Identifying and treating cancer at an early stage – before it has an opportunity to grow and spread – can meaningfully improve clinical outcomes and reduce overall health care costs. Diagnosing and treating cancer early can also reduce overall health care expenditures. ACS CAN is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to evidence-based preventive services at no cost to them.
Unfortunately, a lawsuit in Texas challenges the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require most private insurers (and coverage for the Medicaid expansion population) to cover preventive services recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) without cost sharing as constitutionally flawed in the case of Braidwood Management v. Becerra. The crux of the claim is Congress unconstitutionally delegated too much authority to these entities because their members are not appointed by the President nor confirmed by the US Senate.