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Survivor Views: Discrimination Among LGBTQ+ Cancer Patients

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views research panel. The panel is a group of cancer patients and survivors who respond to regular surveys and provide important insights to support ACS CAN’s advocacy work at all levels ...

November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

  2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...

November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

  2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...

November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

  2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...

November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...

Nonprofit Sector Urges Congress to Include “Nonprofit Track” in CARES Act 2.0

... the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act included provisions that provide some nonprofits with a measure of relief, much more needs to be done to ensure charities can continue to serve our communities now and beyond the pandemic. Therefore, more than 200 national nonprofit organizations have sent a letter to ... Act, and make the following additional improvements: Paycheck Protection Program: Provide incentives to private lenders to prioritize processing of applications of small nonprofits and expand the eligibility for nonprofits to participate in the Paycheck Protection Program Loans under CARES ...

August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President.   ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY   More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every ... district will gather in Washington, D.C. from September 12-15 for the sixth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN's national volunteer organization -- state lead ambassadors (SLAs) and ambassador constituent ... Services  Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect in August, including services important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits ...

August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President.   ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY   More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every ... district will gather in Washington, D.C. from September 12-15 for the sixth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN's national volunteer organization -- state lead ambassadors (SLAs) and ambassador constituent ... Services  Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect in August, including services important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits ...

August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President.   ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY   More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every ... district will gather in Washington, D.C. from September 12-15 for the sixth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN's national volunteer organization -- state lead ambassadors (SLAs) and ambassador constituent ... Services  Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect in August, including services important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits ...

August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President.   ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY   More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every ... district will gather in Washington, D.C. from September 12-15 for the sixth annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Over the course of the event, the top two leadership tiers of ACS CAN's national volunteer organization -- state lead ambassadors (SLAs) and ambassador constituent ... Services  Provisions in the Affordable Care Act that require new private health plans to cover specific women's preventive services at no cost to patients took effect in August, including services important to preventing cancer and catching it early, such as annual well-women visits ...

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