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... legislation. After a small White House ceremony, the president spoke at an event before an audience that included George W.P. Atkins, chair of the American Cancer Society’s National Board, Alan Thorson, MD, FACP, president of the National Board, and John R. Seffrin, PhD, the chief executive officer of the Society and ACS CAN.   Later in the week, the House and Senate approved a smaller package of improvements that the president signed on Tuesday, March 30.   ...

Victory in the fight against 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 impacted by cancer ... saw a return to in-person proceedings with new hybrid public hearings. In addition, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) worked with the Maine Legislature in support of the following fact-based policy priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care  Access to ... to successfully advocate in support of a bill that requires private health insurance coverage of follow-up breast cancer screenings at no cost when the result of the original screening test is inconclusive. The bill passed the Maine Legislature and went into law without the ...

... to the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that most people purchase health insurance. Although the report, which was prepared at the request of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), identified possible alternatives to the individual mandate, it did not show that those alternatives would cover as many ... or “individual responsibility” provision would. Following is a statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “ACS CAN believes that the critical patient protections in the Affordable Care Act, including those that end discrimination in the ... Heart Association in an amicus brief defending the provision in federal court. “The individual responsibility provision has proven to be one of the more unpopular provisions in an imperfect bill, but by insuring that nearly all Americans have coverage, the provision will enable consumer ...

... to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our broken health care system for cancer patients and their families is entering its ... clear in recent days that it wants Congress to move forward with a final effort to pass health care reform legislation.   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) has been working with lawmakers from both parties to produce legislation that   1.    Increases the emphasis on disease prevention , such ...