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ACS CAN was back walking the halls of Congress to protect an important health program. Along with representatives from 40 organizations, ACS CAN met with more than 70 U.S. Representatives and Senators to discuss the ... cancer and detect it early, we can prevent roughly half of all cancer deaths. The ask was clear - protect funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The fund, a new initiative created by the Affordable Care Act, provides an expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain ...

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 ...

... We don't do what's easy. We do what is necessary to move this country forward. For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care. This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every 30 seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose ... In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than wages. And in each of these years, 1 million more Americans have lost their health insurance. It is one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas. And it's one of the ...

... percent of cancer patients and survivors who receive tax credits to afford Marketplace plans say they would have difficulty getting the care they need without the enhanced premium tax credits, according to the latest Survivor Views survey released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN.) Majorities would consider alternatives that expose them to greater financial or health risk, such as enrolling in high deductible plans (81%), or plans with less coverage (69%). Further, 65% were unaware before the survey that ... credits are set to expire at the end of 2025.  “The enhanced tax credits made it possible for millions more people in America to afford the health coverage they need. These credits mean they can see a doctor regularly, receive lifesaving cancer screenings and if diagnosed with cancer, ...