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Washington, D.C.—Cancer patients and those who’ve recently completed treatment are finding it challenging to get necessary health care in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and many are experiencing financial stress trying to afford care in an increasingly difficult economic ... services to determine if a patient’s cancer had grown or returned (20%); access to supportive services, including physical therapy or mental health care (20%); and access to surgical procedures (8%). Among just the respondents who remain in active treatment, more than a quarter (27%) ...

MISSOULA, Montana—Cancer patients and those who’ve recently completed treatment are finding it challenging to get necessary health care amid the COVID-19 pandemic and many are experiencing financial stress trying to afford care in an increasingly difficult economic ... COVID-19 will have on their ability to get care, a concern that is especially prevalent among patients in active treatment (40%).  Access to health care is more important than ever, and patient groups are working together to ask Congress and the administration to act on policy changes ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 11, 2004 – An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) proposal to increase the budget for public health while substantially reducing the national debt by increasing the federal tobacco tax to one dollar will be offered as an amendment to the ... to line up support for a vote on the Amendment, which may come as early as today. “This Amendment is good fiscal policy and good for public health,” said Gary J. Streit, a member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors. “Raising the federal tobacco tax will generate ample new revenue for ... Senators are with us too.” Tobacco related illnesses kill 440,000 people a year and cost the economy more than $155 billion in direct health care costs and lost productivity, yet the current federal tobacco tax is just 39 cents. Raising the tax by 61 cents for a total of one dollar could ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. October 1, 2013 Today marks both the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the opening of health insurance marketplaces in every state that enable people with breast cancer and other forms of cancer to enroll in health plans without fear that they will be denied coverage because of their health status or medical history. The health care law, known as the Affordable Care Act, provides that beginning next year, no one can be denied coverage or charged astronomical rates because ...