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BOISE, Idaho –– The Idaho Senate today ignored the clear will of its constituents and passed House Bill 345, which would strip health care from thousands of hard-working Idahoans and make significant, damaging changes to voter-initiated Medicaid expansion. Policies like work-reporting requirements, increasing out-of-pocket health costs for low-income people and

“With over 2 million people in America expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2025, now is not the time to halt investments in cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.

Lawmakers asked to reduce barriers to care and reduce prescription related costs

Our organizations represent thousands of patients and their families facing serious health conditions and are committed to ensuring they have adequate, affordable, and accessible health care coverage at every stage of life. We are deeply concerned by HSB248/SF363. This proposal threatens to repeal Medicaid expansion – putting critical health care

Cancer Advocates Gathered at the Statehouse Today to Say Michigan Can and Must Do Better to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Michiganders

Today, the Senate State and Local Government Committee voted out House Bill 211, which would prevent local governments from prohibiting smoking in some cigar bars.

PIERRE, S.D. –– The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Wednesday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota as it strips voter-initiated funding for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation fund by 60%. Those funds were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2006 to

TOPEKA, Kan . – At the state Capitol this afternoon, volunteers and members of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Wichita Black Nurses Association collaborated to screen “ In Due Season ,” an ACS CAN original film about

El Senado del Estado de Nueva York indicó que aprobará, con amplio respaldo bipartidista, una legislación (Proyecto de Ley del Senado 172) que pretende ampliar el acceso a la baja médica remunerada.