The AHCA’s 52 Million Uninsured Is Not “Freedom”
Throughout the repeal and replace debate, NCCS has been meeting with Congressional offices to share our concerns from the cancer patient perspective. During one of those visits, we simply asked, “At the end of the day, what do you hope [the AHCA] accomplishes since there will be millions left uninsured?” ...
87 Organizations Call on Congress to Protect Medicaid
Bethesda, MD – 87 organizations issued a letter today calling on Congress to take a hard look at the likely significant and life-threatening consequences of the American Health Care Act on millions of patients. The organizations represent Americans with complex health needs who rely on Medicaid for access to care, ...
ACA Update | March 17, 2017: The AHCA CBO Score, a Cancer Survivor’s Question for Tom Price, and New Polling
This week’s news was dominated by the nonpartisan CBO issuing its long-awaited analysis of the AHCA. The scathing report was worse than many had predicted, estimating that 24 million more individuals would be uninsured in comparison to if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remained in place. That would total 52 ...
NCCS Statement on CBO Score of the American Health Care Act (AHCA)
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the AHCA provides further evidence that this legislation would be devastating for cancer patients. The CBO estimates that compared to the ACA, 14 million more people would be uninsured in 2018. Health care coverage is a leading indicator for cancer outcomes. [...] ...
What Caught Our Eye: ACA Replacement Bill Analysis; Cancer Care Reality in an “Ocean of Hype;” a Highly Effective CML Drug
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. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) was introduced in the House earlier this week. A great deal has been written analyzing this legislation. STAT News has an ...
ACA Update | March 10, 2017: GOP Repeal Plan, the AHCA, Moves Forward in the House
The AHCA, the long-awaited Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was unveiled earlier this week. NCCS released a statement, explaining that this legislation would be devastating for older, sicker, and poorer Americans, let alone those facing a cancer diagnosis. The AHCA hurts older Americans the ...
NCCS Statement on the American Health Care Act
The AHCA seeks to repeal and replace significant portions of the current health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Even upon initial review, there is no question that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is a significant step backward from the ACA’s affordability and patient protections, and will hurt ...
NCCS Submits Comments on CMS Proposed ACA Market Stabilization Rule
NCCS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule that is intended to “help stabilize the individual and small group markets.” The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided health insurance coverage—and therefore access to health care—for many cancer survivors who were previously denied ...
ACA Update | February 24, 2017: The Leaked Draft ACA Replacement Bill
A draft reconciliation bill that outlines the GOP Obamacare replacement was leaked by Politico earlier today. The 106-page draft bill confirms many of our concerns that a Republican replacement plan will be catastrophic for cancer patients. Sarah Kliff from Vox.com outlines what this bill would do and what it would ...
What Caught Our Eye: ACA Support at All-Time High, Kasich: ACA Repeal is ‘Very Bad Idea,’ Cancer’s Financial Burden, and Your Cancer Genome
What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series. Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won't "sit silent" and watch the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion get "ripped out" as Republicans work to repeal the law. | High-risk pools are at the center of most of the Republican plans to ...
