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InsuranceThe ACA's Effect on Access to Cancer Screening and Care — The First 10 Years
It's the 10th anniversary of the day the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law. The question for today is: How has it helped prevent cancer and helped cancer patients?
Medicare Expands Telehealth to Help Seniors Stay Home
Medicare has changed its policies to make it easier for older Americans to “see” their doctors without going in for an office visit, using their home computer or other device.
Affordable Care Act Improved Care of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults
The Affordable Care Act has led to better treatment for young adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer, according to a study from the American Cancer Society and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Cancer Patients May Not Be Told About Costs of Genomic Testing
As of 2016, more than 200 targeted therapies (also called precision medicines) were available in the United States, and more than 2,000 were in the last stages of development—half of them to treat cancer. For many of these drugs, doctors first use genomic testing of the cancer cells to get an idea of whether the treatment will work. Yet, nearly 1 in 4 oncologists rarely or never mention costs when they talk about the need for genomic testing with their cancer patients, according to a new study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) investigators.
Breast Cancer Patients Make Recommendations to Address High Health Care Costs
Breast cancer patients, especially if they have lymphedema, face an especially high cost of health care according to authors of a paper published March 6, 2019 in Cancer, a peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Cancer Society.
Cancer Survivors Face Significant Financial Problems
Cancer survivors are more likely than people with no cancer history to have money-related problems due to medical bills according to a study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Year in Review: Cancer Research Insights from 2018
Read highlights about American Cancer Society research from 2018.
Study: ACA and Medicaid Expansion Drops Number of Uninsured and Lowers Disparities in Some States
A study by American Cancer Society researchers was recently published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers found that the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion dropped the number of uninsured patients in all states. States with Medicaid expansion saw access-to-care disparities diminish dramatically.