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Coronavirus and Cancer Resources for Survivors

Cancer survivors have expressed concerns and questions about COVID-19, the coronavirus, and how they may be at higher risk due to their cancer history. Here are some resources about COVID-19 generally, and its impact for cancer survivors specifically. NCCS is seeking answers from public health experts on the coronavirus and its impact on cancer patients and survivors. Please leave a comment [...]
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NCCS Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Improve Health Care Coverage Affordability and Access

NCCS joined the Partnership to Protect Coverage coalition in a letter urging Congress to pass legislation to address affordable health…
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NCCS Recommends That States Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines to Cancer Care Providers

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) sent a letter to the CDC's Advisory Committee…
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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

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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NCCS and Other Cancer Groups Urge HHS to Keep Six Protected Classes in Medicare Part D Drug Plans

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined with the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in urging Health and Human Services…
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NCCS, Cancer Groups Urge CMS to Withdraw Most Favored Nation (MFN) Medicare Part B Rule That Will Harm Patients and Reduce Access to Care

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined other member organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in a…

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