Affordable Care Act

ACA Update | April 14, 2017: Town Hall Headlines, Cost-Sharing Subsidies, the “Death Spiral”, and Trump’s Final “Market Stabilization” Rule

April 14, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act NCCS News

Although Members of Congress are on recess this week and next, talks of ACA and its future continue. Grassroots support of the ACA has made headlines again at town hall events across the U.S. during this recess. CBS News reports on several town hall meetings, where Republican lawmakers faced intense criticism for their position the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Hill reports that some Members of Congress are […]

What Caught Our Eye: Costs of Care in a For-Profit System; New ACA Reporting; Precision Medicine; PSA Testing; End of Life Care

April 14, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Financial Toxicity, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity, Palliative Care, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News

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. […]

ACA Update | April 10, 2017: New GOP Proposal Would Undermine Pre-Existing Condition Protections

April 10, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Pre-Existing Conditions NCCS News

As talks of repeal and replace quickly resurfaced after the downfall of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republican’s newest proposals are even more devastating for cancer patients than the AHCA would’ve been. The newest Republican health care proposals would eliminate even more patient protections, including the essential health benefits that require insurers to cover services such as chemotherapy, hospital visits, […]

What Caught Our Eye: Next Steps for the ACA; Gottlieb’s Confirmation; ASCO Statement on Right-to-Try; Gene Mutations in Childhood Survivors

April 7, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Clinical Trials, Financial Toxicity, Health Equity NCCS News

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 […]

What Caught Our Eye: A Cancer Survivor’s Comic, ACA Repeal Back on GOP Agenda, New Susan Gubar Piece, Past NCI Chief on Trump’s NIH Cuts

March 31, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Disparities in Outcomes, Health Equity NCCS News

Andy Slavitt, former acting director of CMS, argues that the failure of Trumpcare last week presents the opportunity to end the divisiveness that hampered the Obamacare era and move forward in a bipartisan direction that focuses not on destructive rhetoric, but squarely on reducing premiums and expanding access for all Americans. […]

ACA Update | March 31, 2017: The Fight to Protect the ACA Is Far From Over.

March 31, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Coverage NCCS News

Last week at a press conference after the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was pulled from the House floor, Paul Ryan said, “The ACA is the law of the land for the foreseeable future.” But this week lawmakers signaled that the fight is far from over. Republican leadership vowed to restart negotiations for repealing the ACA. While Republicans might try to resurrect repeal and replace, they could in the meantime focus on […]

ACA Update | March 24, 2017: Speaker Ryan Withdraws the AHCA

March 24, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News

Today, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan withdrew the American Health Care Act (AHCA) when it became clear that he did not have the votes to pass it. In his press conference, he said that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the “law of the land for the foreseeable future.” The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) strongly opposed the AHCA, which would have harmed millions of Americans, including cancer patients and […]

The AHCA’s 52 Million Uninsured Is Not “Freedom”

March 23, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Coverage, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News

Throughout the repeal and replace debate, NCCS has been meeting with Congressional offices to share our concerns from the cancer patient perspective. During one of those visits, we simply asked, “At the end of the day, what do you hope [the AHCA] accomplishes since there will be millions left uninsured?” Without hesitation, the staffer replied, “People will have the choice to go without insurance if they want to. It’s about freedom.” […]

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