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NCCS Raises Concerns Over Impact on Patients of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Revisions

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NCCS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare physician fee schedule revisions proposed for calendar year 2019 and proposed revisions in the Quality Payment Program. In our comments, NCCS addressed proposed changes to evaluation and management services, which are provided in the office or outpatient setting and are a critical element of cancer care. CMS proposed creating a […]

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NCCS Applauds Resolution to Block Short-Term Insurance Plans, Protect Those with Pre-Existing Conditions

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Washington, DC – NCCS applauds the efforts of Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 30 of her colleagues to advance a resolution blocking the final rule permitting expansion of short-term plans. The final rule extending the availability of short-term plans will put more Americans at risk of purchasing junk insurance plans and will also undermine the individual insurance markets on which many people with cancer rely. “NCCS considers these new short-term plans a serious threat,” […]

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NCCS Statement on HHS Final Rule for Short-Term, Limited Duration Health Plans

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement of the final rule on short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans: “NCCS is deeply concerned that the Administration’s new rule on short-term, limited-duration plans, called ‘junk insurance’ by health insurance experts, will harm cancer patients and survivors by providing inadequate coverage for cancer care […]

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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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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council to Oppose Right to Try Legislation in the House

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship joined with other organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in a letter to House leadership to oppose House consideration of the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act (S. 204).The legislation passed the House on May 22 and goes to the President […]

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NCCS Joins Cancer Leadership Council to Oppose the Latest Version of Right to Try Act

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NCCS joined the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about the latest version of the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act, released on March 10, 2018. We oppose the latest version of right to try legislation because it makes a hollow promise to patients and removes the […]

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NCCS Letter to DOL: Proposed Association Health Plans Rule “Will Increase Costs for Cancer Survivors and Others with Significant Health Needs”

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) submitted comments on the proposed rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs) and expressed serious reservations that the proposed rule will weaken the individual and small group markets that provide health insurance coverage to many Americans with a history of cancer. For those who now receive their insurance through […]

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NCCS Joins Letter Expressing “Serious Reservations” About “Right to Try” Legislation

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NCCS joined with colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council to express serious reservations about proposed “right to try” legislation that will remove the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the approval process for patient access to an investigational therapy outside a clinical trial. NCCS does not believe that right to try legislation removing FDA from […]

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NCCS Concerned With Impact of Tax Bill on Cancer Patients

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  Silver Spring, MD – The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) issued the following statement regarding Congressional passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1. The bill is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. “By including repeal of the individual mandate, the tax bill will make access […]

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NCCS Joins Letter to Congress Opposing Health Care Cuts in Tax Reform Legislation

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NCCS and the 11 other member organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council sent a letter to Congress expressing “serious concerns about the potential negative impact of tax reform legislation currently under consideration on those living with cancer.” Three areas of concern discussed in the letter are repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, […]

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