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The Availability of Junk Plans Harms Cancer Patients and Puts Lives at Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released its first “Eye on Cancer Care” piece , which focuses on the dangers of the availability of “junk plans” that fail to provide the protections and health insurance coverage that cancer patients, survivors and those at risk of the disease need. The release of this paper comes as many individuals and families are shopping for health insurance during open enrollment through their employers and the Marketplaces. For individuals facing skyrocketing health insurance costs ...

LTE: Lifesaving Healthcare Coverage

... Society Cancer Action Network here in Maine. We support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. We support increasing access to health care through MaineCare to cover more hardworking, low-income Mainers using federal funds that have been already set aside for Maine. People who ...

Report Outlines Critical Priorities for Creation of National Prevention Strategy

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 30, 2010 -- The National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council created by the Affordable Care Act issued its first status report today outlining the priorities for a National Prevention and ...

Ken Wilkerson Joins ACS CAN as Senior Government Relations Director for California

SACRAMENTO, Calif.  – Ken Wilkerson, a seasoned government affairs professional with more than a decade of experience in health care advocacy and state policy, has joined the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) as senior government relations director for ... policies that reduce the cancer burden for Californians. “Ken brings strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of California’s health care landscape to our team,” said Jen Grand-Lejano, managing director for the Pacific region for ACS CAN. “His experience will be ...

Devastating Medicaid Repeal Bill is Killed After Overwhelming Opposition

BOISE, Idaho –– The threat of Medicaid expansion repeal and to Idahoans’ access to health care that was House Bill 138 ended Tuesday morning when HB 328 was introduced as replacement legislation. The action effectively kills HB 138. Broad opposition to HB 138 came from state residents who voted to initiate Medicaid expansion, business leaders, economists, health care providers, professionals and advocates from across the spectrum of disciplines, including cancer care, children’s and mental health. ...

Patient Groups Urge U.S. District Court to Prevent Discrimination Against LGBTQ and Limited English Proficiency Patients

Washington, D.C.— More than a dozen patient groups representing millions of Americans with serious and chronic health conditions are urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to preserve protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients receiving health care services and restore translation notices for those with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the case of New York v. U.S. Dept. of ...

Celebrating our Victories

... exemptions would have weaken our strong statewide smoke-free indoor air law and would have set a very bad precedent for our state, and  2) The Health Care Exchange Bill passed. This bill establishes the governance, structure, and funding of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange as a public corporation and independent unit of government created to expand access to health care, facilitate the purchase ...

ACTION NOW, NOT LATER

During the August Congressional Recess, American Cancer Society Ambassadors in Maryland are urging Congress to " Help fix our health care system before it POPS!!"   Packages of popcorn with this message are being delivered to each Member of Congress during meetings and walk-ins.    Ambassador are asking Members of Congress for ACTION NOW, NOT LATER to help move health care reform legislation forward keeping in mind their constituents who are fighting cancer.   Meaningful health care reform legislation ...

In Her Own Words: Cancer Survivor Looks Back on Lobby Day

... last week to participate in ACS CAN's "Surviving the System" Lobby Day. She met with her elected officials to discuss why we need meaningful health care reform now not later. _________________________ After a two day whirlwind on lobbying for Health Care Reform, I can honestly say that I feel like we, as a group of survivors, are going to envoke change. I didn't realize how bad our ...

Who do Americans trust?

... American Cancer Society (ACS CAN is the Society's advocacy affiliate) more than any other organization surveyed to recommend the right thing for health care reform. The survey conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health tried to answer the question of how the public views the organizations and interest groups engaged in the health care reform debate. "When ...

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