What Caught Our Eye: Next Steps for the ACA; Gottlieb’s Confirmation; ASCO Statement on Right-to-Try; Gene Mutations in Childhood Survivors
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), April 7, 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. |
In the Spotlight
Cancer Survivor, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), speaks on the House floor about the importance of medical research funding
"I speak not just as a politician but as someone who has a preexisting condition. I'm a cancer survivor."-@RepRaskin https://t.co/fwZX2FXRRc pic.twitter.com/GGx3Yb0OZG
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) April 3, 2017
Affordable Care Act
“GOP Has No Choice But To Keep Pushing Health Care Rock Up The Hill”
GOP Has No Choice But to Keep Pushing Health Care Rock Up the Hill: https://t.co/UoZE2EWC2B via @khnews @jrovner #AHCA #RepealAndReplace
— Kaiser Health News (@KHNews) April 6, 2017
“Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – April 2017: The Fall of the AHCA and Next Steps for the ACA”
NEW: Despite divided views on #ACA, three quarters of public want President Trump to try to make #ACA work https://t.co/WmGxCGDi1H pic.twitter.com/2611XUzt0y
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) April 4, 2017
“Iowa just lost half its Obamacare insurers”
Iowa just lost half its Obamacare insurers https://t.co/cJwUnxjA6N
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 6, 2017
Cancer Policy
“FDA nominee says agency must strike right balance between risk, regulation”
Scott Gottlieb: The FDA must strike right balance between risk, regulation https://t.co/fMOBETzpOT pic.twitter.com/YU8ZgFtZqu
— STAT (@statnews) April 5, 2017
“ASCO Supports Strengthening FDA Expanded Access Program, Opposes Right-to-Try Measures as Ineffective and Potentially Harmful to Patients”
Our position statement on access to investigational drugs supports more access & raises concerns about right-to-try https://t.co/3Ah6FgCYwK pic.twitter.com/yLtz47Prm9
— ASCO (@ASCO) April 4, 2017
“Why Medications Are So Expensive (In One Map)”
Why #Medications Are So Expensive (In One Map). New post @forbeshealth @DukeU @dukemargolis #pharma #drugs https://t.co/X5wwygBLfu pic.twitter.com/5oq4kz8dAu
— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) April 7, 2017
Coping with Cancer
“Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Carry Mutations in Cancer Predisposition Genes, Raising Risk of Later Disease”
Many childhood cancer survivors carry mutations in cancer predisposition genes raising risk of later disease https://t.co/KnNlVPz6oH #AACR17
— AACR (@AACR) April 5, 2017
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