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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 ...

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 ...

Affordable Care Act Replacement – Support development and enactment of legislation which continues the protections for cancer patients and survivors that guarantee access to adequate and affordable health insurance coverage, and cancer prevention screening and services. In early May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that is aimed at repealing and replacing parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The legislation would preserve two of the ...

... 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 ...