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June 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT     SUPREME COURT Decision Recap On June 28, the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in the lawsuit brought against the Affordable Care ... brought by 26 states and other parties who challenged the law's constitutionality in two key ways: (1) the requirement that all citizens have health insurance, the so-called individual mandate, and (2) the expansion of Medicaid. On the individual mandate, the court held that it is a valid ... on a state-by- state basis. Read the ACS CAN press release .   Medicaid Expansion - Next Steps In a July 10 letter to the nation's governors, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius encouraged states to participate in Medicaid expansion voluntarily even as several ...

ACS CAN Quoted in today's New York Times

The Senate voted yesterday in favor of an amendment to its version of the health care reform legislation that would guarentee access to no-cost cancer screenings to women. Click here to read today's New York Times aricle on preventive care for women that mentions the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and quotes Dan Smith, President of ACS CAN. ACS CAN Quoted ...

January 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention Fund is meant to refocus the nation's health care on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels. Using these monies ...

February 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention Fund is meant to refocus the nation's health care on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels. Using these monies ...

February 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention Fund is meant to refocus the nation's health care on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels. Using these monies ...

February 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using funds from the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The Prevention Fund is meant to refocus the nation's health care on early detection and disease prevention through innovative and integrated methods at the federal, state and local levels. Using these monies ...

Reducing the Financial Burden on Cancer Patients

Advocating for changes to the health care system that make cancer treatment more affordable for patients and their families includes protecting patients from receiving surprise bills ... that threatens the patient protections ACS CAN fought for in the debates.  ACS CAN filed an amicus curiae  brief  in the case of Haller v. Health and Human Services (HHS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, providing extensive scientific research from ACS and other ...

This is where we disagree

"I don't think that just because you wake up in the morning that gives you the right to health care." This statement, as reported in a prominent southeastern newspaper, was made by a woman attending a town hall meeting. Well, this is where we ... To put it simply, all Americans should have access to cancer screenings and treatment. This is a concept that goes beyond just the issue of health care reform.ξ It is also a core part of our breast cancer campaign and drives our desire to see more funding for cancer research and ...

Tobacco Control and Prevention

... tobacco and help adult users quit. A $2 increase on cigarettes with an equivalent increase on other tobacco products will have far reaching health benefits including preventing 12,100 New Mexico kids from becoming smokers and preventing 7,700 premature deaths due to smoking. Raising ... the impending budget battle, raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the few options that everyone can agree on.   New Revenues, Public Health Benefits & Cost Savings from a $2 Cigarette Tax Increase in New Mexico   The current state cigarette tax is $2.00 per pack (18th among all states and DC). Annual health care expenditures in New Mexico directly caused by tobacco use are $844 million.   Projected New Annual Revenue from Increasing the Cigarette Tax ...

National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

... in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more by shining the spotlight on Florida, which has cut its high school smoking rate to a record low 7.5 percent. The report details the lives and health care dollars each state could save if it brought its teen smoking rate down to Florida’s. If Missouri reduced its high school smoking rate from ...

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