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... has time to do the right thing by bringing our tax dollars back to provide thousands of hardworking, low-income Kansans access to comprehensive health care coverage. Access to care is essential to preventing, detecting and surviving cancer.” American Heart Association Board President Dr. Sanjaya Gupta issued the following statement: “The expansion of KanCare is imperative to the health of low-income individuals with cardiovascular disease or debilitation from stroke. Individuals with KanCare coverage are more likely to ...

... With U.S. Rep. Andy Harris: “Don’t Cut Our Lifeline” About a dozen volunteer advocates hold onto life-preservers in support of Affordable Care Act protections SALSIBURY, Md. – March 7, 2017 – About a dozen cancer patients, survivors and volunteers rallied outside the Salisbury ... at an advanced stage, and less likely to survive that diagnosis than their insured counterparts.  Thus, having access to comprehensive health insurance coverage is particularly important for the 31,820 Marylanders who are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and the ... important patient protections under the ACA,” Edwards said. Critical protections include: • enabling young adults to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26; • providing patients no- or low-cost life-saving screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopies; • preventing ...

... will vote on a $2 per pack cigarette tax with an equal tax increase on all tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Revenue will fund vital health care and tobacco control programs. Oregon’s current cigarette tax is 32nd in the nation and below the national average. “Increasing the price ... death and disease. This year, smoking will claim the lives of nearly 5,500 adult Oregonians and cost the state more than $1.5 billion in annual health care costs.  “The fact is, one third of all cancer deaths are attributed to tobacco use,” said Friend. “If we want to reduce cancer ...

Tobacco use remains the nation's number one cause of preventable death, killing approximately 443,000 Americans and costing $96 billion in direct health care costs each year. Two new reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of enacting strong tobacco control policies in the states. The reports quantify lives saved, reduction in smokers and ...