Cancer healthcare advocacy Chapters Advocate for Patients and Nurses at Statewide Event in Annapolis July 11, 2019
Health Policy Health Policy Begins With You: Educate Your Representatives in Cancer Care April 04, 2019
Patient financial advocacy Obamacare Premiums Drop; Short-Term Health Plans; Drug Pricing Gag Clause October 15, 2018
Prescription medication Opioid Package Passes; Cheap Insurance Policies; Drug Patent Laws October 08, 2018
Patient financial advocacy Unexpected Medical Costs; Senate Passes Opioid Bill; FDA E-Cigarette Regulation September 24, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Obamacare Premiums Stabilize; Senate Opioid Package; Medicare for All Questions September 17, 2018
National Cancer Institute (NCI) VA and NCI Collaborate on Access to Cancer Clinical Trials September 12, 2018
Prostate cancer NIH Launches Study Focused on Prostate Cancer Rates in African American Men September 12, 2018
Health Policy GOP Pre-Existing Conditions Bill; Biden in Pittsburgh; McCain’s Healthcare Legacy September 10, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Trump Administration Forced to Help to ACA; As Dems Campaign on Pre-Existing Conditions, Republicans Move In; Incidence of Pre-Existing Conditions Varies Across the United States September 03, 2018
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) HHS Secretary Directs FDA to Create Drug Importation Working Group August 28, 2018
Access to cancer care If You Are Young and Have Cancer, Help Can Be Hard to Find; Health Secretary Says Agency Has Power to Eliminate Drug Rebates; Trump Administration Needs to Step Up on Obamacare August 27, 2018
End of life (EOL) Medical Aid in Dying Patient Chooses His Last Day; Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements Could Cost Thousands Coverage; CVS Launches Program in Response to Trump Administration Blueprint to Lower Drug Costs August 20, 2018
Health Policy Medicare for All Is the Dream, But Medicaid for More Could Be the Reality; FDA Commissioner Makes Statement on Supporting New Nicotine Replacement Drug Therapies; How Drug Companies Are Beating Trump at His Own Game August 13, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) At Stake in the 2018 Midterms: Medicaid Expansion; Health Groups Call on FDA to Speed Up Regulation of E-Cigarettes, Cigars; New Study Ignites Debate Over Cost of Medicare for All August 07, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Candidates’ Position Will Matter to Voters, Especially Health Care; Senate Confirms Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs Secretary; Trump Battle Over Drug Prices Heats Up July 30, 2018
Health Policy U.S. House Passes Two ONS Priority Bills to Advance Palliative Care and Strengthen Nursing Workforce July 24, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) GOP Chairman in Talks With Trump Officials on Restarting Key Obamacare Payments; Oklahoma Medicaid Approved for Drug Pricing Experiment; House Panel Advances Bill That Would Temporarily Halt Obamacare’s Employer Mandate July 23, 2018
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) FDA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Triggers ONS Response to Reduce Nicotine, Ban Flavors, and Regulate Premium Cigars July 19, 2018
Medical reimbursement HHS Drug Reform RFI Aims to Help Patients Better Afford Cancer Drugs July 19, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Trump Officials Again Slash Funding for Obamacare Outreach Groups; Pfizer Postpones Price Hikes After Trump Criticism; Medicare for All Is New Democratic Mantra in Congressional Races July 16, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Trump Officials Considering Cuts to Obamacare Outreach Groups; Those Who Don't Qualify for Government Aid Aren't Buying Obamacare Plans; Judge Blocks Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement Hours Before Implementation July 09, 2018
Health Policy House Overwhelmingly Passes Final Opioid Package; Texas v. the United States Could Impact Patients With Preexisting Conditions; Lawmakers Who Forged ACA Look Back July 02, 2018
Health Policy Two ONS Priority Health Bills Make Progress Out of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health July 02, 2018
Cancer healthcare advocacy In Reversal, Trump Orders Halt to His Family Separation Rule; New York Moves Toward Legal Marijuana With Health Dept. Endorsement; Cigarettes Have to Be Labeled 'Deadly' Now. Here's Why June 25, 2018
Survivorship Childhood Cancer Act Signed Into Law; Study Finds That Many Patients With Breast Cancer Can Skip Chemo; Plan to Lower Drug Prices Could Increase Costs for Some Patients June 11, 2018
Pain management HHS Pain Task Force Examines Opioid Epidemic Impact on Patients, Providers June 04, 2018
Health Policy Health Policy Advances Cancer Treatment Options in the Era of Biosimilars June 04, 2018
Health Policy Federal Officials Say No to Lifetime Limits on Medicaid; Empowered Patients Are the Future of Health Care; Healthcare Jobs Continue to Grow Faster Than Jobs in the General Economy May 14, 2018
Genetics & genomics NIH Wants 1 Million Americans to Contribute to New Pool of Gene Data; FDA Takes Action Against Misleading Companies Marketing to Kids; Conservative Groups Hope to Release New Obamacare Replacement This Month May 07, 2018
Health Policy Insurer Group Warns Against Short-Term Health Plan Proposal; Medicaid Won’t Look the Same in 2019; Rapid Autopsy Programs Seek Clues to Cancer Within Hours of Death April 30, 2018
Affordable Care Act (ACA) GOP Steers Away From Obamacare Repeal, Replace; Is Cigarette Prohibition on the Horizon?; Barbara Bush’s End-of-Life Decision Makes Waves April 23, 2018
Genetics & genomics NIH Completes In-Depth Genomic Analysis; Senate Panel Unveils Draft Opioid Bill; Teenagers Struggle to Quit Vaping April 09, 2018
Health Policy Medicare Cracks Down on Opioid Prescriptions, Abuse; Health Care Tops Poll of American Worries; Leading Chemotherapy Researcher, Physician Dies at 92 April 02, 2018
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) FDA Authorizes Direct-to-Consumer Test for BRCA Cancer Gene April 02, 2018
