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2022 Maine State Legislative Session Summary

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Mainers touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... in the following policy priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care COVID-19 Protections : ACS CAN worked with the legislature and other public health and health care organizations to successfully defeat a bill that would have prohibited employers and other entities from requiring COVID-19 ...

House Votes to Disapprove Medicaid Block Grant Guidance; Concerns Persist About Access Issues

... federal funding from a percentage match, wherein the program’s funding adjusts automatically to account for the number of enrollees and rising health care costs, to one where funding could be capped. These grants would apply specifically to the Medicaid expansion population and optional adult populations. Medicaid is the primary health insurance for nearly 65 million people, 2 million of whom have a history of cancer and an estimated 500,000 who gained coverage through ...

ACS CAN Minnesota 2020 Research and Innovation Forum Resources

American Cancer Society Health Insurance Literacy App The ACS Health Insurance Literacy app is a tool for health care providers, patient navigators, health insurance navigators, and patients for education ...

2020 Alabama Legislative Session Summary

... Alabama Legislature to appropriate over $1 million for cancer initiatives and in support of the following priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care • Medicaid: ACS CAN worked to broaden access to health care coverage provided to thousands of lowincome state residents through the state’s Medicaid program. The health care coverage provided by Medicaid affords women screened and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer access to comprehensive health care ...

Gov. Little Proclaims Cancer Action Day, Advocates From Across State Advocate for Medicaid

... and advocates traveled from all parts of the Gem State to ask lawmakers to prioritize cancer in their policies, specifically making sure health care is affordable and accessible. The proclamation reads in part: “No one should be disadvantaged in their fight against cancer” and “Awareness is the first step toward advancing health equity, research, and improving funding to identify causes and facilitate prevention, early detection, effective treatment, and a cure for ...

Administration’s Budget Risks Reversing Progress Against Cancer

Washington, D.C.— The administration released its FY21 budget today which contains significant cuts to health care programs. If implemented, the cuts could leave millions more Americans uninsured and unable to access comprehensive health coverage and stall medical research essential to preventing, detecting and treating cancer.   The budget cuts funding for medical research ...

How Does Your State Measure Up on Policies to Fight Cancer in 2015?

... legislatures are missing opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only save lives, but also generate new revenue and long-term health care savings. This yearŠ—'s report ranks where states stand on nine public policy issues that play a critical role in reducing cancer incidence ... life. IŠ—'m looking forward to seeing the outcome of these state recommendations. Another key trend we are seeing is increasing access to health care in the states through Medicaid. States have the option to accept federal dollars that have already been set aside to provide uninsured ...

February Update from Peter Slocum

FROM: Peter Slocum, Vice President of Advocacy NY & NJ Access to Care – Health Care Reform In the run-up to today's summit on health care reform, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joined nine other national organizations in calling on Congress to ...

February Update from Peter Slocum

FROM: Peter Slocum, Vice President of Advocacy NY & NJ Access to Care – Health Care Reform In the run-up to today's summit on health care reform, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joined nine other national organizations in calling on Congress to ...

ACS CAN Profiles Voices of those Impacted by Medicaid Program through Launch of Digital Storybook

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched a collection of digital stories from individuals, families and health care professionals as part of its Medicaid Covers US project. The stories feature people directly impacted by Medicaid across several states as ... features the faces and stories of those who have been helped by the program, those who could benefit from the program if they were eligible and health professionals who have seen what critical role this program plays for their patients and their health systems. ACS CAN’s Medicaid Covers ...

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