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... (ACS CAN) is ramping up the pressure on Congress with the launch of a Metro station advertising campaign calling for action now, not later, on health care reform.  Throughout the month of July, every inch of advertising space in the Capitol South Metro station, the main Metro stop for commuting ... House staffers, will be saturated with ads that highlight the personal and financial toll that cancer patients face due to gaps in the broken health care system. The effort builds on ACS CAN’s ongoing print and online ad campaign around the message that the current “sick care” ...

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 (87%) Ohio voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor. Furthermore, the poll findings showed that 92% of Ohioans believe that ensuring patients who qualify ... people in the US expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, it’s more important than ever for voters to make their voices heard on the health care issues that matter to them most,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “Policy decisions stand at the very core of many barriers ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 5, 2009 -- Cancer patients can face severe challenges in paying for life-saving care running up large debts, filing for personal bankruptcy and even delaying or forgoing potentially life-saving treatment even when they have Access to Health Care, according to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The report profiles 20 patients and illustrates the potential difficulties people diagnosed with cancer or other serious illnesses have in maintaining affordable health insurance and paying for their health care.  The patients in the report and accompanying video were selected to illustrate typical cases ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today the administration released a proposed rule that would fix the so-called ‘family glitch’ in the Affordable Care Act. If finalized, the change would allow the total premium cost of all family members covered under an employer sponsored plan to be ... The administration also issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to do everything possible to expand access to affordable, quality health coverage. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: “For years ACS ... and timely treatment.  Together with the president’s executive order, these changes would make a substantial impact on improving the health of cancer patients and their families nationwide. “On behalf of the more than 1.9 million Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer this ...