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Idaho Cancer Advocates Again Call on Lawmakers to Protect Access to Health Care, Medicaid Expansion
BOISE, Idaho – As Idahoans face soaring health care insurance costs and thousands at risk of losing life-saving coverage, volunteer advocates of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network are urging state lawmakers to use the 2026 ... detect and defeat cancer. “We hear directly from Idahoans every year, and their message is clear: Medicaid expansion saves lives,” ACS CAN Idaho Government Relations Director Randy Johnson said. “Early detection is one of the most powerful tools we have against cancer and ... impacts on Medicaid. Reducing youth initiation and adult tobacco use remains one of the most effective strategies to bend Idaho’s long-term cost curve. ACS CAN encourages individuals, businesses and organizations that are interested in getting involved in the fight against cancer to ...
Annual “Suits and Sneakers” Cancer Action Day Comes to Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Around 50 cancer survivors, patients and advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will come from around the state for “Suits and Sneakers” Cancer Action Day at the State House on Wednesday, March 4. The event is an ... The group will move to the Statehouse Rotunda around 10 a.m. for House and Senate floor proclamations and to host an interactive display of hope in the Rotunda for the public to honor someone touched by cancer. Interviews and coverage will be available anytime. Stacy is the on-site ... this session. Expand Medicaid eligibility to give more people access to care that can screen for, detect and treat cancer. Pass HB3202 for cost-free diagnostic and supplemental breast examination health insurance coverage. New statistics show nearly 37,000 South Carolinians will be ...