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... Health insurance coverage through Medicaid helps Tennesseans stay healthy, go to work, and care for their families. Medicaid covers many of the same services as private health insurance. Every state’s Medicaid program covers benefits like: inpatient and outpatient hospital ... pregnant women and children, blind or disabled individuals, individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and some seniors. States can cover more people than the federal law requires. States also choose the income levels for people to qualify for the state’s Medicaid program. ... to purchase health insurance on the federal marketplace.   5. Many low-income, uninsured Tennesseans, delay or forgo medical care because of cost and they worry every day that they are one cancer diagnosis away from financial ruin.  Answer: True  Research continues to show that ...

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

... Action Network, we believe all people should have a fair and just opportunity to live a longer, healthier life free from cancer regardless of how much money they make, the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or where they live. When we ... and those acting under its permission and upon its authority, or those for whom American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. (“ACS CAN”) is acting, the absolute right and permission to: (a)    copyright, use, re-use, publish, and republish, and to license the right to use, ... recognize that Submitted Content includes my story narrative with quotations, which may be used in social media posts, in ACS CAN reports (i.e., Cost of Cancer), and email series, earned media items, and storybooks. Submitted Content includes photographs, which may be used on social media, ...

... “These new guidelines are in line with the most recent American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines released in 2018.” Lisa Lacasse, president of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) says: “Following the updated ACS guidelines in 2018, ACS and ACS CAN urged the USPSTF to expedite its review cycle to take into account new ... with ACA-compliant plans ages 45-49 who previously were not eligible to get coverage for colorectal screenings will gain coverage at no cost. Now that the USPSTF has finalized these updated colorectal screening guidelines, ACS’s advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN, will continue to work ...