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Cancer Patients & Families Counting on Lawmakers to Reauthorize Medicaid Expansion

CONCORD – April 3, 2023 – Tomorrow, the House Health and Human Services Committee will host a public hearing on SB 263, reauthorizing the Granite Advantage Health Care Program. The following statement can be attributed to Dr. Patricia Edwards, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician from Bow and volunteer advocate with the ...

Cancer Patients & Families Counting on Lawmakers to Reauthorize Medicaid Expansion

CONCORD – April 3, 2023 – Tomorrow, the House Health and Human Services Committee will host a public hearing on SB 263, reauthorizing the Granite Advantage Health Care Program. The following statement can be attributed to Dr. Patricia Edwards, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician from Bow and volunteer advocate with the ...

Patient Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of DOJ’s Motion for Stay to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 28, 2023 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious health conditions filed an amicus curiae (or friend-of-the-court) brief supporting the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s motion asking the U.S. Court ... to put the lower court’s March 30 ruling on hold citing the devastating impact the decision will have on patient access to critical preventive care services absent a stay.   The groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Arthritis Foundation, American Kidney ... for the Fifth Circuit that allowing the District Court’s judgment to take effect would reverse a decade’s worth of progress in improving health outcomes. Given the risk to public health and the imminent harm posed to patients we serve, we urge the Fifth Circuit to stay the lower ...

Patient Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of DOJ’s Motion for Stay to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 28, 2023 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious health conditions filed an amicus curiae (or friend-of-the-court) brief supporting the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s motion asking the U.S. Court ... to put the lower court’s March 30 ruling on hold citing the devastating impact the decision will have on patient access to critical preventive care services absent a stay.   The groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Arthritis Foundation, American Kidney ... for the Fifth Circuit that allowing the District Court’s judgment to take effect would reverse a decade’s worth of progress in improving health outcomes. Given the risk to public health and the imminent harm posed to patients we serve, we urge the Fifth Circuit to stay the lower ...

March Advocacy Roundup

... D.C. to send a message to Congress that cancer patients cannot wait any longer for new livesaving treatments.  Joined by National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, Seffrin and Armstrong called on Congress to commit to sustained federal funding for research and proven screening ... for the remainder of FY11 would cut the NIH budget by 5.2% and the CDC budget by 21%.  View the polling summary .    The Affordable Care Act Turns One Erin T. is a 24-year-old breast cancer patient living in New York City.  Prior to the Affordable Care Act, the only way for ... to get well.  Erin is grateful for the benefits of the Affordable Care Act that greatly improved her outlook on life.  One year after the new health care law, stories like Erin's are becoming more and more common, as key provisions are already improving the health care system for those ...

2019 Advocacy Accomplishments

... information on ACS CAN’s advocacy efforts, explore our website. Sustained Investments in Cancer Research In 2019, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided 50,000 extramural grants to 300,000 researchers at 2,500 universities, medical schools and other research institutions across ... increases for skin cancer, prostate cancer and ovarian cancer programs, as well as a $20 million increase for the Office on Smoking and Health A new $50 million initiative to support a data modernization effort at the CDC, with language that directs the organization to prioritize ... billion in research grants. The ACS CAN Texas team was instrumental in securing this mission-critical win, which will ensure world-class cancer care continues throughout the state for the next decade.   Advocating as One Voice Against Cancer ACS CAN is the founder and the leading ...

November Monthly Advocacy Update

  AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE For more information, visit http://fightcancer.org/healthcare .   Consumer Brochure Now in Print    A few weeks ago I informed ...   The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, availability, and administrative simplicity – is part of ACS CAN’s and the Society’s continuing ... Testify About “Mini-Med” Policies The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on December 1 on limited-benefit health plans, also known as “mini-med” policies. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, and ACS CAN volunteer Eugene Melville of ...

November Monthly Advocacy Update

  AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE For more information, visit http://fightcancer.org/healthcare .   Consumer Brochure Now in Print     A few weeks ago I informed ...   The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, availability, and administrative simplicity – is part of ACS CAN’s and the Society’s continuing ... Testify About “Mini-Med” Policies The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on December 1 on limited-benefit health plans, also known as “mini-med” policies. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, and ACS CAN volunteer Eugene Melville of ...

November Monthly Advocacy Update

  AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE For more information, visit http://fightcancer.org/healthcare .   Consumer Brochure Now in Print     A few weeks ago I informed ...   The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, availability, and administrative simplicity – is part of ACS CAN’s and the Society’s continuing ... Testify About “Mini-Med” Policies The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on December 1 on limited-benefit health plans, also known as “mini-med” policies. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, and ACS CAN volunteer Eugene Melville of ...

Cancer in Medicare: An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Chartbook

... Program Basics Medicare Beneficiary Characteristics Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Medicare Program Medicare Expenditures for Cancer Care Improvements in Medicare Still Needed Policy Recommendations   Introduction The risk of cancer increases with age, i   and having health insurance coverage is strongly associated with survival following a cancer diagnosis. ii   Cancer is the leading cause of death among ... be diagnosed with cancer. v   Over 1 million of those diagnosed are age 65 or older and rely on the Medicare program as their primary source of health care coverage. vi   Cancer incidence rates also vary substantially across the U.S. (see map). Figure 1: Incidence Rates for United States ...

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