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Proposed Health Plan Rule Changes Could Increase Patient Costs

Washington, D.C.— Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, which would set the ... more people becoming uninsured. “Cancer patients and survivors depend on access to quality health care that covers the things they need at a cost they can afford. The changes being proposed in this rule threaten to make that care more expensive and potentially more difficult to obtain. ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on Prevention Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 17, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) last night filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the interim final rule regarding no-cost preventive services in the Affordable Care Act.  The comments build on an already strong rule in an effort to define the frequency, method, ...

States Urged to Pass and Defend Patient Protection Laws Requiring Insurers to Cover Costs of Colon Cancer Screening

WASHINGTON – March 1, 2011 – Passage of laws requiring insurance providers to cover the costs of colon cancer screenings has stalled over the past two years and advocates are bracing ... need to move to ensure that everyone who needs colorectal cancer screening has access to it. We know that the prevention or early detection that can result from screening saves lives, and will save health care dollars for the states in the long run.” With the addition of Hawaii in 2010, 23 ... require varying degrees of coverage, with scores of B, C or D, while 17 states score an “F” for failing to mandate any coverage of the cost of colon cancer screening. As of September 23, 2010, all new health plans are required to cover colorectal screening tests as part of the ...

House to Vote on Comprehensive Drug Pricing Legislation, Provisions Include Capping Medicare Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on a bill intended to bring down patient prescription drug costs. Several of the bill’s numerous provisions ... including establishing an annual cap on Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket expenses, allowing some Medicare beneficiaries to spread out high-cost prescription cost-sharing over the course of the year, and expanding Medicare eligibility for low-income subsidies under the program. A ... Cancer Institute (NCI). The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “Today’s vote in the House is an important step towards Congress addressing prescription drug costs for patients, especially for those ...

Comments to HHS Supporting Regulatory Safe Harbor For Ancillary Costs

ACS CAN was joined by 22 other organizations in proposing the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) adopt a new regulatory safe harbor from the ...

Survey Finds Majority of Cancer Patients and Survivors Would Be Less Likely to Get Recommended Screenings if Costs Were Added

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 11, 2023 – A majority (58%) of cancer patients and survivors say they would be less likely to remain current with their recommended preventive care if it came with a cost, according to a new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   Over half (53%) of those surveyed quantified the cost that would present such a barrier at less than $200, with more than a quarter (28%) ...

ACS CAN Lets State Leaders Know of Important Budget Recommendations

December 21, 2021   Hon. Phil Murphy, Governor State of New Jersey Trenton, NJ 08625                 Dear Governor Murphy, On behalf of the 543,190 cancer survivors in New Jersey, I am ... important service to men and women who lack health insurance – screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer at no cost to the patient. Detected early, these cancers are more effectively treated. Failing to have these cancers detected early can lead to deadly consequences. Published research on the success of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which ...

ACS CAN Lets State Leaders Know of Important Budget Recommendations

December 21, 2021   Hon. Phil Murphy, Governor State of New Jersey Trenton, NJ 08625                 Dear Governor Murphy, On behalf of the 543,190 cancer survivors in New Jersey, I am ... important service to men and women who lack health insurance – screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer at no cost to the patient. Detected early, these cancers are more effectively treated. Failing to have these cancers detected early can lead to deadly consequences. Published research on the success of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which ...

Health Coalition: Defunding Oklahoma’s Tobacco Control Programs Will Prove Costly

OKLAHOMA CITY – A group of leading health organizations Thursday released the following statement in strong opposition to a resolution that would allow the Legislature to ... and ill-advised resolution to shift focus and funding away from tobacco prevention and cessation – a move that will incur a large human cost. Oklahoma voters wisely established these lifesaving programs in 2000 to help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease, the state’s leading ... for 60 percent of deaths in Oklahoma. “It’s important to remember that there is only one tobacco settlement agreement. The states can’t sue a second time. Oklahoma needs to get this right and spend tobacco-related settlement revenues on programs that break the cycle of ...

ACS CAN's Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Lobby Day

Today is the start of ACS CAN's signature annual event: our Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. We'll be welcoming more than 600 cancer patients, advocates, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district to Washington, D.C. for more than three days of training, events, keynote presentations and meetings with lawmakers. It's one of my favorite events of the year. Tuesday, advocates will ...

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