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Coronavirus and Cancer Resources for Survivors

Cancer survivors have expressed concerns and questions about COVID-19, the coronavirus, and how they may be at higher risk due to their cancer history. Here are some resources about COVID-19 generally, and its impact for cancer survivors specifically. NCCS is seeking answers from public health experts on the coronavirus and its impact on cancer patients and survivors. Please leave a comment [...]
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WCOE: No Action on ACA Stabilization Bill; ‘Black Cancer Matters’; Risks of At-Home Genetic Testing; Hospital Payment Reform; and More

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), is our week-in-review blog series. “Health insurers say the GOP-led Congress’ inaction on ACA stabilization legislation is sure to hurt consumers” Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com — After months of negotiating around an ACA stabilization package that was set to be included in this week’s spending bill, no agreement was made and the stabilization provisions were left out of the spending package all together. [...]
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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council to Oppose the Latest Version of Right to Try Act

NCCS joined the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about the latest version of the Trickett Wendler, Frank…
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WCOE: HHS Hints at Lax ACA Regulation; Burden of High Drug Costs; FDA’s Gottlieb Blasts ‘Rigged Payment Scheme’; Home BRCA Testing; More

What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series, where we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. – “Trump Administration Blocks Idaho’s Plan to Circumvent Health Law” – While rejecting Idaho’s plan in its current form, Ms. Verma encouraged the state to keep trying, and she suggested that, “with certain modifications,” its proposal might be accepted. [...]
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ACA Update March 9, 2018 | HHS Says ‘Not Quite’ to Idaho’s Illegal Health Plans, Supports Expansion of Skinny Short-Term Coverage

As we reported recently, Idaho regulators announced they would allow the sale of insurance plans that don’t adhere to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements and patient protections. Blue Cross of Idaho was planning to sell insurance plans that are priced based on applicants’ health status. But in a decision announced in a letter to Idaho’s governor yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) said that the administration [...]
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Reps. DeSaulnier and Poe Introduce Bipartisan “Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act”

Advocated for by NCCS, the bill would increase comprehensive cancer care planning for millions of Medicare beneficiaries.  Washington,…
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NCCS Letter to DOL: Proposed Association Health Plans Rule “Will Increase Costs for Cancer Survivors and Others with Significant Health Needs”

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) submitted comments on the proposed rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs)…
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NCCS Joins Letter Expressing “Serious Reservations” About “Right to Try” Legislation

NCCS joined with colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about proposed “right to try” legislation…
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What Caught Our Eye: NCI Chief Sharpless Interviewed; Expert Patients; “Why We Didn’t Seek Right to Try”; Progress in Survivorship Care; and More

What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series, where we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. – Health Insurance – “Bait And Switch: The Sneaky Way Your Employer Just Passed Healthcare Costs Onto You” By Peter Ubel, Forbes.com — With increasing frequency, employers are directing their workers to the kind of high deductible, high out-of-pocket insurance plans that leave workers financially responsible [...]
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Remembering Catherine Logan Carrillo, a Pioneer of the Survivorship Movement

Catherine Logan Carrillo, co-founder of NCCS and its first Executive Director, died February 19 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Catherine founded Living Through Cancer, which eventually became People Living Through Cancer (PLTC), one of the first community-based peer support organizations for people dealing with cancer. After reading Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan’s seminal article, “Seasons of Survival: Reflections of a Physician with Cancer,” in [...]
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What Caught Our Eye: Multiple Proposals Continue to Weaken ACA Patient Protections; Breast Cancer Cost Survey; Editing Genes to Treat Cancer

What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series — “Understanding Short-Term Limited Duration Health Insurance” — Karen Pollitz, Kaiser Family Foundation — The Health and Human Services Department published new rules Tuesday that expand access to short term health plans that exclude patients with preexisting conditions and don’t cover basic services like prescription drugs.

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