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1 de Octubre de 2013
Nacional

ItŠ—Ès the moment for which cancer patients and survivors have been waiting. Starting on Oct. 1, patients and survivors will be able to enroll in state health insurance marketplaces (also known as exchanges), which will let them shop for insurance from competing health insurance companies. The marketplace will let consumers

1 de Octubre de 2013
Nacional

Early breast and cervical cancer screenings save lives. But for some women, the cost of an annual screening keeps them from getting screened and from possibly finding breast and cervical cancer in their early stages, which increases survival rates dramatically.

1 de Octubre de 2013

Today marks both the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the opening of health insurance marketplaces in every state that enable people with breast cancer and other forms of cancer to enroll in health plans without fear that they will be denied coverage because of their health status or medical history.

25 de Septiembre de 2013
Texas

Texas's ACS CAN volunteer delegation represented our state well at the 2013 ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day .

25 de Septiembre de 2013

WASHINGTON, DC President Obama 's plan to expand early childhood education and fund it with an increase in federal tobacco taxes would ensure that two million low- and moderate-income children have access to high-quality preschool and prevent 1.7 million kids from becoming smokers, according to a report released

20 de Septiembre de 2013
Nueva York

Statement from Michele Bonan, Regional Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Metro NY on the NYC Smoking Rate Plateau Today’s announcement in the Mayor’s Monthly Report shows a plateau in overall adult smoking rates after a decade of declines. Between 2010- 2012, the NYC overall

20 de Septiembre de 2013

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network together with more than a dozen other public health organizations sent a letter to the White House today asking for the administration 's leadership in ensuring that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moves forward promptly with a rule that would assert the agency 's authority over all tobacco products.

17 de Septiembre de 2013
Maryland

On September 10, more than 600 cancer patients, survivors, volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district [will unite/united] in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day, to call on Congress to take

17 de Septiembre de 2013
South Dakota

ACS CAN SD has a great Facebook page with daily updates on all our local, state and federal campaigns! Looking for photos from the legislative session in Pierre? How about info about ACS CAN at the Relay For Life event near you? Or photos from Lights of Hope at our