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... and VPs), Corporate Center Functional Leaders, Community Engagement and Partner Relationships Senior Directors, All Health Systems Staff, ACS CAN Field Staff and ACS CAN National Staff.   Midtem Election Update Election Outcomes Last week, elections for several federal, state, and local ... picked up 8 seats for a 53-46 majority. They are favored to win in Louisiana and could end up with a 54-46 seat majority. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans picked up an estimated 15 seats. If current margins hold, Republicans will head into the 114th Congress with at ... House and Senate committees crafted bills in the 113th Congress to eliminate the SGR, but failed to agree on a way to offset the $138 billion cost of the fix. The current fix expires on March 31, 2015. The doc fix is the legislative vehicle in which ACS CAN is working to tie legislation ...

In 2023 10% of adults with a history of cancer in the U.S. relied on Medicaid for their health care. [i] Additionally, over one-third of children newly ... at 2 years post diagnosis, and the increase was most prominent among non-Hispanic Blacks in rural areas, highlighting how expanding Medicaid can reduce health disparities. [iv]   The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network opposes cuts to the Medicaid program, as these cuts will ... funding is determined by the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). Today, the federal government pays between 50 and 77 percent of the cost of providing most health services to most Medicaid enrollees, [v]  and a higher percentage for the Medicaid expansion population. If FMAP ...

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 Mainers touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. While the 2022 legislative session continued to be impacted ... committee meetings being held virtually and a limited number of legislative session days, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) team continued working tirelessly with the Maine Legislature to make advancements in the following policy priorities: Ensuring Access to ...

... and helping current tobacco users quit in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s best practices. A coalition of public health groups have joined together to urge the state to dedicate robust and sustainable funds to combat a leading cause of preventable death and disease in the state.  The Master Settlement Agreement dollars Connecticut receives and the tobacco taxes the state ... state funds to lifesaving tobacco control programs is not one of these things,” said Bryte Johnson, director of government relations for ACS CAN in Connecticut. “Gov. Lamont’s proposed zero-dollar investment in tobacco control programs is an extremely costly and unnecessary road to ...