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Medicaid Cuts Threaten Utahns – Cancer Advocates Urge Sen. Curtis to Oppose

Tuesday, Utah advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) delivered nearly 1,000 petitions signed by constituents to Sen. John Curtis’ district office in Salt Lake City, urging him to protect ... are considering a bill that includes deep cuts to Medicaid. Such devastating cuts would put essential health services at risk for millions of people nationwide. More 338,000 children and adults in Utah rely on Medicaid for lifesaving health care -- including prenatal care for pregnant ... Utahns and Americans nationwide by opposing cuts. Cancer advocates are calling on the senator to stand up for what’s right.” The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a reconciliation bill this week which includes drastic, $715 billion cuts to Medicaid that will result in ...

10-14-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Delaware Candidate Debates          ACS CAN was invited to join AARP, the University of Delaware, and Delaware First Media, a non-partisan, non-profit news service, to sponsor the U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidate debates in ... a new tool to help consumers make better informed choices.   Detailed information on benefits and monthly premium estimates, as well as cost-sharing information including annual deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for health plans, is now available. Also, information about the ...

10-14-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Delaware Candidate Debates          ACS CAN was invited to join AARP, the University of Delaware, and Delaware First Media, a non-partisan, non-profit news service, to sponsor the U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidate debates in ... a new tool to help consumers make better informed choices.   Detailed information on benefits and monthly premium estimates, as well as cost-sharing information including annual deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for health plans, is now available. Also, information about the ...

10-14-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Delaware Candidate Debates          ACS CAN was invited to join AARP, the University of Delaware, and Delaware First Media, a non-partisan, non-profit news service, to sponsor the U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidate debates in ... a new tool to help consumers make better informed choices.   Detailed information on benefits and monthly premium estimates, as well as cost-sharing information including annual deductibles and out-of-pocket limits for health plans, is now available. Also, information about the ...

Making the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Tax Credits Permanent Will Protect Coverage for Cancer Patients and Save Lives

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Tammy Baldwin (WI) plan to introduce a bill, the Health Care Affordability Act of 2024,   that would make permanent the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced tax credits that help make health insurance coverage affordable for an ... this bill will save lives.  The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  “ACS CAN is pleased to see the introduction in the U.S. Senate of the Health Care Affordability Act of 2024, which would make the ACA ... likely to get screened for cancer and thus more likely to have their cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage when survival is less likely and the cost of care more expensive. ACS CAN has long advocated for public policies, like making permanent the ACA’s enhanced tax credits, that make ...

Utah Cancer Advocates Rally Lawmakers at State Capitol for ‘Cancer Action Day’

... at the state Capitol on Tuesday for ‘Cancer Action Day,’ an event hosted annually by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Advocates gathered inside the capitol rotunda to meet with their state lawmakers and urge them to support policies that aid in the fight ... in rates persist, most notably among Native American and Black people. Furthermore, recent data indicates cancer is the second-leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino people. Compared with non-Hispanic White people, Hispanic men and women are less likely to be diagnosed with the ... Utah lead volunteer, whose brother and sister were both diagnosed with brain cancer. “I’m advocating for patients and survivors in memory of my brother and in honor of my sister. I see the difference early detection and access to quality health care can make. I believe everyone ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has virtually no chance of becoming law given that Democrats control the Senate and President Obama has the veto. Also noteworthy, the Congressional Budget Office released ... health care exchanges by 2014.   Even though the debate over the Affordable Care Act unfortunately remains highly charged and politicized, ACS CAN is focused only on the “cancer lens.” In the coming days, weeks, and months ahead ACS CAN will work with members of Congress from both ... contained in the Affordable Care Act intended to help compensate companies with fewer than 25 employees and moderate-to-low pay scales for the cost of providing benefits. This tax credit, one of the first provisions in the law to take effect, can offset up to 35 percent of a company’s ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has virtually no chance of becoming law given that Democrats control the Senate and President Obama has the veto. Also noteworthy, the Congressional Budget Office released ... health care exchanges by 2014.   Even though the debate over the Affordable Care Act unfortunately remains highly charged and politicized, ACS CAN is focused only on the “cancer lens.” In the coming days, weeks, and months ahead ACS CAN will work with members of Congress from both ... contained in the Affordable Care Act intended to help compensate companies with fewer than 25 employees and moderate-to-low pay scales for the cost of providing benefits. This tax credit, one of the first provisions in the law to take effect, can offset up to 35 percent of a company’s ...

1-6-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... legislation (no timeframe is specified) that would replace the existing law. The bill will likely pass the House, but has virtually no chance of becoming law given that Democrats control the Senate and President Obama has the veto. Also noteworthy, the Congressional Budget Office released ... health care exchanges by 2014.   Even though the debate over the Affordable Care Act unfortunately remains highly charged and politicized, ACS CAN is focused only on the “cancer lens.” In the coming days, weeks, and months ahead ACS CAN will work with members of Congress from both ... contained in the Affordable Care Act intended to help compensate companies with fewer than 25 employees and moderate-to-low pay scales for the cost of providing benefits. This tax credit, one of the first provisions in the law to take effect, can offset up to 35 percent of a company’s ...

Uninsured Adolescents and Young Adults at Higher Risk for Advanced Cancer Diagnoses

... males aged 15 to 39 were 1.5 times as likely as those with private insurance to be diagnosed with cancer that has metastasized to distant parts of the body, or what the study calls distant cancer. Uninsured females in that age group were nearly twice as likely as those with private ... The Affordable Care Act, with its focus on increasing private insurance coverage of young adults and providing certain cancer screenings at no cost to patients, has the potential to make a big impact on this age group, said Anthony Robbins, MD, PhD, the American Cancer Society 's director ... scientific journal CANCER. An abstract of the study is at http://bit.ly/1ddaKPM . A PDF copy of the full study is available upon request. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

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