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ACA Update | September 15, 2017: Cassidy-Graham Repeal Plan Is Devastating for Patients—and Is Gaining Support in the Senate

September 15, 2017

We have been monitoring and reporting on the proposed Cassidy-Graham repeal bill for several weeks, and now its threat is imminent. Yesterday, Senators Cassidy (R-LA) and Graham (R-SC) unveiled their health care plan at a press conference on Capitol Hill. Indications are that the sponsors of the bill are only a couple of votes away and this has moved up on the priority list for Senate Republican leadership to get done in September. [...]

ACA Update | September 8, 2017: Bipartisan ACA Hearings Convene; Cassidy-Graham Repeal Plan Looms

September 8, 2017

During two Senate HELP committee hearings this week on stabilizing the ACA market, two panels of insurance commissioners and governors agreed that funding cost-sharing reduction payments were critical in keeping insurers in the marketplace and avoiding premium increases of 20% or more. As we reported previously, CSR payments compensate insurers for the discounts they are mandated under Obamacare [...]

What Caught Our Eye: Cassidy-Graham Repeal Plan; Bipartisan ACA Hearings; Financial Issues for Childhood Survivors; IBM’s Watson Not Living Up to Expectations; and More

September 8, 2017

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), September 8, 2017 | 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. | “Cassidy-Graham: the Obamacare repeal plan McCain is supporting, explained” — The senator who cast the final vote to kill Obamacare repeal is unexpectedly helping to revive that effort from the dead. Sen. John McCain told the Hill Wednesday that he would support a plan [...]

ACA Update | August 25, 2017: Bipartisan ACA Hearings in Sept.; Graham-Cassidy Repeal Plan; Zero Counties Remain Without ACA Insurer

August 25, 2017

With only one week left of August congressional recess, NCCS is preparing for a busy September. Senators Alexander and Murray are working on bipartisan health care legislation with the goal of helping stabilize the ACA marketplace and ensuring the law’s cost-sharing reductions (CSR) payments. However, Senators Graham, Cassidy and Heller are still actively pursuing their plan to repeal the ACA. As the Center on Budget and Policy [...]

WCOE: Graham-Cassidy Repeal Plan Has Deep Cuts; Bipartisan ACA Hearings Set; Sticker Shock Over Leukemia Drug; New Palliative Care Study; & More

August 25, 2017

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), August 25, 2017 - 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. - “Cassidy-Graham Would Deeply Cut and Drastically Redistribute Health Coverage Funding Among States,” Via Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) — The Cassidy-Graham plan would have much the same damaging consequences as [...]

ACA Update | August 18, 2017 – CBO: Cutting CSRs Would Cost Gov’t $194 Billion, Raise Premiums; Trump Admin Funds CSRs for One Month

August 18, 2017

August recess is typically a quiet time in Washington, but that is not the case this year. Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis that found that ending cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments, as President Trump has repeatedly threatened, would increase the deficit by $194 billion over 10 years. Cutting the cost-sharing payments would end up costing the government more because insurance companies will [...]

What Caught Our Eye: ACA News; Cancer Trials Face Patient Shortage; Acupressure Can Relieve Cancer Fatigue; More on Liquid Biopsies

August 18, 2017

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. “GOP senator meeting with White House on new ObamaCare plan” — Via The Hill — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he’s meeting with the White House and the Trump administration “two or three times per week” on a plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Cassidy has teamed up with Senators [...]

ACA Update | August 11, 2017: A Bipartisan Plan for the ACA; and Insurers Say Uncertainty Is Driving Premium Rate Hikes

August 11, 2017

It has been a relatively quiet week on Capitol Hill with Members of Congress on recess and back in their home states and districts. On Wednesday, a bipartisan health policy coalition announced a plan that they will be presenting to Members of Congress to strengthen and stabilize the ACA, pay all the federal subsidies provided under the ACA, and to encourage enrollment in coverage. [...]

NCCS Statement on President Joe Biden’s Diagnosis with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

May 22, 2025

We are deeply saddened to learn of President Joe Biden’s diagnosis with metastatic prostate cancer. As a father, a caregiver, and…

Gena Gurman: Bridging the Gap in Survivorship Care with Compassion, Creativity, and Cognitive Support

May 15, 2025

Meet Gena Gurman, OTDS. An occupational therapy doctoral student, Gena created a powerful new resource to help cancer survivors understand and manage cognitive changes after treatment.

Public Service Leadership Award 2025 Larry Hogan

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to Receive Public Service Leadership Award from National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

May 8, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kara Kenan | kkenan@canceradvocacy.org | 910-465-6286 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Coalition…

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