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We won't stop fighting for cancer patients and survivors

Over the next 90 days, ACS CAN will be: Launching a campaign to make health care a top issue in this year’s elections Developing a state-by-state strategy to leverage state laws to improve access to health care Advocating for the federal government to protect access to quality, affordable health care Become an ACS CAN member or make an ...

Don't Let South Dakotans Fall Through the Cracks - Vote NO on Amendment F

Protect Medicaid Expansion Thousands of South Dakotans are at Risk of Losing Health Care Coverage   Video of hope_in_the_heartland_closing_the_health_care_gap   In 2022, South Dakotans voted to expand access to affordable, quality health care. Since then, nearly 25,000 hard-working South ...

House Vote to Repeal New Patient Protections Disappointing for Families Impacted by Cancer

... President WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 19, 2011 – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, a law that includes important patient protections that are improving access to quality, affordable care for people with cancer and their ... the law without a meaningful alternative would bring back pre-existing condition exclusions, annual and lifetime benefit limits, rescissions of health coverage following a diagnosis and other vestiges of a health system that failed to provide adequate, affordable health care to millions of cancer patients and survivors. “The Affordable Care Act ...

Empowering patient voices through voter registration

While roughly 83% of adults in the United States will visit a health care provider in the next year, an estimated 80% of health outcomes are determined beyond clinic walls. This includes health outcomes like cancer mortality rates due to social determinants of health ...

Governor’s Call to Roll Back Medicaid Expansion Puts 250,000 Oklahomans at Risk

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK  - Gov. Kevin Stitt’s remarks requesting that the legislature pursue a roll back of Medicaid expansion threaten critical health care access for more than 250,000 Oklahomans. Medicaid expansion provides access to essential health care services like cancer screenings and preventive care. Substantively changing the program would add barriers to care for thousands of ...

Legislator Wants to Improve Quality of Life for Cancer Patients

... Representative Sarah LaTourette introduced legislation to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through palliative care. ACS CAN commends the Representative for seeing an opportunity to improve patient quality of life after losing her father to cancer.  ... cancer. It is appropriate at any age and for any stage of a disease. Most importantly, research indicates that palliative care systems increase health outcomes while reducing health care costs.  “Through her firsthand experience, Representative LaTourette saw the benefits of a well-run palliative care program. We urge ...

New Poll: Majority of Wyoming Voters Support Medicaid Expansion

... AARP, the American Heart Association and American Lung Association shows the majority of Wyoming voters support efforts to increase access to health care by expanding Medicaid. Wyoming is one of 12 states that has not expanded Medicaid, which could increase access to care for about 24,000 hardworking, low-income residents in the state. Additionally, the poll found many Wyoming residents feel instability in their health care situation. More than one in four say they are worried that they will lose health insurance, and many have lacked health insurance in ...

Massachusetts Lobby Day a huge success

... ACS CAN Massachusetts' annual Lobby Day at the State House on Monday March 31, 2014. This year's issue focus was quality of life and palliative care, with volunteers advocating for support for a bill that would expand access to and awareness of palliative care services. Filed by State ... Care" would, among other things, create a state palliative care and quality of life advisory council to consult the Department of Public Health on the establishment, maintenance, operation and evaluation of palliative care initiatives, as well as create a palliative care consumer and ... and education program to ensure that comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care is available to the public, health care providers and health care facilities.We will continue to track the progress of this bill and will provide updates and opportunities to ...

Comments on the President's Address

In his speech before Congress last night, President Obama could not have been more explicit in making health care a top priority for his administration. He led by reviewing the newly enacted health care provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "Our recovery plan...will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has ...

Patients, Families to Make Crucial Choices Together

The American Cancer Society participated in a news conference hosted by the NYS Senate Majority regarding the Family Health Care Decisions Act, scheduled to pass the Senate this afternoon (bill passed the Assembly a few weeks ago). The bill assures that patients who have not already selected a Health Care Proxy will be able to have critical cancer treatment made in their best interests by those closest to them when and if they lose ...

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