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Advocating for Women Who Choose to Go Flat After Mastectomy

September 10, 2020 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Disparities in Outcomes NCCS News

By Kim Bowles Founder Not Putting On a Shirt When I woke up from surgery and realized my surgeon had overridden my wishes, I was angry. I thought that because I had been clear with him, that I was safe. But as I began speaking with other women, I discovered that I was not alone […]

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Advocacy Alert: Tell Congress to Expand Paid Leave Eligibility to Cancer Survivors

September 10, 2020 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes NCCS News

Expand Eligibility for Paid Leave to Include Cancer Survivors: We urge Congress to expand eligibility for the paid family and medical leave to include people with chronic conditions, like cancer, and working members of their households. Because of their history of cancer and cancer treatment, cancer patients are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. Cancer survivors may […]

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NCCS Mourns Former Board Member Kathy LaTour

September 10, 2020 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes NCCS News

Kathy LaTour, breast cancer survivor, author of The Breast Cancer Companion, and co-founder of CURE Magazine, died on June 19. Kathy served as an NCCS board member from 1992 to 1996. After her cancer diagnosis in 1986, she turned her formidable writing talents to informing and supporting cancer patients and survivors. When Diane Balma was […]

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Black Lives Matter

June 5, 2020 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes, Health Equity NCCS News

Black Lives Matter We see you. We hear you. We stand with you. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) is saddened and dismayed by the murder of George Floyd and many others who have suffered as a result of racial injustice. We condemn racial injustice and support our Black colleagues — survivors, advocates, caregivers, […]

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Health Care Roundup: ACA Erased Key Racial Cancer Disparity; ‘Survivor’ Debate; Isolation in Survivorship; Remembering Two Cancer Pioneers; More

June 7, 2019 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Disparities in Outcomes, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity Health Care Roundup, NCCS News

Today marks one year since the Trump administration announced it would not defend the ACA and that the entire law should be struck down, including protections for pre-existing conditions. In just one month, oral arguments are scheduled in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. New research released last week at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting shows that the ACA’s Medicaid expansion reduced racial disparities […]

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Health Care Roundup: ‘Misleading’ Pre-Existing Conditions Bill; Clinical Trials Lack Black Patients; ‘Cancer Coaching’ Ethics; Young Adult Cancer Advocates

September 21, 2018 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Clinical Trials, Disparities in Outcomes, Financial Toxicity, Health Equity, Pre-Existing Conditions Health Care Roundup, NCCS News

NCCS and 30+ Patient Orgs Raise Concerns Over Senate Pre-Ex Bill — This week, NCCS and more than 30 other patient advocacy organizations submitted a letter to Senator Tillis (R-NC) detailing why his bill does not go far enough in protecting pre-existing conditions despite his intentions. The bill title, “Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act” (S.3388), is misleading and, if passed, would not provide adequate coverage […]

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Health Care Roundup: Kasich on Medicaid Expansion Success; New Cervical Cancer Screening Choices; a Nurse’s ‘Gut Feeling’; and More

August 24, 2018 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Clinical Guidelines, Disparities in Outcomes, Financial Toxicity, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News

Court Throws Out KY Governor’s Medicaid Countersuit — Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R) lost a lawsuit against Medicaid recipients who are challenging the Governor’s attempt to implement Medicaid work requirements. Earlier this year, Bevin was also unsuccessful in moving forward with his plans in changing components of Medicaid expansion in the state when a federal court sided with the same Medicaid recipients. […]

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WCOE: No Action on ACA Stabilization Bill; ‘Black Cancer Matters’; Risks of At-Home Genetic Testing; Hospital Payment Reform; and More

March 23, 2018 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Disparities in Outcomes, Drug Pricing, Financial Toxicity, Health Equity, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), is our week-in-review blog series. “Health insurers say the GOP-led Congress’ inaction on ACA stabilization legislation is sure to hurt consumers” Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com — After months of negotiating around an ACA stabilization package that was set to be included in this week’s spending bill, no agreement was made and the stabilization provisions were left out of the spending package all together. […]

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WCOE: Graham-Cassidy Repeal Plan Has Deep Cuts; Bipartisan ACA Hearings Set; Sticker Shock Over Leukemia Drug; New Palliative Care Study; & More

August 25, 2017 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Disparities in Outcomes, Drug Pricing, Financial Toxicity, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity, Palliative Care, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), August 25, 2017 – 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. – “Cassidy-Graham Would Deeply Cut and Drastically Redistribute Health Coverage Funding Among States,” Via Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) — The Cassidy-Graham plan would have much the same damaging consequences as […]

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What Caught Our Eye: Health Care Repeal News; John McCain’s Diagnosis & Debate Over Cancer “Battle” Words; Drug Pricing; Cancer Screenings

July 21, 2017 /in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Disparities in Outcomes, Health Care Coverage, Health Equity NCCS News

What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), July 21, 2017 – In the Spotlight – “These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.” Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it. “It’s going to cost a fortune,” he said in an interview at the time. This week, as Republican efforts to repeal the law known as Obamacare […]

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NCCS Urges CDC Committee to Include Cancer Survivors in High-Risk Category for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

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    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
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Harmar Brereton, MD

Founder
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

 

“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.”

—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute