The Congressional Budget Office has released its “score” of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the bottom line is that the AHCA will cost the cancer community greatly. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a non-partisan agency that is tasked with analyzing proposed legislation to...
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, by a two-vote margin, to pass the American Health Care Act. As we have talked about in prior posts, if signed, this law is a step backwards and would hurt millions of Americans. It has the potential to effect...
Once again we find ourselves in the position of having to share some frightening news when it comes to health care system. Last week, an amendment (referred to as the MacArthur Amendment) was proposed to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the legislation designed to...
Who should attend a Triage Cancer Conference? In short, everyone in the cancer community. We are coming to 3 different communities with a FREE program that has been designed for patients, survivors, caregivers, health care professionals, and advocates. Whichever group you are part of, we...
Late yesterday evening, a bill was introduced in Congress to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare). Prior to the actual introduction of this piece of legislation, there was a lot of speculation about what would be included, and although...
Sadly, adults are not the only ones touched by cancer. Kids get cancer, too. While only 1% of all cancer in the United States is found in kids under the age of 15, in 2016 that means 10,380 children. Childhood cancer has been on the...
Most of us are aware of the toxins in our environment that could be detrimental to our health, like pollution, mold, and secondhand smoke. But many people don’t really think about another danger that could be hidden in their walls, the shingles on the roof,...
Triage Cancer believes that access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage and medical care is critical to improving the health and well-being of the cancer community. To that end, we will continue to provide you with updates on what is happening in Washington, D.C. and...
As we have reported since the election, changes to our health care system are likely to occur in 2017 and beyond. While we wait for further action by Congress, we will continue to provide you with information about some of the the possible changes to...
As we anxiously await further action by Congress, we want to continue to share with you some of the possible changes to our health care system. Today we are talking about if high deductible health plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) are a health care...