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... 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 Virginia residents impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... (ACS CAN) will work with the Governor and the General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening and prevention programs, and enact ...

... treatments can cause infertility, and cancer patients and survivors often rely on IVF to build families after treatment. Fertility preservation care is essential for more than two-thirds of newly diagnosed adolescents and young adults with cancer. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling is already resulting in major legal hazards for providers offering fertility treatments, and health care access challenges for their patients by erecting barriers to care and threatening a person’s ability to preserve fertility prior to ... ACS CAN and partner organizations issued this brief in 2022 with more information on the intersection between cancer and reproductive health.  0 The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are Concerned about the Chilling Effect of This Decision on Access to Care and Fertility ...

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...