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New Report: Expanding BadgerCare Would Make Health Care More Affordable for Limited Income Wisconsinites

... to BadgerCare expansion and lays out the issues Wisconsinites from every corner of the state still face when it comes to the affordability of health care. The report wraps up by analyzing possible solutions. “From the patient perspective, the solution lawmakers should consider is fully expanding BadgerCare,” said Sara Sahli, Wisconsin government relations director for ACS CAN. “Expansion will put health care in reach for more than 90,000 Wisconsinites in the affordability gap and reduce the number of individuals without health insurance.” ...

Leading Health and Cancer Advocacy Groups Unite to Reduce Racial Disparities in Cancer Care

... findings: 63% of African American and 67% of Latinx patients, survivors, and caregivers said they had a negative experience with their oncology care team, such as having assumptions made about them or their financial situation, or trouble getting questions answered; in contrast to 43% of ... in access to cancer care, the three organizations convened the Elevating Cancer Equity Working Group, co-chaired by Shonta Chambers, MSW, EVP Health Equity Initiatives and Community Engagement, Patient Advocate Foundation , and Robert Winn, MD, Director, VCU Massey Cancer Center . ... payers, and accreditation entities advance equitable care delivery. The report card includes 17 measurable practice changes, such as having health systems provide and require annual implicit bias training for all employees, offer culturally and linguistically representative patient ...

Patient Groups Praise Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Health Care Law, Preserving Critical Patient Protections

Washington, D.C.— The nation’s leading patient advocacy groups are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling today upholding the health care law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court ruled the plaintiff states and taxpayers did not have standing ... from COVID-19. These patients and millions more rely on the law’s critical patient protections to obtain more affordable, comprehensive health coverage.    “This decision ensures that essential patient protections will remain in place, including those prohibiting insurance ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Ducey to Support Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

... United States. This letter follows up on my earlier two communications this year regarding federal legislation to repeal and replace the current health care law.  ACS CAN was disappointed that yesterday, you publicly supported the proposal offered by Senators Graham and Cassidy. We would like to ... sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law.  Finally, the bill would roll back important essential health benefit protections, and potentially open the door to annual and lifetime caps on coverage, endangering access to critical care for millions ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Fallin to Support Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

... United States. This letter follows up on my earlier two communications this year regarding federal legislation to repeal and replace the current health care law.  As I’m sure you know, the Senate is now considering a proposal offered by Senators Graham and Cassidy, and we want to provide you ... sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential health benefit protections, and potentially open the door to annual and lifetime caps on coverage, endangering access to critical care for millions ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Haslam to Support Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

... United States. This letter follows up on my earlier two communications this year regarding federal legislation to repeal and replace the current health care law.  As I’m sure you know, the Senate is now considering a proposal offered by Senators Graham and Cassidy, and we want to provide you ... sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential health benefit protections, and potentially open the door to annual and lifetime caps on coverage, endangering access to critical care for millions ...

House Votes on Legislative Package to Protect and Improve Access to Affordable Health Care

... the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a legislative package aimed at protecting and improving access to affordable health care and prescription drugs, including for those with serious pre-existing conditions like cancer. Specifically, this package would stop an ... the availability of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (STLD). These plans can deny or charge people more for coverage based on their health status, are exempt from covering essential health services, like prescription drugs or hospitalization, and can charge older people more ...

ABC News 12: Cancer survivors and health care advocates rally for oral chemo coverage

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - (04/25/18) - A group of health care advocates are trying to align Michigan's policies with more than 43 other states. They took a direct approach, reaching out face to face to members of the Michigan House of Representatives.Those other states provide equal health insurance coverage of chemotherapy, whether it's taken by needle or by mouth. "I am a bone cancer survivor and melanoma survivor. I was ...

Over 150 Patient and Health Care Groups Urge Congress to Pass DIVERSE Trials Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.— More than 150 organizations representing patients, providers and health equity advocates sent a letter to Congress today urging them to pass the Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for ... sponsors to provide patients with technology necessary to facilitate remote participation in clinical trials; and require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create guidance on the use of decentralized trials to increase trial diversity. “These changes would greatly ... ACS CAN Survivor Views survey found while 77% of patients said they would like to participate in a trial if it was as simple as their regular care and nearly half would do so even if it required more visits and distant travel, that willingness dropped based on income. Among those whose ...

Palliative Care

Work with orgnizations and the Health Department to to facilitate access to palliative care and coordinated care management for cancer patients and survivors. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregiver. The team works with the patient to control pain and other ...

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