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For Immediate Release: ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters

... Action Network Phone: 508-450-8690 E-mail: [email protected]       ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters   CONCORD – February 15, 2018 – Today, Governor Chris Sununu issued his annual State of the State address, in which he voiced his support for reauthorizing the New Hampshire Health Protection Program (NHHPP).  The following statement can be attributed to Mike Rollo, director of government relations in New Hampshire for ...

ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Need to Preserve Critical Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Health Care Law

... Brooks-Coley, vice president for federal advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), along with that of other health policy experts and patients. Brooks-Coley will share with the committee how the patient protections included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have improved cancer patients and survivors’ ability to access comprehensive health care and how recent regulatory changes, including the expansion of short-term plans, threaten to erode those protections. “Expansion of ...

Call your U.S. Senator: Ask them to oppose the health care provision in the Senate's tax bill

... Budget Office estimates that this provision would: Lead to 13 million fewer Americans, including many cancer patients and survivors, having health coverage Increase premiums by an average of 10% Your Senator's name and phone number are below.  Please call that number and leave the ... welcome to customize the message however you like.)   “My name is [your name] and I’m from [city].  I’m calling to ask you to not repeal health care in the current tax bill. If this bill passes, 13 million people, including thousands of cancer patients, will lose their insurance and those ...

Patient Groups Disappointed by Ongoing Uncertainty in Wake of Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Expedite Health Care Case

Washington, D.C.— Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions are disappointed over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ... would face with a prolonged delay should the case be left at the lower court level. The Court could still consider this latest challenge to the health care law through its regular process.   Following is the groups’ joint statement:    “The Court’s decision today will leave millions of ...

Patient Groups in Wisconsin Urge Passage of Senate Bill 23 to Extend Health Care Coverage for New Moms

... leading patient advocacy organizations – are urging Wisconsin lawmakers to advance legislation that would extend postpartum Medicaid health care coverage for new moms. Maternal morbidity and mortality are serious public health concerns. In Wisconsin, 73% of pregnancy-related deaths occur postpartum. “Wisconsin is one of only two states that has not extended ...

Call your U.S. Senator's local office and tell them: Don't repeal health care in the current tax bill

... estimates that repealing the individual mandate would: Lead to 13 million fewer Americans, including thousands of cancer patients, having health coverage Increase premiums by an average of 10% Your Senator's name and phone number are below.  Please call that number and leave the ... welcome to customize the message however you like.)   “My name is [your name] and I’m from [city].  I’m calling to ask you to not repeal health care in the current tax bill. If this bill passes, 13 million people, including thousands of cancer patients, will lose their insurance and those ...

Executive Orders Offer Critical Health Coverage Options for Cancer Patients During Ongoing Pandemic and Strengthens Patient Access to Care

Washington, D.C.—Today President Biden is expected to issue several executive orders aimed at expanding potential health coverage options for those who have lost health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic, and rollback current policies that harm patient access to coverage. Included among the orders is ... through the federal exchange and orders to reduce hurdles many face when trying to enroll in Medicaid or health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. It also directs agencies to examine policies that undermine the insurance marketplace and make coverage less accessible, as well as to ...

Arizona Cancer Patients, Survivors and Advocates Tell Congress the Time to Make Health Care More Affordable is Past Due

... – Last night, cancer advocates in Phoenix kicked off National Cancer Survivor Month with an important message to Congress: affordable cancer care is PAST DUE. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers gathered on Thursday for an evening of celebration and advocacy, urging lawmakers to pass current proposals to make permanent increased subsidies for to purchase private health coverage on the marketplace, close the Medicaid coverage gap and cap out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for patients in Medicare Part D ... If we want to be able to celebrate that more of our friends and neighbors are surviving this disease, our lawmakers need to act now and make health care more affordable," said Vanessa Ramirez, cancer survivor, ACS CAN volunteer and board member for ACS Latinos Contra el Cancer. More ...

Lawmakers Roll Out Yet Another Bill Designed to Take Health Care from Tens of Thousands of Hard-working Idahoans

BOISE, Idaho – – A bill that would serve to strip health care from thousands of hard-working Idahoans will be heard by the Health & Welfare Committee of the Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 345 would make significant, damaging changes to ...

Cancer Patients Need Access to Comprehensive Health Insurance

Consumers need access to health insurance policies that cover a full range of evidence-based health care services – including prevention and primary care – necessary to maintain health, avoid disease, overcome acute illness and live ...

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