WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2023 – Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today, urging them to reinstate a procedure code that is essential for access to deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast ...

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), a champion for cancer survivors and a survivor herself, held a press conference today to introduce the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act (CCSA), new comprehensive survivorship legislation that will directly benefit cancer survivors. She was joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who ...

NCCS joined with other member organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in a letter urging Congress to include several key provisions in an end-of-year legislative package. In the letter, NCCS and 14 other cancer organizations, representing cancer patients, health care professionals, researchers, and caregivers, stressed that action on these ...

NCCS has advocated for the inclusion of paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better Act and will continue to elevate this policy as a priority for cancer survivors and their families. Recently, NCCS joined with other patient and caregiver organizations to send a letter urging the Biden ...

NCCS joined with other members of the Partnership to Protect Coverage coalition in sending a letter to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor urging them to issue new regulations limiting the sale and availability of short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health insurance. Unlike traditional health insurance, STLD insurance ...

NCCS joined with other advocacy groups in sending letters to congressional leadership supporting the inclusion of several critical provisions in the reconciliation bill that Congress is currently negotiating. Specifically, NCCS expressed support for provisions that would permanently close the Medicaid coverage gap, make the enhanced advance premium tax credits (APTCs) ...

NCCS submitted comments to the Departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for 2022, the annual rule governing core provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the operation ...

NCCS joined the Partnership to Protect Coverage coalition in a letter urging Congress to pass legislation to address affordable health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs, expand Medicaid, and limit junk insurance plans. The letter was sent to Congressional leaders in both the House and Senate, and the White House and concludes ...

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) sent a letter to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend actions to accelerate the vaccination of cancer survivors, who are at risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19. Cancer patients have been confronted by ...

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) joined with the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in urging Health and Human Services Secretary-Designate Xavier Becerra to protect Medicare beneficiaries’ access to Part D drugs in six protected classes, which include certain cancer treatments. In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...