated to save more than $2.5 million per year for the average academic medical center.   ... country’s top policy priorities, the How Do You Measure Up? report also offers a blueprint for how states can work within the current federal health care law on a state-based approach to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It ...

Moving Our Mission, One State at a Time

... this summer in two states where elected officials had been resistant, voters took matters into their own hands and decided to increase access to health insurance coverage for low-income residents by fully expanding their Medicaid programs at the ballot box. When the initiatives go into effect, an estimated 200,000 low-income parents and adults in Oklahoma and 230,000 in Missouri , will gain access to health insurance. To say these are anything less than incredible wins for our mission would be an understatement. Just as outstanding as both Oklahoma and Missouri expanding access to care through Medicaid in back-to-back elections is how this was accomplished: These mark the fifth and sixth states since 2017 to pass Medicaid ...

Survey: Reflecting on Open Enrollment, Cancer Patients and Survivors Balance Costs with Need for Comprehensive Benefits

... 16, 2023 —Cancer patients and recent survivors say cost and covered benefits are top among their considerations when they are shopping for health coverage. According to the most recent Survivor Views survey from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), cost is ... plans say it was their only choice and more than a third (38%) of all cancer patients and survivors do not have a choice when it comes to their health care coverage. “Those who have faced a cancer diagnosis have an acute understanding of the need for health insurance to be both affordable and ...

Senator Patty Murray Receives National Distinguished Advocacy Award for Championing Lifesaving Cancer Public Policy

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in recognition of her steadfast dedication to protecting patient access to adequate and affordable health care coverage, increasing federal cancer research funding and her career-long support for policies and programs intended to end death and suffering ... strides for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation through her strong leadership on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,” said Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN. “By acting against cancer, Senator Murray has ...

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