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Medicaid Expansion ACS CAN will advocate for low-income individuals and families to have access to health care coverage through TennCare. We will support policies that preserve and protect access to TennCare and will advocate for an expansion of the program, to provide parents and adults earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage. Learn more about our Medicaid Expansion work Biomarker Testing ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of ...

Senate Introduces Health Equity Legislation Critical to Reduce Health Disparities and Combat Chronic Disease

Washington, D.C. – Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today aims to improve access to quality health care for communities of color and decrease health disparities, such as those resulting in a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in these communities. Additionally, it offers ...

House Introduces Health Equity Bill Critical to Reducing Health Disparities and Fighting Chronic Disease

Washington, D.C. --  Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today aims to improve access to quality health care for and decrease health disparities in communities of color. The Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2022 provides a comprehensive set of strategic ...

In a New Brief, a Coalition of the Nation’s Leading Public Health Advocacy Organizations Urge the Court to Reject Efforts to Gut Access to Health Care for Immigrants

Corpus Christi, TX –  A coalition of the country’s leading public health advocacy organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Texas v. Mayorkas in the United States District Court for the Southern District ... U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interprets the “public charge” ground of inadmissibility, helps ensure that immigrants can access health care and other supplemental government services to which they are entitled by law, without causing harmful immigration consequences. The coalition ...

Access to Care

Help fight cancer in South Dakota by ensuring everyone has access to quality health care coverage! We can help 50,000 South Dakotans get coverage through Medicaid through accepting federal dollars - it's the right thing to do for ... time to help all South Dakotans get their life-saving preventive screenings by covering more people in our state through Medicaid. Access to Care ...

Cancer Advocates From All 50 States Visit Capitol Hill to Urge Swift Action on Health Care Reform

... CAN) volunteers from all 50 states are on Capitol Hill today to meet with their lawmakers, calling for Action: Now Not Later on comprehensive health care reform. The lobby day is one of several activities taking place in Washington, D.C., in the latest phase of a campaign sponsored by ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, to raise awareness that families affected by cancer need health care that is accessible, affordable, available and administratively simple. ACS CAN is also releasing new polling data from a survey ...

Local Organizations Join Forces to Ensure Cancer Patients and Others Don’t Lose Access to Health Care Coverage

... Healthcare Alliance and Forward Tennessee united today at the American Cancer Society’s Knoxville office to urge lawmakers to vote no on health care repeal in the tax bill and instead take strong, bipartisan steps—like those laid out by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.)— to strengthen, rather than weaken, America’s health care system.   Repealing the individual mandate would significantly weaken the individual insurance market and lead to higher premiums with ...

Energy and Commerce Committee Vote A Critical Step Forward in Congressional Effort to Enact Meaningful Health Care Reform

... July 31, 2009 -- Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are encouraged by the House Energy and Commerce Committee vote today to approve health care reform legislation, a move that ensures that progress toward comprehensive reform will continue. The bill will be voted on by the full House ... of families touched by cancer by making it easier to access preventive services, guaranteeing that no one will be denied coverage because of health status or pre-existing conditions and promoting patient-centered care that supports quality of life for patients. “The House bill is a ...

House Passes Historic Health Care Legislation With Provisions That Would Help to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality

WASHINGTON -- March 21, 2010 -- In an historic vote, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight approved health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that would help to reduce suffering and death from cancer in this country. The American ... In a letter sent to House leaders Friday, ACS CAN said it believes the bill's provisions "will make far-reaching improvements to the nation’s health care system that will benefit millions of Americans." "Families affected by cancer know first-hand the gaps that exist in our broken 'sick ...

New Poll: Majority of Pennsylvania Voters Say Health Care System Not Meeting Needs of Most State’s Residents

... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 (86%) Pennsylvania voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor. Among the key findings , the poll showed that addressing health care costs, particularly out-of-pocket costs, is the most important health care issue in Pennsylvania. More broadly, the issues that are most ...

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