Vaccine Requirements Protect Tennesseans With Cancer
Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Government Relations Director Emily Ogden
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Cancer Advocates Strongly Urge Congress and Administration to Permanently Close Medicaid Coverage Gap
As lawmakers deliberate which health care priorities to include in the budget reconciliation package, ACS CAN is strongly urging Congress and the Administration to once and for all permanently close the Medicaid coverage gap and provide access to quality, affordable coverage to millions of Americans.
La aprobación de los productos aromatizados por la FDA pone los intereses de la industria tabacalera por encima de la salud pública
“La autorización de comercialización de cuatro productos de tabaco orales aromatizados hoy, por parte de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) es alarmante dada la prueba documentada del atractivo de los sabores para seducir y hacer adicta a la próxima generación de consumidores de tabaco. Los saborizantes enmascaran el sabor áspero de los productos, lo que hace que sea más fácil comenzar y más difícil dejar de consumir productos de tabaco peligrosos. Los productos son fabricados por Altria, compañía matriz de Philip Morris USA, conocida desde hace mucho tiempo por sus esfuerzos para evadir la regulación de productos con el objetivo de hacer adictos a nuevos clientes.
New Poll: Majority of Wyoming Voters Support Medicaid Expansion
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A new poll released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), AARP, the American Heart Association and American Lung Association shows the majority of Wyoming voters support efforts to increase access to health care by expanding Medicaid.
Special Film Screening Emphasizes the Importance of Accessible Health Care Coverage, Following Pandemic-Driven Financial Impacts on Working Families
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – August 14, 2021 – There’s no question the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a bright light on the importance of affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, with thousands of North Carolinians having lost their jobs since the pandemic hit.
Las medidas adoptadas recientemente por el gobernador y la legislatura ponen en peligro la seguridad de los pacientes con cáncer
HOUSTON, TX - 14 de octubre de 2021 - A principios de esta semana, el gobernador de Texas, Abbott, emitió un decreto de ley que socava los requisitos de vacunación.
Vaccine Legislation Puts Ohioans with Cancer at Risk
COLUMBUS, OHIO – “Today, the Ohio House paused HB 435, which allows vague and subjective exemptions to vaccine mandates based on reasons of conscience.
FDA Authorizes First E-Cigarette Products; Ongoing Surveillance of Youth Initiation and Long-Term Health Impact Critical
The Food and Drug Administration announced this afternoon it has issued marketing orders for the first e-cigarette products authorized by the agency.
Patient and Caregiver Groups Press Congress to Preserve Paid Family and Medical Leave in Reconciliation Package
More than 20 patient and health care groups sent a letter to Congressional leadership and the Administration today making clear the need to preserve the nation’s first-ever paid family and medical leave program as part of forthcoming reconciliation legislation.
Georgians Join Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors Nationwide to Call on Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority
ATLANTA, GA – September 29, 2021 – Nearly 700 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district dialed into calls and logged onto virtual meetings this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight agai