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November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
... fight against cancer. With the election behind us, it's time for our nation to renew its commitment to bringing cancer under control as a major health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease. ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the health reform law important to cancer patients and their families will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...
November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
... fight against cancer. With the election behind us, it's time for our nation to renew its commitment to bringing cancer under control as a major health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease. ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the health reform law important to cancer patients and their families will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...
July 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... in Houston hosted in the spring. A third cancer center event is scheduled for August 25 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE Litigation Update On June 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation ... Act. The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called individual mandate). One of the leading conservatives on the court -– George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey Sutton ... Ten states -– California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia –- have had health insurance exchange legislation signed into law. Two states -- Connecticut and North Carolina -- have exchange bills awaiting gubernatorial ...
July 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... in Houston hosted in the spring. A third cancer center event is scheduled for August 25 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE Litigation Update On June 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation ... Act. The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called individual mandate). One of the leading conservatives on the court -– George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey Sutton ... Ten states -– California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia –- have had health insurance exchange legislation signed into law. Two states -- Connecticut and North Carolina -- have exchange bills awaiting gubernatorial ...
July 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... in Houston hosted in the spring. A third cancer center event is scheduled for August 25 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE Litigation Update On June 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation ... Act. The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called individual mandate). One of the leading conservatives on the court -– George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey Sutton ... Ten states -– California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia –- have had health insurance exchange legislation signed into law. Two states -- Connecticut and North Carolina -- have exchange bills awaiting gubernatorial ...
July 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... in Houston hosted in the spring. A third cancer center event is scheduled for August 25 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE Litigation Update On June 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation ... Act. The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called individual mandate). One of the leading conservatives on the court -– George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey Sutton ... Ten states -– California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia –- have had health insurance exchange legislation signed into law. Two states -- Connecticut and North Carolina -- have exchange bills awaiting gubernatorial ...
September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update
... for volunteer advocacy, bestowed on volunteers who consistently demonstrate excellence and service in advocacy and public policy. ACCESS TO CARE – AFFORDABLE CARE ACT For more information, please visit www.fightcancer.org/healthcare . Understanding the Affordable Care Act ACS CAN ... Feel free to share this with fellow volunteers and others. ACS CAN is also working with the Society’s Corporate Communications and Health Promotions Departments at the National Home Office on a consumer-friendly booklet describing Affordable Care Act provisions through the "cancer lens." Another great tool is a short animated movie the Kaiser Family Foundation posted on its health care reform website featuring “You Toons.” The movie addresses a number of complex provisions in the Affordable Care Act in a way that ...
September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update
... for volunteer advocacy, bestowed on volunteers who consistently demonstrate excellence and service in advocacy and public policy. ACCESS TO CARE – AFFORDABLE CARE ACT For more information, please visit www.fightcancer.org/healthcare . Understanding the Affordable Care Act ACS CAN ... Feel free to share this with fellow volunteers and others. ACS CAN is also working with the Society’s Corporate Communications and Health Promotions Departments at the National Home Office on a consumer-friendly booklet describing Affordable Care Act provisions through the "cancer lens." Another great tool is a short animated movie the Kaiser Family Foundation posted on its health care reform website featuring “You Toons.” The movie addresses a number of complex provisions in the Affordable Care Act in a way that ...
September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update
... for volunteer advocacy, bestowed on volunteers who consistently demonstrate excellence and service in advocacy and public policy. ACCESS TO CARE – AFFORDABLE CARE ACT For more information, please visit www.fightcancer.org/healthcare . Understanding the Affordable Care Act ACS CAN ... Feel free to share this with fellow volunteers and others. ACS CAN is also working with the Society’s Corporate Communications and Health Promotions Departments at the National Home Office on a consumer-friendly booklet describing Affordable Care Act provisions through the "cancer lens." Another great tool is a short animated movie the Kaiser Family Foundation posted on its health care reform website featuring “You Toons.” The movie addresses a number of complex provisions in the Affordable Care Act in a way that ...
ACS to NY: Don't Re-debate Federal Law
Statement by Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding the NYS Senate’s failure to pass health benefit exchange legislation . "The American Cancer Society urges New York lawmakers curb their interest in re-debating federal law and instead focus on what uninsured New Yorkers need most, access to health insurance. Every year, as many as 10,000 New Yorkers face a diagnosis of cancer without health insurance. One-third of cancer survivors ... benefit exchanges established under federal law offer the best hope of making available to all insurance coverage for the lifesaving medical care they need." Facts: According to the American Cancer Society, 10 percent of those with cancer battle the disease without health insurance. ...
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