WCOE: New IOM Report, Control Issues, Tempting Treatment Options, and...
New IOM Report: Sharing Clinical Trial Data: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks http://t.co/neRjKfx8ma #datasharing — InstituteofMedicine (@theIOM) January 14, 2015 "Cancer survivors plagued by lack...
View ArticleNCCS Joins Colleagues in Submitting Comments to National Association of...
Last week, NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in submitting comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the Health Benefit Plan Network Access...
View ArticleNCCS Joins Colleagues in Submitting Comments to HHS Regarding Proposed Rule...
In late December 2014, NCCS joined colleagues in the Cancer Leadership Council in submitting comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed rule on notice of...
View ArticleChronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Survivor Lisa Gray Talks About Her...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is making great strides in ensuring that, “People with cancer have the right to a system of universal health care in which access is not precluded because of preexisting...
View ArticleSecond Anniversary of State Exchanges: Affordable Options for Cancer...
Cancer Policy Matters Guest Post by Tanisha Carino, Executive Vice President, Avalere Health Just one year after the launch of the state exchanges, we have seen a remarkable drop in the number of...
View ArticleACA Update | May 5, 2017: AHCA Passes in House, Now Faces Major Obstacles in...
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), including an amendment authored by Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and brokered with members of the Freedom Caucus,...
View ArticleWhat Caught Our Eye: Idaho Allows Insurers to Ignore ACA Rules; Op-ed: Right...
What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series. “Obamacare will survive as Republicans give up on repeal” | By Dylan Scott, Vox.com — The Affordable Care Act is going to survive. The 2010 health...
View ArticleACA Update February 2, 2018 | GOP Unlikely to Try ACA Repeal Again as Trump...
If you ask Dylan Scott, a health care reporter for Vox, about the risk of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being repealed, he’d say “The ACA is going to survive.” NCCS has heard this sentiment echoed by...
View ArticleACA Update February 16, 2018 | Idaho Insurer Rolls Out Health Plans That...
Two weeks ago, NCCS reported in our ACA Update that Idaho regulators said they would allow the sale of insurance plans that don’t adhere to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements. This week, the...
View ArticleWhat Caught Our Eye: Multiple Proposals Continue to Weaken ACA Patient...
What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series — “Understanding Short-Term Limited Duration Health Insurance” — Karen Pollitz, Kaiser Family Foundation — The Health and Human Services Department...
View ArticleHow to Voice Opposition to the Proposed Rule for Short-Term Limited Duration...
Call to Action – Tell the Trump administration that short-term, limited-duration insurance plans will harm people with cancer. Participate in the public comment period on the proposed short-term...
View ArticleACA Update | How Short-Term Health Plans Would Drive Up ACA Premiums and How...
In February, the Trump administration released proposed rules that would loosen regulations on short-term limited-duration health insurance coverage. Short-term plans are very concerning as they are...
View ArticleACA Update | Submit Your Comments on Expansion of Harmful Short-Term Health...
If you haven’t already submitted comments regarding the short-term limited-duration proposed rule, please take 5 minutes to do so before the deadline on Monday night! NCCS recently hosted a webinar on...
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ACA Update | March 31, 2017: The Fight to Protect the ACA Is Far From Over.
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), cancer survivors were at the mercy of the health care system, often forced to pay exorbitant premiums or simply denied coverage altogether. Today, America’s 16...
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ACA Update | May 5, 2017: AHCA Passes in House, Now Faces Major Obstacles in...
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), cancer survivors were at the mercy of the health care system, often forced to pay exorbitant premiums or simply denied coverage altogether. Today, America’s 16...
View ArticleWhat Caught Our Eye: Idaho Allows Insurers to Ignore ACA Rules; Op-ed: Right...
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), February 2, 2018 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....
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ACA Update February 2, 2018 | GOP Unlikely to Try ACA Repeal Again as Trump...
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), cancer survivors were at the mercy of the health care system, often forced to pay exorbitant premiums or simply denied coverage altogether. Today, America’s 16...
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Advocating for Women Who Choose to Go Flat After Mastectomy
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...
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