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4/24/09 Maine Statehouse Update
... shortfall in FY 10 • $7.5 million shortfall in FY 11 Priority Areas Lung Cancer LD 1347: "An Act To Deter Initiation of Tobacco Use by Increasing the Tax on Tobacco Products" raises the tax on cigarettes by $1, and is the focal point of our tobacco tax campaign. ... pass" in deference to another bill, submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance which did much of the same things. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" was voted "ought not to pass." LD 1228: "Resolve, To Direct Action on Health Disparities of the Passamaquody Tribe and ... health and healthcare, is working on the issue. Together, they are working to produce bipartisan HCR legislation. The Society and ACS CAN have made access to healthcare and HCR a priority, and now has a seat at the table moving the issue forward, putting the cancer lens on the ...
September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...
November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease. ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...
August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President. ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every ... district will gather in Washington, D.C. from September 12-15 for the sixth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN's national volunteer organization -- state lead ambassadors (SLAs) and ambassador constituent ... Services Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect in August, including services important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits ...
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