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9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform
On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m proud to say – after watching the President’s remarks – that ...
Flavors Hook Kids Connecticut Action Day
... including advocacy training and lawmaker meetings, but you'll find some new and exciting activities for all to join in. And once again ACS CAN will be partnering with the American Lung Association and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. This year we will be asking lawmakers to end the sale of ALL flavored tobacco products. Here is what to expect: Pre-Event Training: March 16 6:30-7:30 PM If you are new to advocacy or you have been ... short documentary Black Lives Black Lungs, that looks at how Big Tobacco has directly targeted black communities with menthol. There is no cost to attend this event, but registration is required. The registration deadline is Thursday, March 11th. Register Now! For questions please ...
October 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
CANCER VOTES Presidential Voter Guide President Obama and Governor Romney responded to ACS CAN's presidential questionnaire. Read the voter guide. Chris Hansen recently promoted the guides and other Cancer Votes activities in a series of local radio and television interviews aired across the country. Read the ACS CAN press release. Presidential Debates Cancer Votes volunteers ... Read the Kaiser Health News story. After the election, HHS is expected to release multiple proposed regulations, including those for EHB and cost sharing. It is unclear at this time how much discretion states or insurers will have to make changes to the benchmark plan, such as how and ...
March CT Advocacy Update
... around and not rely solely on tax increases or cuts in services. To put some perspective on it, the deficit is so large ($3.7 billion out of a $18 billion dollar budget) that the state could opt to not spend a single penny on education and fire 15,000 state employees making $50,000 a year and we would still have a deficit of over a hundred million. The bad news: The state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program was reduced in the budget from $2.4 ... your area 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling 1-800-227-2345! For further information or to find out how you can help, please contact: Bryte Johnson, State Director of Government Relations and Advocacy [email protected] or (203) 379-485 March CT ...
9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update
... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives. Among those in the audience were ...
January 2014 Update
... event. In my new role I will be working closely with our advocacy volunteers, ACS staff and elected officials on all state and federal ACS CAN public policy efforts.The short 2014 legislative session kicks off in Hartford on February 5 and will provide many opportunities to positively ... Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation, Affordable Care Act Implementation to protecting funding for vital cancer programs, there are no shortages of issues we will be working on. We hope you'll help us out in 2014!SAVE THE DATE!The 2014 ACS CAN Connecticut Lobby Day will be TUESDAY, APRIL 1 ... control in 2014 at the Legislative Office Building. MATCH will be exploring new trends in the industry, new products, taxation issues, and the cost of tobacco use to the state. Additionally MATCH will be Honoring Senator Richard Blumenthal for his years of work on tobacco use cessation ...
Health Care Enters a New Era
Congress yesterday took its final historic votes to repair the broken health care system, approving a package of improvements that strengthen the broad reform bill that President Obama signed into law this week. I had the privilege of being in Washington, D.C. with Society Board Chair George Atkins and National Volunteer President Alan Thorson to attend a celebration led by ... this effort successful. By now you’ve heard about the critical role played by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in bringing the voice of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers to the debate. I want to share an example of how ACS CAN’s efforts made ...
Connecticut Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Kids & Adults from Tobacco Industry Influence
... and helping current tobacco users quit in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s best practices. A coalition of public health groups have joined together to urge the state to dedicate robust and sustainable funds to combat a leading cause of preventable death and disease in the state. The Master Settlement Agreement dollars Connecticut receives and the tobacco taxes the state ... state funds to lifesaving tobacco control programs is not one of these things,” said Bryte Johnson, director of government relations for ACS CAN in Connecticut. “Gov. Lamont’s proposed zero-dollar investment in tobacco control programs is an extremely costly and unnecessary road to ...
7-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update
... Although little progress has been made in reaching a consensus on a path forward, Congress has been quite active this week in its pursuit of competing deficit reduction strategies. The House passed its “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill earlier this week on a largely party-line vote. ... of Medicine (IOM) recommends that additional preventive health services for women be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the ACA. The list of additional preventive health services include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as part of cervical ... that help cancer patients and their families. Christopher W. Hansen President American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) 0 7-21-11 Affordable Care Act Update ...
November 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of the committee's members could support. Under the Budget Control Act, the legislation that created the super committee, automatic ... be. Also important to keep in mind is that more than 50 percent of cancer patients rely on Medicare and Medicaid for their treatment. ACS CAN fought hard to prevent cuts and protect access to these programs. On that front, the lack of a super committee plan yielded a good outcome as ... 30-plus percent of the Medicare population is thought to be obese. Under the Affordable Care Act, these services will be offered without cost sharing. DRUG SHORTAGE The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are closely monitoring the nation's drug shortage. The overall number of ...