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Vermont: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and other essential preventative care measures, priority issues for ACS CAN, have ...

Health Equity and Access to Cancer Care Policy Forum

BATON ROUGE, LA - Yesterday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hosted a policy forum addressing health disparities and its impact on access to care for cancer patients and survivors. The panel discussion included key stakeholders throughout the health community and two elected officials, Sen. Fred Mills and Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins.   “This event supported ACS CAN’s ambitious ...

Health Care Reform Ads Dominate Prominent DC Metro Station

... NOW Not LaterŠ— ads. Š—“Station DominationŠ— is a new, edgy component to ACS CANŠ—Ès ongoing advertising campaign around health care. Metro riders entering and exiting the Capitol South station will see advertisements throughout the station on platform pillars, floor space, ... running on the red line, which feature interior ads as well. The provocative ads feature stories of Americans struggling to fight the current health care system on top of a cancer diagnosis and emphasize the need to focus on prevention and early detection. The facts posted throughout the ...

Reconciliation Package Improves Health Care Affordability for Cancer Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congress reached a significant budget deal that includes key provisions that will improve affordability of health care coverage for many cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones. The reconciliation package includes language to help Medicare enrollees ... address the Medicaid coverage insurance gap in 12 states that have yet to expand access, leaving more than 2 million Americans without a viable health insurance option. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN: “Based on current legislative text, ACS CAN ...

Access Denied: Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis

Access Denied: Real People and Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis Benetta and Patrick Sarro Saratoga, NY She was a waitress and he was a truck driver. They met when Pat stopped on the road for a snack ... to bury her husband. At 64 years of age, Bunny now also admits that while Pat was being treated, the couple did not have the money to purchase a health insurance plan for her. Today, Bunny remains uninsured and is waiting for the day when she qualifies for Medicare. As an uninsured woman who ...

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 ...

Bipartisan Health Care Deal Could Preserve Health Insurance for Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors

... (ACS CAN) follows: “We commend Senators Alexander and Murray for their continued dedication to finding bipartisan solutions to our nation’s health care challenges. This deal offers important, immediate action to stabilize the individual insurance market. The funding of cost-sharing reduction ... $106 million per year in outreach and education programming would help to reduce public confusion over the law and ensure more people who need health coverage get it. “Expedited state waivers and new types of plans can affect cancer patients’ care—from prescription drug coverage to ...

National Patient Groups Oppose Allowing Employers to Charge Less Health Workers More For Health Care

WASHINGTON -- January 7, 2010 -- Three of the nation’s leading patient groups are calling on congressional leaders to ensure that final health care reform legislation promotes evidence-based workplace wellness programs and encourages financial incentives for healthy behaviors that are not ... Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association worked with House leaders to develop workplace wellness provisions in the House-passed health reform bill that encourage healthy behaviors but do not penalize less healthy workers with higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs. In a ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Need Immediate Health Care Replacement Plan if Affordable Care Act Repealed

... D.C., January 13, 2017 —Today Congress passed a budget resolution that will enable the repeal of significant parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including premium subsidy support and funding for Medicaid expansion. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: ... preventive care and treatment.  “Delaying such a replacement could create unacceptable instability in the insurance market jeopardizing the health care of more than 20 million Americans—many of whom are cancer patients and cancer survivors with a pre-existing condition —who have ... to die as a result. “It is essential that any replacement plan includes comprehensive coverage. Simply providing people universal access to health insurance is not sufficient if the coverage doesn’t cover cancer prevention, treatment and follow-up at an affordable price.  “Going ...

ACS CAN President Attends WH Summit on Health Care Reform

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the broken health care system, calling it a "moral imperative." He also made it clear that he is committed to reform happening this year, and he reiterated ...

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