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

... 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 ... and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee retain key patient protections prohibiting insurers from charging more based on health status and prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions. However, these protections are hollow if patients and survivors can’t afford insurance that covers the health care services they need to treat their cancer diagnosis. “ACS CAN has long advocated that any changes to the health care law should provide equal ...

Tobacco Tax Victory in Nevada a Win for Public Health

... the taxes on cigarettes is estimated to be more than $192 million in the first two years. Combined with at least $474 million in long-term health care cost savings from the cigarette tax, the increases are likely to have a tremendous positive impact both on the state budget and for reducing health care costs in Nevada. ItŠ—'s time for more states to take action to save lives and keep kids from using tobacco by passing significant ...

Important and Bipartisan Senate HELP Hearings Continue; Graham-Cassidy Health Bill A Distraction

Washington, D.C.—This week the Senate HELP Committee is hearing from bipartisan health care experts in its ongoing effort to strengthen the individual insurance market and ensure that meaningful, affordable health care coverage is available for millions of Americans, including cancer patients, survivors and their families.  A statement from Chris ...

Why We Need a Palliative Care Council in Delaware

Palliative care is specialized medical care that works to treat the whole person, not just their disease, by giving patients more control and helping to take ... Care focuses on treating the disease while also ensuring the best possible quality of life for the patient. It's provided by a team of health care professionals, including doctors and nurses, all working together to control the patient's pain, fatigue, anxiety, loss of appetite and ... of palliative care. The Council would have two key components: 1) establishes an advisory council to bring together experts – including health care providers and patients – to address barriers to palliative care and identify innovative solutions 2) creates a consumer and ...

Closing the Gap: Affordable Cancer Care for All

Affordable cancer care is past due. Quality, affordable coverage remains unavailable to more than 2 million people living in states that have refused to expand ... Guntown, Mississippi. When Tim noticed a lump on his throat, he started saving money to see a doctor. It turned out Tim had cancer. If Tim had health insurance and had been able to visit the doctor sooner, he very likely would have been diagnosed when his cancer was at an earlier, more ... treatable stage. “A little thing turned into a big thing,” Tim said about his experience. “That’s the hardest thing about not having health insurance. You don’t go to the doctor to get little things checked out.” It is long past time for Congress to expand access to quality, ...

Supreme Court to Review Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court announced today that it would consider the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act sometime next spring. The announcement follows four federal appeals court rulings on the Affordable Care Act, resulting in split decisions regarding the individual responsibility provision of the law, otherwise known as the "Individual Mandate". ... in a way that supports and strengthens provisions of the law that enable cancer patients and their families to access quality, affordable health care. Supreme Court to Review Affordable Care Act ...

New Mexican Health Advocates Request Hearing on Tobacco Tax Increase

SANTA FE -- With just a few days left in the legislative session, a coalition of New Mexican health advocates requests that the tobacco tax increase bill receives a hearing before noon Thursday. The following statement was released today ... diseases remain the world’s and New Mexico’s most preventable cause of illness and death. Further, smoking costs New Mexico $844 million in health care costs each year, including approximately $222.8 million in state Medicaid costs. “Two bills in the Legislature, Senate Bill 25 and House ...

Gov. Bullock Kicks Off Cancer Action Day at the Capitol; Urges Lawmakers to Give 95,000 Montanans Continued Access to Health Care Through Medicaid

... his help urging lawmakers to lift the sunset on Medicaid expansion so that it doesn’t expire in July, leaving some 95,000 without access to care. Gov. Bullock teamed up with ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, to help kick off Cancer Action Day today as well ... to resist any legislation that requires work requirements.  “Hardworking, low-income Montanans deserve access to affordable and comprehensive health care coverage and that includes adults, veterans, families with children, pregnant women and those close to retirement,” said Gov. ... who is fighting for their life is to fill out paperwork proving they should not have to work.” “Medicaid expansion saves lives as well as health care costs because cancer caught early is cancer that is much easier and quicker to treat,” said Zins. “That keeps loved ones alive, ...

Cancer Advocates Held Cancer Action Day at Capitol Today, Urging Lawmakers to Protect Kids from Tobacco and Preserve Access to Health Care through Medicaid

... use will save lives and reduce cancer rates and death in the state." The volunteers also spent the day highlighting the importance of access to health care with a strong Medicaid program. Having access to quality and affordable health care coverage is a key factor in early detection and survival from cancer, which is why they urged lawmakers to preserve access, eligibility ...

Raise It For Health DC: Tobacco Control Advocates Applaud Councilmember’s Proposed Cigarette Tax That Will Save Lives & Improve Health

A coalition of leading public health organizations praised Councilmember Vincent Gray’s proposal for increasing the District’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack and designating a ... prevention and cessation programs.  Experts say the measure will decrease youth smoking in the District by 21.1 percent. The Raise It For Health DC coalition includes the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association, ... per pack increase to the District’s cigarette tax will prevent 2,200 premature deaths and save the District $160 million in long-term health care costs.  Additionally, the new tax is expected to generate $5.56 million in new annual revenue. Last year, members of the DC Council and the ...

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