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... Month and this year, an estimated 3,400 Oregon women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Research shows that access to quality and affordable health care coverage is key in the ability to fight cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of disease and death in the United States. An analysis by ... that cancer patients pay nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket costs each year and the disease cost the country nearly $88 billion every year in health care spending. On Friday, October 26, a group of patient advocates, health care experts, insurers and medical professionals will discuss the ...

... this summer in two states where elected officials had been resistant, voters took matters into their own hands and decided to increase access to health insurance coverage for low-income residents by fully expanding their Medicaid programs at the ballot box. When the initiatives go into effect, an estimated 200,000 low-income parents and adults in Oklahoma and 230,000 in Missouri , will gain access to health insurance. To say these are anything less than incredible wins for our mission would be an understatement. Just as outstanding as both Oklahoma and Missouri expanding access to care through Medicaid in back-to-back elections is how this was accomplished: These mark the fifth and sixth states since 2017 to pass Medicaid ...

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in recognition of her steadfast dedication to protecting patient access to adequate and affordable health care coverage, increasing federal cancer research funding and her career-long support for policies and programs intended to end death and suffering ... strides for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation through her strong leadership on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,” said Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN. “By acting against cancer, Senator Murray has ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 28, 2023 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious health conditions filed an amicus curiae (or friend-of-the-court) brief supporting the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s motion asking the U.S. Court ... to put the lower court’s March 30 ruling on hold citing the devastating impact the decision will have on patient access to critical preventive care services absent a stay.   The groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Arthritis Foundation, American Kidney ... for the Fifth Circuit that allowing the District Court’s judgment to take effect would reverse a decade’s worth of progress in improving health outcomes. Given the risk to public health and the imminent harm posed to patients we serve, we urge the Fifth Circuit to stay the lower ...