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Access to Care – Health Care Reform   History Made - Major Milestone for the Mission On Tuesday, March 23, President Barack Obama signed health care reform legislation. ...

Monthly Advocacy Update

Access to Care – Health Care Reform   History Made - Major Milestone for the Mission On Tuesday, March 23, President Barack Obama signed health care reform legislation. ...

Monthly Advocacy Update

Access to Care – Health Care Reform   History Made - Major Milestone for the Mission On Tuesday, March 23, President Barack Obama signed health care reform legislation. ...

Bringing Leaders Together in the Fight against Cancer

The United States spends $88 billion annually on cancer care, with patients paying nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket costs. The 2019 ACS CAN health care forum examined best practices employers and other ... foster discussion and examine policies that are critical in the fight against cancer. We held our eighth annual National Forum on the Future of Health Care in April 2019 in Washington, D.C., where leaders from government, private and nonprofit organizations gathered to discuss ways to make ...

Documentary Profiling North Carolianians Left Behind by Medicaid Program Chosen for Screening at Joedance Film Festival

CHARLOTTE, NC – August 6, 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic shining a bright light on the importance of affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, Medicaid continues to be a central topic of discussion among public health advocates, hospital and health systems administrators, community leaders and state lawmakers. Now that conversation continues in the world ... where we show it, and one I think is more deeply felt in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because it reiterates the importance of access to care and the role that Medicaid can play during a public health crisis.” In Left Behind , Richard, Emma and Adrienne share the difficulties of ...

2020 Indiana Legislative Session Wrap Up

... we fought for this past session and the result of all your actions!   Tobacco Prevention Tobacco addiction remains Indiana’s leading public health threat, killing more than 11,000 Hoosiers every year. Tobacco 21:  Lawmakers approved Senate Bill 1 which raises the legal tobacco sales ... cancer in Indiana and risks are increasing for younger people. Updated screening coverage:  Lawmakers passed House Bill 1080 that requires most health plans regulated by the state to begin covering preventative colorectal cancer screenings at age 45, instead of age 50, in accordance with ... and the Purdue University. The bill, Senate Bill 66, passed the Senate unanimously, but failed to advance out of the House.   Access to Health Care Ensuring Hoosiers have access to affordable care and medications is an important step in reducing the cancer burden. Improved access to ...

Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Colorado’s Senate Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority

... Senate candidates to state their positions on cancer issues such as cancer research funding and access to health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Sen. Gardner’s opponent, John Hickenlooper, to meet with volunteers.  “Lawmakers have the power to approve public health policies that help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, as well as to ensure that cancer patients and survivors like me maintain access to ...

2018 West Virginia Legislative Priorities

... of the American Cancer Society.  ACS CAN supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem for all West Virginians. The following highlights ACS CAN WV 2018 legislative priorities Quality of Life Better Health, Better Care, Lower Cost: Support Palliative Care Legislation Palliative care provides a coordinated, team-based approach among medical professionals to ...

House Members Must Stand up for Cancer Patients and Reject Any Medicaid Cuts in Latest Budget Proposal

... the reconciliation bill this week which includes drastic, $715 billion cuts to Medicaid that will result in at least 8.6 million people losing health insurance coverage, including cancer patients and survivors. If passed and implemented, these cuts will increase the number of uninsured people nationwide, raise overall health care costs and negatively impact state budgets.  Most importantly, these reductions will result in more people not being able to access health ...

ACS CAN Volunteer Testifies on Benefits of Insurance Market Reform for Cancer Patients and Survivors

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 11, 2013 Access to meaningful, affordable health care will not only improve health outcomes, but provide cancer patients and survivors peace of mind, testified Stacy Cook, Iowa volunteer for the American Cancer Society ...

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