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Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally Legislators Virtually Due to COVID-19

... “Cancer hasn’t stopped. So, neither will we. As a cancer advocate, I let my lawmakers know if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Ohio, this goal must be top of mind for our legislature,” said Pam Manges, ACS CAN Ohio state lead ambassador. “By reducing tobacco’s toll and improving access to care, we can reduce suffering and death from this disease.” Specifically, the Ohio volunteers asked the legislature to: State’s Tobacco Use ... skyrocketing youth tobacco use rates. Ohio’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project Funding : preserving state funding for the Ohio Department of Health’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project. This program helps fill the health care coverage gap by providing low-income, uninsured and ...

Breaking: NJ Voters Say State Should Use Fed Funds for Uninsured

... Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in New Jersey want the state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid, a move that would provide more than 233,000 currently uninsured people in the state with access to lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The poll, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Lake Research Partners and GS Strategy Group, indicates public support for New Jersey to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by the Affordable ...

June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the 23 ... for nearly a year now and have identified some best practices that are being shared among all the states.   Hearing on Interstate Sales of Health Insurance On May 25, Stephen Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, gave testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health ...

June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the 23 ... for nearly a year now and have identified some best practices that are being shared among all the states.   Hearing on Interstate Sales of Health Insurance On May 25, Stephen Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, gave testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health ...

June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the 23 ... for nearly a year now and have identified some best practices that are being shared among all the states.   Hearing on Interstate Sales of Health Insurance On May 25, Stephen Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, gave testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health ...

June 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the 23 ... for nearly a year now and have identified some best practices that are being shared among all the states.   Hearing on Interstate Sales of Health Insurance On May 25, Stephen Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of policy, gave testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health ...

August 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... and Medicaid, which treats about nine percent of cancer patients -- including women referred for treatment through the NBCCEDP.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Exchange Regulation The Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ...

August 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... and Medicaid, which treats about nine percent of cancer patients -- including women referred for treatment through the NBCCEDP.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Exchange Regulation The Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ...

August 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... and Medicaid, which treats about nine percent of cancer patients -- including women referred for treatment through the NBCCEDP.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Exchange Regulation The Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ...

August 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... and Medicaid, which treats about nine percent of cancer patients -- including women referred for treatment through the NBCCEDP.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Exchange Regulation The Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) released the long-awaited draft regulation governing health benefit exchanges. The proposal provides a detailed framework that affords states the flexibility to tailor their health benefit exchanges ...

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