Yale Cancer Center study: For Medicaid-covered patients with cancer, insurance does not always mean access

Nearly 11 million people will become uninsured if reconciliation bill passes as is, CBO report finds

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a report estimating the budgetary effects of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was passed in the House May 22.

House passes Trump’s spending bill, which now moves to the Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” this week which included drastic, $715 billion cuts to Medicaid that will result in at least 8.6 million people losing health insurance coverage, including cancer patients and survivors.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

National Breast Cancer Coalition issues a call to action on Medicaid, ACA cuts

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce budget reconciliation bill, which includes attacks on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage and fails to extend ACA tax credits, would increase the number of uninsured people by at least 13.7 million.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Health tracking poll reveals most Americans opposed to cuts to federal health agencies

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a tracking poll compiling data from the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

A post-treatment blood test could inform future cancer therapy decisions, study shows

In the continuing evolution of personalized medicine, a new Yale study has found evidence to support the value of a tool that measures the presence of cancer-derived molecules in the blood of patients with lung cancer years after their treatment.

March 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.11

Capitol Hill

Pushing for tax cuts, Trump threatens the federal workforce, Medicaid, and cancer research

The House Republicans have narrowly pushed through a FY25 budget resolution, setting off a tangle of life-and-death sequelae for access to health insurance through Medicaid and Obamacare, and through a second-order effect, biomedical research.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

By Paul Goldberg and Jacquelyn Cobb

Yale Cancer Center study: For Medicaid-covered patients with cancer, insurance does not always mean access

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