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... (DVA) announced yesterday that it will adopt a smoke-free policy for patients, visitors, contractors, volunteers and other vendors at all DVA health care facilities. The updated policy directive will take effect this October and will prohibit the use of all cigarettes, cigars, pipes and ... applaud the Department of Veterans Affairs for issuing a new directive that will allow our nation’s veterans to breathe smoke-free air at all health facilities managed by the department. Eliminating designated smoking areas in DVA facilities will ensure thousands of veterans avoid ...

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid will terminate health care for tens of thousands of Mainers who need it most–cancer patients, seniors, children, people with disabilities and working families. These ... many of them, like thosewho share their stories in this book, having healthinsurance through Medicaid means they can access the often lifesaving care they need. If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, Mainers with cancer could have their care interrupted or stopped completely, and many others ...

... state.   On behalf of all families touched by cancer – and the over 600,000 North Carolinians who would finally be able to access affordable care – the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) continues to advocate for such lifesaving action particularly at such a pivotal moment for the health of the state.   The below statement is in reaction to the proposed budget and can be attributed to Derwin Montgomery, ACS CAN North ... , we look forward to North Carolina being the next state to create a path to adequate, quality care for hardworking families that protects the health of our communities, boost our state economies and revitalizes our rural areas.” This year alone, nearly 65,320 North Carolinians will be ...

... expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in a statewide survey also indicating nine in 10 registered voters believe a candidate’s position on health care influenced votes at the polls. Kansas is among a dozen states declining to broaden access among lower-income people to affordable health coverage under Medicaid. Expansion legislation in Kansas was vetoed in 2017 by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-led Senate blocked ...