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4/24/09 Maine Statehouse Update

... shortfall in FY 10 •         $7.5 million shortfall in FY 11 Priority Areas    Lung Cancer LD 1347:   "An Act To Deter Initiation of Tobacco Use by Increasing the Tax on Tobacco Products" raises the tax on cigarettes by $1, and is the focal point of our tobacco tax campaign. ... pass" in deference to another bill, submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance which did much of the same things. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" was voted "ought not to pass." LD 1228: "Resolve, To Direct Action on Health Disparities of the Passamaquody Tribe and ... health and healthcare, is working on the issue.   Together, they are working to produce bipartisan HCR legislation.   The Society and ACS CAN have made access to healthcare and HCR a priority, and now has a seat at the table moving the issue forward, putting the cancer lens on the ...

March 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

March 2012 Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

March 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

March 2012 Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

New Report: States Shortchange Tobacco Prevention Programs Proven to Save Lives and Health Care Dollars

... this year will collect a record $27.5 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend less than 3 percent of it – $721.6 million – on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more to fight tobacco use – the nation’s No. 1 cause of preventable disease ... targeting of vulnerable populations through advertising, price discounting and other marketing strategies. “Our progress shows that we can win the fight against tobacco and make the next generation tobacco-free, but we need bold action at all levels of government to finish the ...

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