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Litigation Update   Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation challenging the constitutionality of Affordable Care Act (ACA). The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required ... to pay for food, shelter, transportation and health care when you need it. Unlike most of these expenses, however, the costs of health care can vary substantially from year to year.   The individual can count on incurring some health costs...but cannot predict others (e.g. a cancer ...

T obacco Prevention and Cessation Funding:   ACS CAN will work to increase funding for fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs to $13 million. This is especially important ... cancer deaths. Increasing funding to $13 million will allow more individuals to quit smoking and prevent children from ever starting a lifetime of addiction to tobacco. Access to Tobacco Cessation: Access to Tobacco Cessation: ACS CAN will advocate for all insurance plans, including the ... cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care.   TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CONTROL ...

... today and called on the General Assembly to prioritize the 34,270 Missourians who will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) annual Day at the Capitol, which brought cancer advocates together to urge lawmakers to help improve cancer patients’ quality of life, protect funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings and reduce Missouri’s tobacco burden. “Missouri has come a long way in ...

... with their elected officials during the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Cancer Action Day. They let lawmakers know that Ohio can and must do better to reduce the burden of cancer by reducing the incidence of the disease and improving access to care. Advocates met with lawmakers to ask them to support increasing the ... in Ohio over 40 who are at high risk of developing cancer will have access to the prostate cancer screening they need. This bill also removes cost barriers such as copays or other out-of-pocket expense requirements for these screenings. An estimated 77,010 Ohioans will be diagnosed with ...