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NCCS Statement on HHS Final Rule for Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Plans

August 1, 2018/in Cancer Policy Blog, CMS, HHS, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Coverage, Pre-Existing Conditions NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement of the final rule on short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans: “NCCS is deeply concerned that the Administration’s new rule on short-term, limited-duration plans, called ‘junk insurance’ by health insurance experts, will harm cancer patients and survivors by providing inadequate coverage for cancer care […]

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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council Comment Letter Regarding the Drug Pricing Blueprint “American Patients First”

July 17, 2018/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, HHS, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Drug Pricing, Health Care Coverage NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined with other organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) to provide comments regarding the Trump administration’s drug pricing blueprint, “American Patients First.” Sent to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the letter outlines the groups’ concerns and asks questions of HHS about the plan’s […]

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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council to Oppose Right to Try Legislation in the House

May 22, 2018/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, Congress, FDA, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Clinical Guidelines, Clinical Trials, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship joined with other organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in a letter to House leadership to oppose House consideration of the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act (S. 204).The legislation passed the House on May 22 and goes to the President […]

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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council to Oppose the Latest Version of Right to Try Act

March 13, 2018/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Clinical Trials NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about the latest version of the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act, released on March 10, 2018. We oppose the latest version of right to try legislation because it makes a hollow promise to patients and removes the […]

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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”

March 8, 2018/in Cancer Policy Blog, Department of Labor, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) submitted comments on the proposed rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs) and expressed serious reservations that the proposed rule will weaken the individual and small group markets that provide health insurance coverage to many Americans with a history of cancer. For those who now receive their insurance through […]

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NCCS Joins Letter Expressing “Serious Reservations” About “Right to Try” Legislation

March 5, 2018/in Cancer Policy Blog, Congress, FDA, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Clinical Trials NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined with colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about proposed “right to try” legislation that will remove the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the approval process for patient access to an investigational therapy outside a clinical trial. NCCS does not believe that right to try legislation removing FDA from […]

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NCCS Concerned With Impact of Tax Bill on Cancer Patients

December 20, 2017/in Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Coverage, Pre-Existing Conditions NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

  Silver Spring, MD – The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) issued the following statement regarding Congressional passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1. The bill is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. “By including repeal of the individual mandate, the tax bill will make access […]

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NCCS Joins Letter to Congress Opposing Health Care Cuts in Tax Reform Legislation

November 16, 2017/in Cancer Policy Blog, Congress, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Financial Toxicity, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS and the 11 other member organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council sent a letter to Congress expressing “serious concerns about the potential negative impact of tax reform legislation currently under consideration on those living with cancer.” Three areas of concern discussed in the letter are repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, […]

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NCCS Joins AARP In Opposing Medical Expense Deduction Repeal

November 8, 2017/in Cancer Policy Blog, Congress, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Financial Toxicity, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

NCCS joined a letter, spearheaded by AARP and sent to all members of the House of Representatives, opposing the proposed elimination of the Medical Expense Deduction. The proposed repeal is included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. A total of 37 organizations signed the letter. Read the letter below. November 7, 2017 […]

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NCCS Letter to HHS Highlights “Deep Reservations” Concerning Massachusetts 1115 Waiver

October 23, 2017/in Cancer Policy Blog, HHS, NCCS News, Policy Comments Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Drug Pricing, Health Care Coverage NCCS News, Policy Comments /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) sent a letter to Eric Hargan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to express “deep reservations” regarding the proposal by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to amend its Section 1115 waiver. In the letter, NCCS states: Many cancer patients have been assured access to care through MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program. We are concerned […]

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NCCS Recommends That States Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines to Cancer Care Providers

March 1, 2021
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COVID-19 Vaccines and Cancer: A Conversation with Cancer Expert Otis Brawley, MD

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NCCS Joins Patient, Disability, and Health Care Organizations to Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Medicaid and Rule Against Work Requirements

February 25, 2021
Loss of Patient Protections Would Raise Barriers to Health Insurance — Seventeen patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Texas v. United States, citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [...]
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    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
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Harmar Brereton, MD

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Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

 

“Perhaps one of the most impactful collaborations in Dr. Brereton’s extraordinary career remains his early work and long friendship with Ellen Stovall. Through him, and in turn through the thousands of lives he has touched, Ellen’s work continues, and her mission lives on.”

—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute