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Public Health Groups Applaud Fifth Circuit Ruling to Protect LGBTQ+ Patients from Health Care Discrimination

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 17, 2024 — Public health groups are applauding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for upholding the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the case of  Neese v. Becerra. The court vacated a lower court ruling based on the plaintiffs’ lack of standing in the case, which challenged protections in the ACA for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) patients receiving health care services. The case was appealed after a district court ruled that section 1557 of the ACA does not prevent discrimination based on ...

The Path to Health Equity Starts with Access to Care

... and so often left behind. As we continue to examine policy interventions that will accelerate our progress in the fight against cancer, reducing health disparities emerges time and time again. We have all been touched by cancer, but across the cancer continuum from detection to diagnosis to treatment, health inequities result in very different disease experiences. Racial injustice often drives these inequities. The result: worsened health ... if they are over 50. One critical approach to reducing health disparities is by increasing access to and addressing the affordability of health care. I was proud to join Dr. Lori Pierce, the current President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in writing an editorial for ...

House Energy & Commerce Committee Focuses on Strengthening Nation’s Health Care Law

... D.C.—  The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing today—the eleventh anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law—on several bills aimed at strengthening the ACA. The bills include funding for outreach and enrollment efforts, money for more navigators to help people find and select coverage, limiting access to short-term limited duration health plans, and bills to reduce premiums and encourage Medicaid expansion, among others. The hearing follows this month’s passage of the American Rescue Plan, which included numerous provisions to improve access and affordability to health coverage during the ongoing pandemic, including increased subsidies to cover the costs of marketplace health plans, financial support to ...

Expanding and Protecting Access to Health Care is Key to Supporting Marginalized Communities

... patient advocates and friends to use this time to listen, learn and self-educate on the role we must serve to protect the well-being, safety and health of communities nationwide that continue to be marginalized by our society. In a recent win for one of these communities, we joined millions ... of inequity in our country . Central to that effort is ensuring individuals that have been and continue to be marginalized are able to access health care without fear of discrimination, bias or stigma. I know undoubtedly that addressing health disparities hinges on protecting the fundamental ...

Over 150 Patient and Health Care Groups Urge Congress to Pass DIVERSE Trials Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.— More than 150 organizations representing patients, providers and health equity advocates sent a letter to Congress today urging them to pass the Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for ... sponsors to provide patients with technology necessary to facilitate remote participation in clinical trials; and require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create guidance on the use of decentralized trials to increase trial diversity. “These changes would greatly ... ACS CAN Survivor Views survey found while 77% of patients said they would like to participate in a trial if it was as simple as their regular care and nearly half would do so even if it required more visits and distant travel, that willingness dropped based on income. Among those whose ...

ACS CAN Leads Conversation to Address Health Disparities and COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Care

COLUMBIA, SC — August 21, 2020 — Alongside shining a bright light on growing health inequities, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it increasingly difficult for cancer patients and survivors to receive the care they need and has led to delays in preventive screenings, diagnostic testing and treatment care. A recent survey from the American Cancer Society (ACS CAN) found that 87% of cancer patients and survivors said the pandemic had affected their health care in some manner, while an assessment by the Epic Health Network in March found that 86% of preventive cancer screenings had been delayed ...

ACS CAN Submits Testimony on Policies to Reduce Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Care

... Network (ACS CAN) submitted testimony today to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the topic of racial and ethnic disparities in the health care system that often result in an unequal cancer burden. The hearing is focused on disparities in the overall health care system, as well as those around COVID-19. ACS CAN works on evidence-based public policies at all levels of government that seek to ...

Senate Introduces Health Equity Legislation Critical to Reduce Health Disparities and Combat Chronic Disease

Washington, D.C. – Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today aims to improve access to quality health care for communities of color and decrease health disparities, such as those resulting in a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in these communities. Additionally, it offers ...

House Introduces Health Equity Bill Critical to Reducing Health Disparities and Fighting Chronic Disease

Washington, D.C. --  Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today aims to improve access to quality health care for and decrease health disparities in communities of color. The Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2022 provides a comprehensive set of strategic ...

Health Equity Report Card Pilot Project to Help Close the Care Gap Highlighted on World Cancer Day

... Cancer Network ® (NCCN ® )—a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States—joins the call to Close the Care Gap on World Cancer Day , a global awareness day organized by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) every February 4, by launching a new Health Equity Report Card ( HERC ) pilot program. This worldwide message acknowledges the many lives that are lost due to disparities in cancer ... , racial and ethnic disparities in the cancer burden largely reflect long-standing inequities in socioeconomic status and access to high-quality health care, which can be attributed to historical and persistent structural racism in the U.S. experienced by all people of color. To help address ...

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