Site Search

... on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies Maryland & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are ... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including smoke-free ... Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how Maryland and the District of Columbia can work within the current federal health care law on approaches to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It outlines ...

... D.C. – August 10, 2010 – “Families affected by cancer are applauding Congress today for helping to guarantee access to lifesaving health care for the country’s most economically vulnerable families by extending the enhanced Medicaid match.  “With millions of Americans now out of work and without health insurance coverage, and most states facing serious pressure to cut public health funding, Medicaid’s safety net is needed now more than ...

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018— Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor and Department of Treasury issued a final rule governing the extension of short-term ... coverage these bare bones plans don’t include. These new expanded short-term plans can deny or charge people more for coverage based on their health status, and are exempt from covering essential health services, like prescription drugs or hospitalization. The new plans can also charge ... rule is new, its likely impact on the health insurance market is familiar. Prior to 2014, similar plans aimed solely at lowering monthly health care costs were widely available and cancer patients, survivors and others with a history of serious illness often found it impossible to get ...

... all cancer patients, survivors and caregivers who work have access to paid leave, and without it they risk losing employment or not getting the care they need.  New York made history when it enacted the Paid Family Leave program in 2016. The program was built on the state’s decades-old ... loved one, or address the impact of military deployment, TDI is the program New Yorkers rely on when they need to take care of their own serious health needs.  When PFL was passed in 2016, it guaranteed New Yorkers 12 weeks of paid, job-protected leave at 67% of their wages -- up to ... That's why it is so important to give employees the right to take a few hours or days of leave at a time, if necessary, for their own serious health conditions or to care for family members with serious health conditions.  A nationwide survey of cancer patients showed that of those ...