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As avid followers of Susan Gubar’s series in The New York Times on living with cancer, we read her most recent installment, “Living with Cancer: A Tour of Hospice” with interest. She described her fear of the pain, anxiety, and dementia that can accompany dying and her desire to avoid excessive treatment at the end of life. […]
In “Biggest Insurer Drops Caution, Embraces Obamacare,” Jay Hancock of Kaiser Health News reported on UnitedHealthcare’s decision to offer plans on the exchanges in 24 states next year, up from four states this year. Hancock writes, “The move represents a major acceleration for the company and a bet that government-subsidized insurance, sold online without regard […]
Discussions about the costs of cancer treatment and how we pay for cancer care dominated many of the cancer policy stories that caught our eye this week. In a Washington Post article from the Wonkblog, Jason Millman outlines some of the troubling statistics that project a significant increase in the costs of cancer care, as […]
On Wednesday, as part of the Merkin Series on Innovation in Care Delivery, the Brookings Institute held an event in their new MEDTalk format titled, Reinventing Patient-Centered Cancer Care. The MEDTalk event follows the popular TED Talk format, and it was designed to feature several short presentations that considered the challenges of delivering oncology care while enhancing the patient experience, […]
A PBS Newshour segment, “Pediatric Cancer Survivors Face a Lifetime of Health Challenges,” discusses the late effects and potential secondary cancers that survivors of pediatric cancers face. The piece puts a human face on the challenges with its profiles of Laura Allaire, an adult survivor of pediatric cancer, and eleven-year-old Samantha Schwarz, who is being […]
In a blog post on The Hill, Stephen Crowley urged Congress to “step up” funding for pediatric cancer research, as more than 250 advocates convened in Washington, D.C. for the Alliance for Childhood Cancer Action Day. NCCS is a member of the Alliance and was pleased to participate in and sponsor the advocacy effort. Crowley […]
The United States House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee released a Call to Action and announced the 21st Century Cures initiative to analyze the discovery, development, and delivery of cures and propose policy solutions. Over the course of the initiative, which officially launched on June 1, 2014, the committee will issue a series of […]
This week NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso and Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall presented in separate sessions at the Seventh Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. Shelley discussed the ways NCCS is working to foster the adoption of cancer care planning, including tools to prepare patients for the conversation, delivery and payment reforms to encourage […]
Cancer Policy Matters Guest Post by Tanisha Carino, Executive Vice President, Avalere Health The Affordable Care Act provides an unprecedented opportunity for millions to gain coverage through the exchange marketplace by enrolling in a qualified health plan (QHP) that covers essential health benefits and limits financial exposure to excessive out-of-pocket costs. More than 8 million […]
I am happy to be back in the office, after spending five days in Chicago at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. It was ASCO’s 50th anniversary, and this year was the highest attendance, with 33,000 people from around the globe. It’s an exciting and exhausting five days, with scientific sessions that […]
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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.”
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