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Documentary Film Highlights Early Days of COVID-19 Pandemic and Ongoing Impact on Black, Rural Communities in Alabama

... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) features the stories of those disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and stresses the importance of health insurance coverage for lower income individuals in Alabama. The film’s urgent message continues to be at the forefront of conversations on public policy change that could significantly address the longstanding health and cancer disparities, exacerbated by the pandemic and provide lower income Alabamians access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance ... as $740 million in federal funds if state policy makers expand Medicaid. Over the past year, ACS CAN has met with community leaders and health care providers in the Black Belt of Alabama as well as other rural parts of the state to see how the pandemic has and continues to impact ...

Veterans Day Marks Time To Honor Alabama Vets and Close the Coverage Gap

ANNISTON, AL –   When I was in college in the 1960s, I studied abroad in Great Britain. While there, I got sick. I walked into their National Health Service, got treated and was sent away healthy. There were no bills or financial hassle. It was a stark contrast to my personal experience back home in the U.S., where my parents had drained their finances trying to cover medical costs related to a catastrophic health issue. That experience shaped my lifelong dedication to recognize the importance of health care. My 30 years serving in the U.S. Navy furthered my passion. Once out of service, my brothers and sisters in uniform are too often left behind ...

ACS CAN Documentary Profiling Alabama Voices Benefitting from Medicaid Progam Chosen for Screening at Lanett Film Festival

LANETT, AL – August 6, 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic shining a bright light on the importance of affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, Medicaid continues to be a central topic of discussion among public health advocates, hospital and health systems administrators, community leaders and state lawmakers. Now that conversation continues inthe world of arts and culture. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) documentary On the Edge : Health Care in Alabama was recently selected as a finalist for the Lanett City Film Festival taking place next week. On the Edge will be shown on ...

ACS CAN Profiles Alabama Voices of those Impacted by Medicaid Program through Launch of Digital Storybook

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched a collection of digital stories from individuals, families and health care professionals as part of its Medicaid Covers US project. The stories feature people directly impacted by Medicaid across several states ... features the faces and stories of those who have been helped by the program, those who could benefit from the program if they were eligible and health professionals who have seen what critical role this program plays for their patients and their health systems.   ACS CAN’s Medicaid ...

Current funding for the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (ABCCEDP) provides cancer screening to only about 18% of the more than 87,000 women eligible.

· Encourage state leaders to accept federal funds available to help prevent and treat cancer by broadening access to health care. If federal funds are accepted, an estimated 313,000 Alabamians would become eligible for insurance coverage. · Hard-working, low-income families need the security of quality health coverage to get lifesaving care when they need it, without facing huge medical bills. · By accepting federal funds, more people would have ...

2020 Alabama Legislative Session Summary

... Alabama Legislature to appropriate over $1 million for cancer initiatives and in support of the following priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care • Medicaid: ACS CAN worked to broaden access to health care coverage provided to thousands of lowincome state residents through the state’s Medicaid program. The health care coverage provided by Medicaid affords women screened and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer access to comprehensive health care ...

Alabama Governor should close the Medicaid coverage gap to protect veterans

Every day, I go to work at the VA in Tuscaloosa to conduct life-saving studies to help our veterans. I’ve seen the health challenges they face with drug and alcohol addiction; my work looks at ways to improve care options for those battling addiction. I also know the personal health toll cancer can take, having lost my mom, stepdad, aunt and two uncles to the disease and from receiving my own cancer diagnosis in 2015. ...

ACS CAN Warns Against Dangerous Farm Bureau Bill

... coalition of 30 organizations warning lawmakers about Senate Bill 84 and House Bill 477, which would allow the sale of substandard and dangerous health plans by the Alabama Farmers Federation or ALFA. In response, Alabama Government Relations Director Jane Adams released the following statement: “We have grave concerns about the harmful effects SB84 and HB477 would have on Alabamians. The sale of substandard health plans would jeopardize access to health care and financial security for thousands of Alabamians who may enroll in them without realizing they do not offer the same coverage as health ...

Alabama Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco ... Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women administered by the Alabama Department of Health. The health care coverage provided by Medicaid affords women screened and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer access to comprehensive ...

ACS CAN Joins with Historic Montgomery Church to Host Film Screening to Call on Governor to Act

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has joined efforts with the historic St. Paul AME Church to call on Gov. Kay Ivey to extend life-saving health care coverage to 220,000 Alabamians. The church, where Rosa Parks once worshipped, will host a film screening of “Requiring Justice: Faith & the Coverage Gap” Sunday, August 6, at 12:30 p.m. The film discusses the faith community’s dedication to addressing the health care crisis in Alabama. The event comes as momentum builds in the state for Medicaid expansion to help people access preventive and ...

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