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House Health Bill Would Lead to Less Coverage, Higher Patient Costs

... released by the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, while preserving some patient protections, will have the net effect of shifting health insurance costs to low and middle-income patients, significantly reduce the standards of what constitutes quality insurance, curtail the Medicaid expansion and over time substantially reduce over-all Medicaid funding. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: “The bills released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee retain key patient ...

ACS CAN volunteer invited to attend State of the Union address

Jacqueline Beale, the ACS CAN Maryland State Lead Ambassador volunteer, will attend the State of the Union address as the guest of U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, ... breast cancer survivor, I have been labeled with a pre-existing condition. Because of that label, I am very concerned about the availability and cost of health care if the protections for pre-existing conditions are eliminated,” Jacqueline said. As Congress considers changes to the health ...

ACS CAN Proposal For Regulatory Safe Harbor for Financial Support of Patients on Trials

In response to an annual request from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ACS CAN has proposed a safe harbor from the Anti-Kickback Statute that would allow trial sponsors to provide financial support to trial participants to offset non-medical costs.  ACS CAN Proposal For Regulatory Safe Harbor for Financial Support of Patients on Trials ...

Letter in Grand Island Independent: Raising tobacco costs will make impact

The following letter was published in the Grand Island Independent on March 4, 2018. The Nebraska Legislature is currently considering a number of proposals to increase the tax on tobacco in our state. I want to lend my voice to the chorus of supporters singing the praises of this approach. Significantly raising taxes and prices on tobacco products saves lives. We know that it reduces ... with cancer about three years prior to her death. I don’t want anyone to go through what our family has faced in the wake of this disease. We can spare others from this pain. Reducing tobacco use through an increase in tobacco taxes makes this decision an easy one. I asked our senator, ...

House Passes Fix for Medicare Cost-Sharing Loophole for Colorectal Cancer Screenings

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act unanimously today. This bipartisan legislation would phase out surprise out-of-pocket expenses that can act as a barrier to lifesaving colorectal cancer screenings for Medicare beneficiaries. Colorectal cancer screenings are covered in full under ... health insurance plans as a result of the preventive care provisions of the Affordable Care Act. However, a loophole in Medicare allows for cost-sharing if a polyp is discovered and removed during a screening colonoscopy resulting in Medicare beneficiaries receiving a surprise bill ...

Advocates to Gov. Ferguson: Cancer Can’t Be Acceptable Outcome of State Budget-cutting Process

... Wash. -– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates call on Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to refuse to allow the long-term health of Washington residents to become collateral damage to the state’s current budget crisis. The state’s cancer prevention programs are one of the ... constituents as possible have access to screening for three of the state’s most prevalent forms of cancer. The following statement can be attributed to Audrey Miller Garcia, Government Relations Director for ACS CAN Washington: “The potential for budget cuts to do serious ... and cessation or the Breast, Cervical, and Colon Screening Program will damage Washington families well beyond their bank accounts. The cost will be the health of our children and lives of our loved ones. This is not political posturing. It’s based in data and is not a possibility ...

ACS CAN volunteer invited to attend the State of the Union address

Jacqueline Beale, the ACS CAN Maryland State Lead Ambassador volunteer, will attend the State of the Union address as the guest of U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, ... breast cancer survivor, I have been labeled with a pre-existing condition. Because of that label, I am very concerned about the availability and cost of health care if the protections for pre-existing conditions are eliminated,” Jacqueline said. As Congress considers changes to the health ...

Federal Cigarette Tax Increase Would Save $63 Billion in Health Care Costs

... more than $63 billion in long-term health care costs, according to new estimates by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Networkξ (ACS CAN). ACS CAN also estimates that health care cost savings from fewer smoking-related lung cancer cases would total more than $821 million over 10 years. This proposal comes at a time when there is much conversation about how to reduce health care costs, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. For every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States, our country spends an ...

New Report Highlights Cost Barriers Associated with Diagnostic Tests for Breast Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  A new report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) found that over 70% of commercially-insured patients encountered out-of-pocket expenses for follow-up breast cancer diagnostic tests in 2023. ... MRI, ultrasound or biopsy, are medically recommended next steps to determine if an individual may or may not have cancer; however, barriers like cost can keep people from getting them. While screening mammograms are free to most insured women starting at age 40, follow-up testing often ...

UPDATED: Congress to Address Medicare Cost-Sharing Loophole for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Washington, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation that would ensure surprise out-of-pocket expenses are not a barrier to lifesaving colorectal cancer screenings for seniors on Medicare is expected to be taken up by the House of ... Now Act and is also included in HR 19, the Lower Costs More Cures Act. The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act would eliminate cost-sharing for seniors on Medicare who are hit with a surprise bill during a routine screening colonoscopy when a polyp is discovered and removed ... procedure, patients wake up to a pricey cost-sharing bill often totaling several hundred dollars. Evidence shows that any cost-sharing can deter people from getting a preventive, and potentially life-saving, screening. Following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the ...

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