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Senate Votes to Raise Tobacco Taxes, Increase Health Care Coverage for Children

... save lives by substantially increasing the federal cigarette tax an action that will reduce smoking rates and expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). "The interests of the public in particular children have clearly trumped the interests of the tobacco and ... a strong bill that will help to prevent children from taking up the deadly habit of smoking, ensure that more low-income children have access to health insurance and expand the availability of lifesaving cancer screenings. Given these enormous benefits, we ask President Bush to reconsider ... extraordinary power to fight cancer. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org . Senate Votes to Raise Tobacco Taxes, Increase Health Care Coverage for Children ...

House Votes to Raise Tobacco Taxes, Increase Health Care Coverage for Children

... community on several fronts. By imposing a substantial new increase in the federal cigarette tax to pay for expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and eliminating Medicare co-payments for lifesaving mammograms and colonoscopies, this legislation will encourage ... cigarette consumption by four percent. The increase also would fund an expansion of SCHIP, which provides low-income children with access to health insurance. "Because a more substantial jump in the cigarette tax would have an even greater impact in curbing tobacco use and consumption, ... extraordinary power to fight cancer. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org . House Votes to Raise Tobacco Taxes, Increase Health Care Coverage for Children ...

New CBO Score Projects 14 Million Americans Will Lose Health Coverage in 2018 Under House-Passed Health Care Bill

Washington, D.C., —Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its updated assessment of the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – estimating the number of Americans who would likely lose health insurance as compared to current law, as well as the possible cost changes for those who maintain coverage. The CBO projects that under the ...

More Than a Decade After Passage of Federal Health Care Law, Wyoming Still Has Not Increased Access to Affordable Health Coverage

Cheyenne, Wyo. – Today marks 12 years since the historic passage of the Affordable Care Act, and yet roughly 24,000 Wyoming residents remain uninsured, denied coverage by state lawmakers who refuse to increase access to Medicaid. Wyoming is one of only 12 states that has not increased access to health insurance coverage through their Medicaid programs despite overwhelming evidence that doing so would improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities, and benefit the state’s economy. Despite excellent momentum and bipartisan support from many ...

HELP Committee Vote Represents Major Progress Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform This Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 15, 2009 --  “Today’s vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to approve health care legislation represents major progress toward the goal shared by millions of families touched by cancer to enact comprehensive health ...

Quality Health Care Must Ensure Quality of Life for Patients with Chronic Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 15, 2009 -- As Congress debates health care reform this year, it is important that legislation include measures to better coordinate care, improve access to palliative care and address ... palliative care which addresses patients’ physical, psychological, and emotional needs into treatment plans can help reduce overall health care spending by helping patients to articulate their goals of care, matching treatments to those goals, and eliminating unwanted and ...

Budget Resolution Encourages Health Care Reform and Increases Funding for Research and Prevention

... D.C. -- April 29, 2009 -- “The House and Senate passed a final Budget Resolution today that fosters forward progress on efforts to reform our health care system and lays the foundation for funding increases for research and prevention over FY 2009 funding levels.  The result is good news for ... patients, survivors and their loved ones who need timely access to quality, affordable care and know too well the gaps that exist in the broken health care system. “Comprehensive reform is critical and must be a top priority for elected officials this year.  Delaying action or simply ...

Harry and Louise Return to Promote Health Care Reform in New Ad Campaign

Washington, D.C. -- August 19, 2008 -- Harry and Louise, the iconic couple featured in ads to defeat the Clinton health plan in 1993-1994, are back on television. This time they will lend their voice to strongly encourage health care reform. The new multi-million dollar ad campaign will air on national television throughout the Democratic and Republican conventions. ...

Our Nation's Health Depends on Access to Care: 10 Years of the ACA

... ACS CAN continues to support and advocate on behalf of people living with serious illnesses, like cancer, to ensure they have access to the care they need to protect their and their families’ health. Last week, we joined 28 other patient organizations to successfully work with Congress to pass legislation that would help protect ... spending, as Medicaid programs can play a key role in states’ ability to effectively respond to the current pandemic. In times of public health crises, ensuring people across the country have access to screening and treatment is of crucial importance. If there was ever a time to ...

Expanding and Protecting Access to Health Care is Key to Supporting Marginalized Communities

... patient advocates and friends to use this time to listen, learn and self-educate on the role we must serve to protect the well-being, safety and health of communities nationwide that continue to be marginalized by our society. In a recent win for one of these communities, we joined millions ... of inequity in our country . Central to that effort is ensuring individuals that have been and continue to be marginalized are able to access health care without fear of discrimination, bias or stigma. I know undoubtedly that addressing health disparities hinges on protecting the fundamental ...

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