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

... $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 and death ... 8 percent among high school students in 2016. But tobacco use still kills more than 480,000 Americans and costs the nation about $170 billion in health care expenses each year. Today’s report highlights the need to address large disparities in who still smokes and who suffers from tobacco-related ...

Health Orgs Join Communities to Fight Health Reforms Threatening Patient Protections

... condition is _________” filled in by felt pen, Solana Beach residents said “Enough is Enough!” as they joined the state’s major health organizations in urging Congress to keep their promise to ensure Californians with pre-existing conditions will have access to affordable and adequate health coverage.  As the group waited on a vote to replace the current health care law, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Lung Association in California, American Heart Association/American ...

Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits

Enhanced health insurance tax credits help make cancer care affordable for countless patients. Sign the petition now, and tell Congress to keep healthcare coverage affordable. 0 Keep Health Insurance Coverage Affordable Through Enhanced Health Insurance Tax Credits ...

More Than a Decade After Passage of Federal Health Care Law, State Still Stands in the Way of North Carolinians’ Access to Affordable Health Coverage

RALEIGH, NC – March 23, 2022 – Today marks 12 years since the historic passage of the Affordable Care Act, and yet over 372,400 North Carolinians remain uninsured, denied coverage by state lawmakers who refuse to increase access to Medicaid.  North Carolina is one of only 12 states that has not increased access to health insurance coverage through their Medicaid programs despite overwhelming evidence that doing so would improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities and benefit the state’s economy. This session, the legislature appointed a special, bipartisan ...

Access to Care

Medicaid Expansion  ACS CAN will advocate for low-income individuals and families to have access to comprehensive health insurance coverage and non-emergent medical transportation services through state Medicaid programs. We will support policies that preserve ... access to Medicaid for low-income parents and adults  including changes to Medicaid that reduce coverage, benefits, eligibility, or quality of care and improvement of Medicaid systems.  Learn more about Medicaid Expansion in Alabama here Access to Affordable Health Insurance ACS CAN will advocate for policies that ensure access to quality, affordable and comprehensive health insurance including Medicaid ...

31 Health Organizations Ask for Protection of Public Health Funding and Medicaid

... Building Albany, NY 12224   Dear Governor Cuomo, Through the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State has become a leader and a strong proponent for health. We urge you to continue prioritizing the health and wellbeing of all New Yorkers by continuing to fund the state’s public health programs and Medicaid. While in the throes of a global health crisis, we should not be defunding programs that reduce the morbidity and mortality of chronic disease and provide critical health care coverage to New York’s most vulnerable residents.   Sadly, 40% of New York adults suffer from a chronic disease and six out of every 10 ...

Access to Care

... to the treatment that they should have been receiving all along. Step therapy is not just an annoyance for patients, it is a danger to their health. On granting a step therapy exception determination, the health care insurer, pharmacy benefits manager or utilization review organization is required to authorize coverage for the prescription drug prescribed ...

House Committees Pass Stimulus Package With Focus on Access to Health Care, Wellness and Cancer Research

... of the House Appropriations, Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees. The legislation contains a significant funding boost for public health measures including improved access to care, prevention and wellness programs, community health organizations, NIH research, and health information technology. Following is a statement on the stimulus package from Daniel E. Smith, ...

Cancer Advocates Deliver 56,000 Petitions to Congressional Offices Urging Passage of Meaningful Health Care Reform

... to congressional offices across the country urging lawmakers from both political parties to seize this historic opportunity and pass meaningful health reform. Over the past three weeks ACS CAN worked with groups representing patients, consumers and people of faith to gather signatures on petitions calling for health reform that improves access to quality coverage and lowers the costs of health care.    “Though the fight for health care reform has not been easy, we've come too far and accomplished too much to let this effort fail,” ...

Nation’s Top Patient, Health Care Provider, and Insurer Groups Push to Extend ACA Premium Tax Credit

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The nation’s leading organizations from across the health care spectrum are calling on Congress to extend the expanded Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care premium tax credits. The groups, which include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, AARP, American Heart Association, ...

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