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The Toll of Tobacco on Kentucky is Too Great to Ignore

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.

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.

Pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer y activistas de a través de Arizona se congregaron en el Capitolio Estatal el jueves 14 de marzo para el Día de Acción contra el Cáncer, un evento anual organizado por ACS CAN.

Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Wisconsin Government Relations Director Sara Sahli

The following was originally published in the Empire Report on March 13, 2024.

DENVER, COLO. — MARCH 13, 2024 — American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across Colorado convened at the State Capitol on Wednesday. They urged lawmakers to pass SB 124, which if enacted would ensure  biomarker testing is covered by more insurance plans, including Health First Colorado, when supported by medical and scientific evidence.

Michigan Must Do Better to Reduce the Burden of Cancer 
 

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health today marked up the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act, H.R. 3916. The bipartisan legislation would reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) through 2028.

West Virginia Can and Must Do Better to Boost Funding to Combat Tobacco Use, Protect Public Health