My story began ten years ago in April when I was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer. The treatments were successful in that the cancer cells were eliminated, but my liver was damaged by the toxic effects of the chemotherapy and the radiation. My company was very supportive and I continued to work through my long recovery period. But after several years I found that the travel demands of my job were taking too great [...]

Trumpcare is back. And worse than ever. — Via Vox.com — “House Republicans are floating a new amendment to their health care bill — one that would likely cause even more Americans to lose coverage than the last version. Leaders of the staunchly conservative Freedom Caucus and the more moderate Tuesday Group have reportedly hashed out a proposal that would let some states ditch key Obamacare policies, such as the [...]

What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series, where we recap the cancer policy articles that caught our attention. Published this week, Elisabeth Rosenthal’s An American Sickness: How Healthcare became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back describes the business of health care and how it fails patients. See her interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, as well as her tips for consumers to avoid unnecessary costs. [...]

Some key findings of the most recent Kaiser tracking poll: the public thinks it’s a “good thing” that the AHCA failed, believes President Trump and the Republican party are responsible for problems with the ACA going forward, and want to see the Trump administration make the ACA work for consumers. “Despite divided views towards the 2010 health law, three-fourths of the public think President Trump and his administration [...]