Improving the quality of health insurance

Cancer patients need meaningful health insurance coverage.

That means health plans must cover essential care, maintain sufficient provider networks, and cap out-of-pocket spending at a reasonable level. Policymakers must take steps to ensure cancer patients have access to quality, affordable insurance that meets these standards.

“Someone with insurance shouldn’t have to spend weeks fighting with their insurer while they are in the middle of their cancer treatment.”

Sam B.

Illinois, Lymphoma Survivor & Advocate, MD

Our work

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Protecting patients from junk insurance

“Junk insurance” penalizes people with pre-existing conditions. These plans often do not cover even essential care like prescription drugs and have no limit on what patients are required to pay. Due to deceptive marketing practices, consumers often do not know they’ve purchased a junk plan until they attempt to use their coverage and discover its many limitations.

Helping patients access out-of-network care

While facing the demanding physical, mental and emotional toll of blood cancer, many patients must also confront the daunting task of managing their own care—obtaining the right treatment, at the right time, from the right provider, at the right cost. For those needing specialized care, that process is not always simple, and patients with blood cancer face numerous obstacles when navigating their care.