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The following was originally published in the Albany Times Union on March 21, 2024.

Nation’s Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Support of LD2028 Minority Report to Protect Public Health 

ATLANTA, Georgia – March 21, 2024 – The Georgia Senate’s regulated industries committee failed to pass HB 1077 today in a tied vote. The bill would have cleared the way for a customized solution to closing the coverage gap in Georgia.

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network submitted a statement for the record to the House Energy & Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee in regards to their hearing on Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the impact of the FDA’s proposed rule.

WASHINGTON, DC— 21 de marzo de 2024 — Hoy, el Congreso publicó una serie de proyectos de ley de asignaciones presupuestarias destinadas a finalizar el financiamiento del año fiscal 2024 que incluye un aumento de $300 millones en el financiamiento para el presupuesto base del Instituto Nacional de Salud (NIH, siglas en inglés), incluido un aumento de $120 millones en fondos discrecionales para el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI), un modesto aumento de $500,000 para los programas de detección y prevención del cáncer de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, siglas en inglés) y mantiene el nivel de financiamiento actual para la Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzada para la Salud (ARPA-H, siglas en inglés) en $1.5 mil millones.

As one of the leading patient advocacy groups that advocated for the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is celebrating the impact of the historic law ahead of its 14th anniversary on Saturday. ACS CAN is marking the milestone by urging Congress, state lawmakers and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to protect and strengthen the critical patient protections of the ACA.

Rhode Island lawmakers have taken the first step towards improving prescription drug affordability for cancer patients and others with chronic diseases.

The Toll of Tobacco on Kentucky is Too Great to Ignore

As we mark Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the South Carolina legislature to increase funding for the state’s Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network, which provides access to lifesaving preventive care to at-risk South Carolinians.

The Georgia Senate passed H.B. 1339 today, which in part forms a health care coverage commission. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges Georgia lawmakers to recognize the study commission as an insufficient solution for the health care coverage gap that currently puts more than 400,000 Georgians at risk.