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Patient Advocates: Supreme Court Decision Ensures Continued Access to Critical Care

... Heart Association and National Multiple Sclerosis Society responded enthusiastically to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of King v. Burwell. The organizations submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in January urging the Court to rule that Congress intended for tax credits to be available to all eligible Americans in the ... people nationwide will continue to receive the financial assistance they need to afford health coverage,” said Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, the American Cancer Society’s advocacy affiliate. “It means that millions of people with serious health conditions such as cancer will ...

New Report: Oregon Falls Short on Public Policies to Fight Big Tobacco

... to reduce cancer and fight tobacco use, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The annual report "How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality" finds Oregon achieves the benchmark in three of the nine public policy areas. Oregon can improve in three categories and earns a "red" or failing grade in three others, including several key tobacco control policies. "Oregon has made some great progress over the years in some areas of cancer prevention, access to care and quality of life, but there is still a lot of work left to do with our efforts to combat the constant ...

2022 Delaware Legislative Priorities

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 Delaware residents touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2022 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Delaware General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that address disruption in cancer care and screenings; ...

Cancer Patients, Survivors, Advocates Urge Legislators To Stop Tobacco Industry From Targeting Kids

... throughout Oregon gathered at the Capitol building to ask legislators to stop the Tobacco Industry from targeting our kids by ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored products. Big Tobacco continues to use flavors to target its next generation of customers for diminished health outcomes, which leads to countless deaths as well as significant increases in healthcare costs statewide for ... let another legislative session go by without doing anything about it," said Jamie Dunphy, Oregon Government Relations Director for ACS CAN. "We're not letting them go home for the year without a reminder of what they must prioritize when they step foot back in this building in ...

New York Advocacy Team Recognized with National Award for Excellence in Cancer Advocacy

New York was recognized as the country’s top state advocacy team by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in honor of their exceptional work advocating for cancer-fighting public policies. ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, presents this award to combined staff and volunteer teams that have worked together to make a significant ...

Patients Would Pay More for Less Coverage Under Senate Health Bill

Washington, D.C., June 22, 2017—Based on a preliminary read of the Senate health bill released today, the proposed legislation appears to significantly weaken the ability of millions of cancer patients, ... and those at risk for the disease to find and afford adequate, meaningful health care coverage. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: “Preliminary analysis of the Senate bill released today shows the proposal could greatly harm millions of cancer patients, ... or lifetime caps on care forcing individuals to choose between their life and lifesavings. “Lower premium tax credits, the elimination of cost-sharing subsidies in 2019, and allowing plans to charge older people more for their care, could price many low and middle-income cancer ...

2025 Legislative Priorities

... Legislative Priorities   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 Tennesseans impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2025 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Tennessee General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health ... cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care.    2025 Legislative Priorities ...

Great Minds Thinking Alike

Yesterday was an incredible day at ACS CAN Š—– we held our first-ever National Forum on the Future of Health Care and it was a huge success! The conference focused on how to ensure ... cancer and other chronic diseases have access to quality health care. ItŠ—'s a discussion that has grown in intensity since implementation of the Affordable Care Act began, and our forum brought together some of the countryŠ—'s top health care experts to examine the issue. The new ...

SGR Bill A Big Bipartisan Step to Protecting Health Care Access, Improving Quality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 26, 2015 – Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), issued the following statement on today’s House passage of H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: “We commend the ... entity that reviews and endorses quality measures. It also makes permanent the Medicare qualifying individual (QI) program, which covers the cost of low-income Medicare beneficiaries’ Part B premiums, providing vital assistance to cancer patients in need. “The bill could help to save ...

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

... economy.  Now Congress needs to commit the necessary down payment to ensure that all Americans have access to quality health care. “Millions of Americans are struggling to keep up with the high costs of health care, and with unemployment rising, a growing number of them simply do not have access to quality, affordable health care.  American ... Further, we need money for research to develop tests and treatments for those deadly cancers for which we still lack answers. “ACS CAN continues to work with a broad cross-section of stakeholders to make sure health care reform is a top priority this year. Fixing the broken ...

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