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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update

ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 600 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district gathered in Washington, D.C. from September 26-29 for the fourth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.   Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN’s volunteer structure (state lead ambassadors and ambassador constituent team leads) and ... premiums not exceed the standard market rate; and permitting plans to seek additional funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers.     Comments on Coverage of Preventive Services in Private Health Insurance Plans On September 17, ACS CAN submitted ...

September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update

ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 600 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district gathered in Washington, D.C. from September 26-29 for the fourth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.   Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN’s volunteer structure (state lead ambassadors and ambassador constituent team leads) and ... premiums not exceed the standard market rate; and permitting plans to seek additional funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers.     Comments on Coverage of Preventive Services in Private Health Insurance Plans On September 17, ACS CAN submitted ...

September 2010 Monthly Advocacy Update

ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 600 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district gathered in Washington, D.C. from September 26-29 for the fourth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.   Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN’s volunteer structure (state lead ambassadors and ambassador constituent team leads) and ... premiums not exceed the standard market rate; and permitting plans to seek additional funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers.     Comments on Coverage of Preventive Services in Private Health Insurance Plans On September 17, ACS CAN submitted ...

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 ...

Gov. Justice Signs Palliative Care Legislation into Law

CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 29, 2018– The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the American Cancer Society (Society) commend the West Virginia legislature and Governor for improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through palliative care and for recognizing March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with a Colorectal ...

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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