Podcast Extra — Medicaid Changes and Cancer Treatment: What's at Stake?

New Medicaid work requirements are scheduled to take effect in 2027, and some healthcare experts are raising concerns about how they could affect cancer patients and survivors. Retirement.Radio's Matt McClure sits down with Dr. Julie Gralow, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), to discuss the potential consequences of these changes. They explore how additional paperwork and reporting requirements could create barriers to care, the risks associated with coverage interruptions, and what patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers should know as states begin implementing the new rules. -- Request your free RSSA Roadmap for Social Security optimizationWatch full episodes on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TakePrideinRetirementShowFollow on BlueSky, Threads, Facebook, Instagram — just search Take Pride in Retirement --  Take Pride in Retirement is proud to be named one of the top Pride podcasts on the internet by FeedSpot. For more, go to https://blog.feedspot.com/pride_podcasts About Take Pride in Retirement:Take Pride in Retirement is a podcast dedicated to retirement planning solutions for the LGBTQ community. Host Matt McClure, a licensed fiduciary financial advisor, shares strategies to protect your hard-earned money while pursuing market-like growth. Matt holds the RSSA® credential as a Registered Social Security Analyst®, helping clients optimize their Social Security filing strategies to potentially increase lifetime income. He’s also a Certified Annuity Specialist® (CAS®), a designation earned through a 135+ hour graduate-level program in fixed-rate and variable annuities from the Institute of Business & Finance. Based in Georgia with his husband and two dogs, Matt spent over a decade in New York City, working with The Wall Street Journal Radio Network, NY1, and WCBS Newsradio 880. A career highlight includes reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Chapters (00:00:00) - Medicaid Work Requirement Could Hurt Cancer Coverage(00:00:30) - Medicaid Work Requirement(00:05:55) - Sen. Graylow on the Medicaid issue(00:06:44) - Dr. Julie Graylow on retirement and oncology