Site Search

Share

X

Search Results

Public Health Groups Admonish Timing of Oklahoma’s Medicaid Expansion Waiver Proposal

... are alarmed that Gov. Kevin Stitt released his SoonerCare 2.0 waiver application while Oklahoma, and the world, grapples with a serious global health crisis. We urge the application be withdrawn immediately. “COVID-19 is a serious threat to Oklahoma’s public and economic health. Starting the 30-day public comment period on SoonerCare 2.0, which if implemented in its current form could trigger grave consequences for ... of public emergency — such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. “The waiver application would implement several measures that are barriers to care: cost-sharing provisions, an emergency room penalty fee and work requirements. Public health groups disagree with these waivers for good ...

Cancer Advocates Call on President Obama to Continue to Make Public Health a Top National Priority

... D.C. -- February 24, 2009 -- Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are calling on the President to continue to make access to quality health care and prevention a top national priority following recent passage of the stimulus bill. Cancer advocates will gather across the country tonight ... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is organizing watch parties around the country to kick off its 2009 campaign to increase access to quality health care, grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the production and marketing of tobacco products, and ...

Public Health Groups Urge Oklahomans to Vote ‘Yes’ on Question 802 on June 30

... “As our nation contends with the COVID-19 pandemic, incurring devastating human and economic losses, our organizations remain focused on health care solutions that will protect our most vulnerable populations. Untold insecurities weigh heavily on many Oklahomans, and on June 30, voters can ease some of that worry by voting ‘yes’ on State Question 802. “Voting ‘yes’ on State Question 802 will make health insurance through Medicaid accessible to more Oklahomans in the event they should need it – such as sudden loss of employment and, ...

ACS CAN Marks the 15th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act by Calling Out the Historic Law’s Success and Urging Lawmakers to Protect Access to Care

Washington, D.C. – As one of the leading patient advocacy groups that pushed for the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is celebrating Sunday’s 15th anniversary of the historic law by ... extend the Marketplace enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) before they expire and cause millions of people to lose access to their current health plans and any affordable, quality health coverage options. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the ...

Respect for Marriage Act Would Remove Barriers to Care Stemming from Discrimination

... equality for same-sex and interracial couples and their families, as well as protect their ability to access employment benefits, such as health insurance. The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404/S. 4556) would require the federal government to recognize a marriage between two ... Action Network (ACS CAN) supports this legislation as it is critical to reducing barriers and ensuring access to affordable, comprehensive health care, including cancer care, for all individuals. ACS CAN signed onto a letter to senators with dozens of other of health, education, human ...

South Dakota House Affirms Importance of Access to Care, Defeats HJR 5002

PIERRE, S.D. –– The importance of South Dakotans having access to quality, affordable health care was affirmed Thursday when the House of Representatives voted against moving House Joint Resolution 5002 forward, killing the latest attempt ... initiated and approved it.  Since Medicaid was expanded by ballot in 2022, 30,000 hard-working South Dakotans have gained access to lifesaving health insurance. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), working alongside a broad coalition of health care professionals and ...

Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm on South Dakota Ballot Measure

... to vote “no” on the ballot measure. Introduced as a means to eliminate the state’s grocery tax, IM 28 has drawn the opposition of public health leaders from across South Dakota because of a key unintended consequence: the proposal would limit the state’s ability to curb tobacco use ... with proponents lauding it as an opportunity to provide financial relief to families struggling with inflation. This support extends to public health groups, who are also concerned with the high cost of living and care. The imprecise language of the measure, however, has caused greater concern among patients, providers and public leaders alike given the hit ...

Survey: Majority of Cancer Patients Struggle to Afford Cancer Care

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The majority of cancer patients in the United States say they struggle to afford the costs of their cancer care. According to the latest  Survivor Views  survey from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), 61% of cancer patients ... and are more apt to cut pills in half to reduce costs (18%). Over 80% of patients say they’ve had to make financial sacrifices to cover their health care expenses, including 44% who’ve dipped into their savings, 36% who’ve gone into credit card debt to pay medical bills and nearly a ... Those provisions include, extending increased subsidies for purchasing private insurance on the marketplace, providing access to affordable health coverage for more than two million people in a dozen states which have yet to expand Medicaid, capping Medicare enrollees’ out-of-pocket ...

Twenty-Two Health Groups Submit Amicus Brief in Medicaid Expansion Lawsuit

Jefferson City, MO – Health and patient advocacy groups submitted an amicus curiae (or friend-of-the-court) brief  today, supported by Missouri-based health economists and law professors, in the Missouri Supreme Court, noting the vital role that the implementation of expanded eligibility for ... and providers also joined onto the brief. The brief shows how extending eligibility to Medicaid increases access to and use of vital health care services significantly reduces health disparities, improves survivorship for cancer and other chronic diseases, and positively affects the ...

Affordable Care Act Update: Supreme Court Decision Coming Soon 6.12.15

... whether millions of low- and middle-income people can continue to receive a major source of financial assistance that helps them afford health coverage. The Society, ACS CAN, and numerous other public health groups hope the Court will decide that the Affordable Care Act enables qualified people who buy a health plan in either the federal marketplace or a state marketplace to receive federal tax credits ...

Type

Priority Issue

State

Policy Issue

Judicial Advocacy