Eye on Cancer Care

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Eye on Cancer Care is a series of white papers and one-pagers that spotlight key access-to-care issues central to ACS CAN’s mission to fight cancer. Ensuring that everyone has access to comprehensive, affordable health coverage and care is essential. Lack of access to care creates challenges for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Additionally, health coverage is crucial as uninsured individuals are less likely to receive routine cancer screenings – increasing the risk of late-stage cancer diagnoses that are harder and more costly to treat.

Access to care for cancer patients is a core priority for ACS CAN. This series provides background on critical policy issues affecting cancer patients, as well as recommendations to help ensure that patients (including those with undiagnosed cancer) and survivors can access the care they need. 

Uninsured Americans are less likely to get screened for cancer and thus are more likely to have their cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage when survival is less likely and the cost of care is more expensive.

Eye on Cancer Care Resources

State Biomarker Coverage Laws

July 27, 2026

Advancements in biomarker testing have transformed cancer treatment, improving survival and quality of life by connecting patients with the therapies most likely to benefit them, and coverage is essential to ensuring access to precision treatments.

This white paper highlights the importance of state biomarker coverage laws and offers recommendations to expand access to testing.

The Role of Network Adequacy in Cancer Patients’ Access to Care

May 15, 2026

Cancer patients need timely access to specialized providers, but limited networks can delay care, increase costs, and disrupt treatment.

The white paper explains how network adequacy affects access and offers policy solutions, and the infographic illustrates why stroong provider networks are essential.

Copay Accumulator Programs Increase Costs for Cancer Patients

March 30, 2026

Many cancer patients struggle to afford the cost of their prescription drugs and rely on copay assistance. Copay accumulator programs, however, prevent patients from fully benefiting from copay assistance.

This overview provides an introduction to copay accumulators, and this sample scenario illustrates how money moves under these programs.