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2022 Delaware Legislative Priorities
... 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 ... leave through the State’s paid leave trust fund for a qualifying event, including for the following: 1) to address a worker’s own serious health condition, 2) to care for a family member with a serious health condition, 3) bond with a new child, 4) to handle safety matters for victims ...
New Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Kansans Support Medicaid Expansion
... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows strong support among Kansas registered voters for increasing and protecting access to affordable health coverage, including 72% in favor of expanding KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program, and 46% who strongly support it. Support for ... and Republicans (56%) supporting expansion. The poll also found nearly 9 in 10 registered voters (87%) in Kansas say a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding who to vote for, including 40% who say a candidate’s position is very important to them. Supermajorities ...
West Virginia’s Legislature Chose Big Tobacco Over West Virginians
... Hogan CHARLESTON, W. Va. – “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is disappointed that lawmakers chose Big Tobacco over the health of West Virginians in the state budget. West Virginia receives over $232.4 million in tobacco revenue annually from tobacco settlement ... have reduced youth smoking by 15.2%, prevented 3,900 kids from growing up to be adults who smoke and saved the state $62.4 million in future health care expenditures. “In the most recent Broken Promises report, West Virginia ranked 50th when it comes to properly funding the state’s tobacco ...
Poll Results: Pennsylvania Medicaid Expansion
... shows that registered voters in Pennsylvania strongly agree that the state should accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid. By a margin of 65 percent to 25 percent, Pennsylvania voters support such a move, which would provide more 520,000 low-income Pennsylvanians with access to lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The poll, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Perry Undem and GS Strategy ... to no less than 90 percent of the costs. “Pennsylvania has an opportunity to provide thousands of currently uninsured people with lifesaving health coverage through Medicaid, and public sentiment is decidedly in favor of using available federal dollars to pay for it,” said Diane ...
Building Upon Significant Progress in Reducing Cancer Disparities
... ban on all flavors for tobacco products, including cigars. ACS CAN prioritizes its advocacy on access to proven prevention programs and quality health care for all cancer patients. Low-income individuals and families face more barriers to high-quality health care, resulting in a higher risk of experiencing health disparities, so expanding access to care for all Americans is necessary to achieve ...
Cynthia Rogers, New York
... Host of the Boob Talk Podcast, which addresses issues Breast Cancer and other Cancer Survivors face. Certified Holistic Cancer Coach Health Equity is vital to remove the barriers to adequate health care for the disenfranchised Cynthia Rogers, New York ...
Federal Advocacy to Eliminate Disparities in Cancer
... screening, and treatment, not all individuals benefit equally from this important progress. This fact sheet provides an overview of current health disparities in cancer care and a snapshot of ACS CAN federal advocacy activities to eliminate these disparities and achieve health equity. Federal Advocacy to Eliminate Disparities in Cancer ...
ACS CAN Encouraged by Balanced Approach in Proposed Opioid Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) held a hearing on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. Included in the proposal are ... pain from cancer and other serious illnesses. Specifically, ACS CAN supports measures that would empower the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on the development and approval of new, non-addictive pain treatments as well ... will continue to urge lawmakers to work toward a balanced approach that will not preclude cancer patients and survivors from accessing the pain care they need. “The proposal considered today includes several provisions that would strike that important balance of reining in abuse, while ...
ACS CAN Files Comments on the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan
... D.C. – September 28, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the interim final rule regarding the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which was created as part of the Affordable Care Act to offer lifesaving coverage to people in every state with pre-existing conditions who have been uninsured for six months or more. ACS ... funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers. The new high-risk pool program will give access to health care to at least hundreds of thousands of uninsured people with cancer and other pre-existing conditions who previously could not get the ...
Chronic Disease Groups Urge Senators to Reject Small Business Fix that Would Hurt Middle-Income Patients
... requirement on the backs of middle-income families. The groups support repealing the burdensome reporting requirement passed in the Affordable Care Act, but are concerned that paying for the repeal by requiring consumers to pay back premium subsidies would discourage individuals and families from enrolling in health insurance coverage through state-based exchanges, and could result in an additional 250,000 uninsured. The full text of the joint letter can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/hx9iKj . ACS CAN, the leading voice of patients in the health care debate, is working to ensure that the Affordable Care Act is implemented as strongly as possible for cancer patients, survivors and ...
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