Advocacy Archives

19 Jul Senate’s Efforts to ‘Repeal & Replace’ Stall…For Now

Posted at 14:25h in Advocacy by Triage Cancer

This week the Senate's efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have stalled, for now. Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he was not going to move forward with a vote on the Senate’s health care reform proposal called the Better...

14 Jul Senate Health Care Proposal – Take 2

Posted at 08:56h in Advocacy, Finances by Triage Cancer

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate released its revised proposal to overhaul health insurance in America. Unfortunately, this new version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA-2) would still cause significant harm to the cancer community. For clarity, here we will focus just on the changes to the...

29 Jun Senate Delays Health Care Vote, But Our Work Is Not Done

Posted at 10:43h in Advocacy by Triage Cancer

On Friday we shared details about the Senate health care bill, and in the last few days there have been new developments. First, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report on the Senate health care proposal and unfortunately the news is still alarming.The CBO estimates...

23 Jun U.S. Senate Proposes Health Care Changes

Posted at 11:34h in Advocacy by Triage Cancer

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate released the “Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) of 2017,” containing their proposed changes to our health care system and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The language we have now is still being referred to as a ‘discussion draft,’...

25 May The Numbers Don’t Lie: The AHCA Will Cost Us

Posted at 10:34h in Advocacy by Triage Cancer

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...

04 May Today Congress Voted to Take a Step Backwards

Posted at 14:15h in Advocacy, Health Insurance by Triage Cancer

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...

03 May Latest Update on Changes to Our Health Care System – Our Worst Fears Realized

Posted at 16:43h in Advocacy, Health Insurance by Triage Cancer

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...

03 May The Triage Cancer Conferences Are For You

Posted at 09:04h in Advocacy, Practical Tips by Triage Cancer

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...

07 Mar ACA ‘Repeal and Replace’ Bill Unveiled

Posted at 18:48h in Advocacy, Health Insurance by Triage Cancer

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...

28 Feb A Model for All Children’s Hospitals

Posted at 10:47h in Advocacy by Triage Cancer

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...