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class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/state-dedicates-funding-enhance-free-housing-cancer-patients-traveling-treatment">State Dedicates Funding to Enhance Free Housing for Cancer Patients Traveling for Treatment</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">June 26, 2024</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Ohio</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field-items" ><p >The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) thanks Sen. Nickie Antonio for championing an effort to invest in the American Cancer Society鈥檚 Cleveland Hope Lodge, a nurturing home away from home for cancer patients and their caregivers.</p></div></div></div> </div> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6"> <div class="ds-1col node node-press-release view-mode-teaser_latest_updates clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/releases/biden-cancer-moonshot-announces-expanded-coverage-patient-navigation-private-health-plans-0"> Biden Cancer Moonshot Announces Expanded Coverage for Patient Navigation in Private Health Plans聽</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-release-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">March 8, 2024</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-states 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would have created paid medical and family leave, which would have helped reduce the cancer burden on Illinoisans.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-resources-by-panes-panel-pane-events-by-priority" > <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="pane-title"> Patient Quality of Life Resources </h2> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="view view-resources-by-panes view-id-resources_by_panes view-display-id-panel_pane_events_by_priority resources resources--priority view-dom-id-c70f247f3644e41169719e73856d24c5"> <div class="view-content "> <div id="views-bootstrap-grid-2" class="views-bootstrap-grid-plugin-style"> <div class="row"> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="ds-1col node node-resource node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div 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Nearly all of those (98%) had health care coverage at the time they accumulated medical debt. This survey also explores the broad health and financial implications of medical debt, how medical debt deepens inequites, and the alarming rate of cancer related medical debt among younger respondents with early diagnoses.</p> </p></div></div></div> </div> <div class=" col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4"> <div class="ds-1col node node-resource node-teaser view-mode-teaser clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3><a href="/policy-resources/palliative-care-key-studies-cost-savings">Palliative Care: Key Studies on Cost Savings</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">November 22, 2022</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" ><p class="field-item even" ><p>This聽table聽lists key studies and review articles that examine the effect that the addition of palliative care has on overall patient costs. 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