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Federal health officials said there will be enough supply of a children’s leukemia drug released in the next couple of weeks to alleviate a shortage. The drug, methotrexate, is used to treat children with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Hospitals across the country are running low on the drug and some reported […]
About two-thirds of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer want to take part in making decisions about their treatment, according to a new survey of patients from five different countries. Some of these women want complete control over making treatment choices while others want to share the decision with their doctor — yet only […]
A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two weeks, leaving hundreds and perhaps thousands of children at risk of dying from a largely curable disease, federal officials and cancer doctors say. “This is dire,” said Valerie Jensen, associate […]
Nearly 3.6 million people with Medicare saved $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the Affordable Care Act according to data issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Savings for people with Medicare will increase over time. According to a new report issued today from HHS, the average […]
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight on December 16, 2011 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The Cancer Leadership Council (CLC), representing the undersigned cancer patient, provider, and research organizations, submits the comments […]
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, issued by Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight on December 16, 2011 Dear Secretary Sebelius: The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of […]
A woman named Sheryl (not her real name) contacted me recently with a question that seemed rather simple on its face, and turned out to be far more complex. She is 60 years old and has a terminal disease, for which treatment will be debilitating and possibly painful. She has no family to help her […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship joined 13 other leading national health and disability organizations to submit to the Supreme Court an amicus brief supporting the minimum coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act. In the “friend of the Court” brief, NCCS and its colleagues argued that the minimum coverage provision of the law, or […]
Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Coping with the Cost of Cancer – Third edition released In a recent study conducted by the Cancer Support Community (“CSC”), a majority (72.8%) of patients surveyed experienced some degree of emotional distress from managing cancer care costs. Additionally, 64.8% reported that their health care team did not discuss financial aspects […]
When the health reform law’s high-risk insurance pools launched last summer, there was a lot worry that the new coverage option would be swamped by demand from uninsured individual. Then, there was worry about too little demand: The insurance pools saw anemic enrollment, with some states enrolling just a few dozen subscribers. And now, there’s […]
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