will these new regulations benefit women with breast cancer?
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
- Magazine Year
- 1999
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Anastasio, Julia
- Thesaurus
- gezondheid, verzekeringen, wetgeving, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer and is a leading cause of cancer-related death among American women. As Congress begins a new legislative session, it has the opportunity to pass legislation that would enable women who need experimental treatment programs to combat breast cancer to challenge their insurance company's denial of coverage. Recently, women have successfully lobbied Congress to pass several key pieces of legislation specifically designed to benefit women with breast cancer. egislation proposed in the House of Representatives, if drafted properly, would compliment this series of legislation designed to benefit breast cancer victims. This Comment demonstrates how these two proposals, the Responsibility in Managed Care Act ('RMCA') and the Patient Access to Responsible Care Act ('PARCA'), will restore the right of consumers in self-insured plans to sue their health insurance providers under state law when the plan's medical decisions result in injury or death. This Comment also highlights the inadequacies of the two proposed pieces of legislation. Ultimately, this author recommends that these bills be moved to the floor of Congress, debated and enacted in a form similar to the original drafts.