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April legislative update on health care reform

The health care reform debate is heating up in Washington. Both the House and Senate leadership have been laying out the legislative framework in which they plan to move health care reform forward through Congress. The Senate Finance committee is convening a series of public roundtables, each of which will delve into a ...

Montana Legislative Candidates Discuss Health Care Issues

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Health care is an important issue for most of Montanans. It was the topic of conversation for a handful of candidates hoping for a seat in the Montana Legislature. Half a dozen legislative candidates made their stances on health care known at Health Votes Montana State Legislative Candidate Forum. Candidates were given 10 questions from the American Cancer Society ...

National Health Care Organizations Launch New Website

ACS CAN has joined together with other leading national groups representing consumers, patients and health care professionals to launch HealthCareandYou.org Š—– a new resource to help Americans understand how the health care law impacts them and their families. The site offers straightforward, easy-to-comprehend information about what is in the law, and is ...

U.S. House Passes Health Care Reform Legislation!

In two historic votes, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that meaningfully improve the health care system for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Although the bill is not perfect, it meets the reform priorities of the ...

ACS Advocates Lobby for Health Care Reform

Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Health Care Now, Not Later More than 400 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district united on Tuesday to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform. ACS CAN hosted its annual leadership summit and lobby day this week in Washington, D.C. to urge lawmakers to focus on patients, ...

On the Edge: Health Care in Alabama

On the Edge: Health Care in Alabama” is a short film featuring community members and health professionals from across Alabama sharing their challenges and triumphs as they strive to take care of themselves, their families and their communities. Watch the trailer Watch the full film Meet the storytellers: Greene County Hospital Staff ...

U.S. Senate Passes Health Care Reform Legislation

In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate this morning passed comprehensive health reform legislation that would dramatically improve access to affordable, quality care and significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families.   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer ...

Defending Dreamers’ Access to Health Care Services

... for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that allows Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients (or “dreamers”) to access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). DACA was implemented in 2012 to protect eligible individuals brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. The CMS rule allowed DACA recipients to enroll in health insurance plans through ACA marketplaces and to receive certain subsidies to make coverage affordable, improving public health outcomes by ...

Idaho Lawmakers Must Protect Health Care Access

BOISE, IDAHO – As legislative business convenes in the state Capitol, Idaho lawmakers must prioritize access to health care so that tens of thousands of state residents can continue to lead healthy and happy lives and have the best chance to avoid, detect and defeat ... uninsured rate, assuring more than 88,000 Idahoans who previously could not afford a marketplace plan have access to insurance and life-saving health care. This coverage is especially crucial to rural Idahoans and the health care systems serving them. Further, recent surveys show 73% of ...

Survivor Views on Health Care Tax Credits

... ACS CAN’s advocacy work at all levels of government. Fielded October 24-November 16, 2025, our latest survey explores the impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care tax credits on cancer patients and survivors. The web-based survey was conducted among 1,707n cancer patients and survivors nationwide ... treated for cancer in the last seven years. More methodological detail follows at the end of this report. Key Findings: 96% of those receiving health care tax credits say they would have difficulty getting the care they need without the enhanced tax credits, and 63% say it would be ...

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