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Health Care Roundup: Trump Drug Pricing Plan; HHS Cuts ACA Navigator Funding; CAR-T Therapy Coverage Issues; Biosimilar News; and More

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Comment Period Closed for Trump Drug Pricing Plan — Comments for the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) drug pricing proposal were due this week. The plan, introduced by the Trump administration, outlined proposals seeking to increase competition, reduce out-of-pocket costs and incentivize better negotiations for lower drug prices. NCCS joined with other organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) to provide comments […]

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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council Comment Letter Regarding the Drug Pricing Blueprint “American Patients First”

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined with other organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) to provide comments regarding the Trump administration’s drug pricing blueprint, “American Patients First.” Sent to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the letter outlines the groups’ concerns and asks questions of HHS about the plan’s […]

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Health Care Roundup: Virginia to Expand Medicaid, Colorectal Screening Guidelines, How the ‘Bewildering’ Health Insurance Industry Works, and More

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Virginia Votes to Expand Medicaid — Both chambers of the Virginia Legislature moved a budget bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill would make Virginia the 33rd state to expand Medicaid under Obamacare and could lead to as many as 400,000 people being newly covered. “As a doctor, I’m so proud of the significant step we’ve taken together to help Virginians get quality, affordable […]

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Health Care Roundup: Drug Pricing Plan, 2019 Premium Increases, Short-Term Plans, Medicare Mulls Covering Gene Therapies, and More

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Trump Administration Promotes a Drug Pricing Plan – On Friday, May 11, 2018, President Trump announced a drug pricing blueprint to address prescription drug prices. Initial media coverage of the plan suggested that the blueprint failed to honor the President’s campaign commitment to negotiation of drug prices. Overall, the press and policymaker reaction to the plan was muted, with some suggesting that the plan would have limited impact. […]

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What Caught Our Eye: Medicaid Coverage Limits; Cancer Care Cost Communication; Stanford Care Planning Study; Drug Pricing; and More

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What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series. “After Approving Medicaid Work Requirements, Trump HHS Aims for Lifetime Coverage Limits” — After allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid enrollees, the trump administration is now pondering lifetime limits on adults’ access to coverage. Capping health care benefits — like federal welfare benefits — would be a first for Medicaid, the joint state-and-federal health plan […]

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What Caught Our Eye: GOP Targets Employer Mandate, Hospitals Create Non-Profit Drug Company, Sex After Cancer, “Paperwork Paralysis”

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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. “Obamacare didn’t get repealed — so why did the uninsured rate still go up?” — The uninsured rate went up in 2017, new Gallup data shows — the first time this has happened since the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion took effect. This works out to an estimated 3.2 million fewer Americans […]

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ACA Update Jan 12, 2018 | Trump Admin Moves to Allow Medicaid Work Requirements; CHIP Extension Would Save Gov’t Billions

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Earlier this week, NCCS’ CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso and Public Policy Manager Lindsay Houff hosted a Facebook Live health care policy update. They discussed legislative priorities for 2018 that impact cancer survivors and how you can help us advocate. On Thursday, the Trump administration released a 10-page memo outlining directions about how states can change Medicaid to include work requirements. Jane Perkins, legal director […]

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What Caught Our Eye: “Resolutions of a Cancer Doctor;” BRCA Doesn’t Affect Survival; Medicaid Work Requirements; Cancer Death Rate Drops Again; and More

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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. — “Trump’s secret plan to scrap Obamacare” — Early last year as an Obamacare repeal bill was flailing in the House, top Trump administration officials showed select House conservatives a secret road map of how they planned to gut the health law using executive authority. The March 23 document […]

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ACA Update | December 1, 2017 – Senate Plans to Vote Tonight on Tax Bill that Repeals Individual Mandate

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The Senate on Thursday evening delayed a final vote on the tax bill due to “deficit concerns.” However a vote is expected to occur today, as Senate leaders announced they believe they have the votes necessary. Things fell apart on Thursday when the parliamentarian ruled that a trigger (an increase in taxes if economic growth goals were not met) did not adhere to Senate rules. Senator Corker and others had conditioned their support on […]

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What Caught Our Eye: How the Senate Tax Bill Affects Health Care, Surgical Relief for Lymphedema, and An Investigation Into Exorbitant Costs of Care

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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. “JCT says Republican tax plan will add $1 trillion to the deficit” — There is no consensus among economists about the amount of growth that would occur under the plan, but key models predict it would not cover its cost. Find out more about the implications of the tax bill. […]

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