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Health Care Roundup: Drug Pricing; Cancer Deaths Rise Globally; Health Care Champion John Dingell Remembered; Treatment at Home; “Survivor” Debate

February 8, 2019/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Drug Pricing, Health Care Coverage Health Care Roundup, NCCS News /by actualize

In order to bring you the latest cancer-related health care policy and news, we at NCCS combined our ACA Updates and What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) content into a weekly email and blog post. We aim to make this a concise, one-stop summary of what you need to know as we continue working together to make cancer care better for everyone.Your feedback is always welcome to make our content more useful to you. Please send comments to feedback@canceradvocacy.org.

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HEALTH CARE HIGHLIGHTS

Drug Pricing at SOTU; House Health Care Hearing

At the State of the Union address, President Trump stated that two of his administration’s health care priorities are to protect individuals with pre-existing conditions and lower drug prices. The address did not specify how to achieve those goals. NCCS commented on several drug pricing proposals released previously by the administration, with a specific focus on what the proposals would mean for patients. The president called on Congress to pass legislation to address drug price transparency, and asked hospitals, drug companies and insurers to “disclose real prices.”

The president and many Members of Congress continue to reiterate their support of pre-existing conditions protections. However, the Texas v. United States lawsuit, brought forward by a group of Republican attorneys general, would upend these and other important protections in the ACA. The Trump administration’s Department of Justice declined to intervene in the case and protect the ACA in federal court, but the House of Representatives recently passed a resolution to intervene in the case. This week, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing highlighting the possible effects of the ACA lawsuit and putting pre-existing conditions back in the spotlight.


CHART OF THE WEEK

Poorer countries are falling further behind on cancer outcomes

Axios

Axios shared an article on the rise of cancer deaths globally:


Data: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Chart: Harry Stevens/Axios

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IMPORTANT READS

Cancer treatment at home is safe, effective, and closer to happening than you think

STAT News

This article breaks down the idea of providing cancer treatment at home, and steps that need to be taken to get closer to making it a reality.

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Doctors dramatically reduce racial disparities in early-stage lung cancer treatment

Science Daily

More and more attention is being focused on racial and economic disparities in cancer care. This article discusses a study of an intervention program that helped reduce disparities for lung cancer in a specific population. “These results show promise for all cancer treatment centers,” said Samuel Cykert, MD, professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and co-principal investigator of the trial.

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People diagnosed with cancer often don’t embrace the term ‘survivor’

The Conversation

The authors discuss the term “cancer survivor” and the difficulties of applying a general term to cover all of patients’ individual experiences.

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Former Rep. Dingell, US’s longest-serving lawmaker, dies

Washington Post

Rep. John Dingell, over his 50+ years as a public servant, played integral roles in helping move health care forward in America. He helped pass Medicare and Medicaid into law in 1965 and was one of the first to introduce Medicare for All bills in Congress.

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    • Access to Care
    • Health Equity
    • Redefining Functional Status (RFS)
    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
    • Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act (CCPCA)
  • Get Involved
    • What is Advocacy?
    • Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)
    • Elevating Survivorship
    • Survivor Stories
    • Cancerversary
    • State Based Cancer Advocacy
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 Resources for Cancer Survivors
    • Survivorship Checklist
    • Cancer Survival Toolbox
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    • Survivorship Champions
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    • Tools For Care Providers
    • Order Our Resources
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“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
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