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... “Our goal with this forum is to inform and empower our Inland Empire communities so that they can advocate for their families, especially on health and cancer issues,” added Lopez “Knowledge is power and I want to ensure that our community members are afforded an opportunity to learn ... will take place on Thursday, March 2 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Hutton Community Center (660 Colton Ave. in Colton) and will feature health care providers, health educators and cancer advocates. Free dinner will be served. To register or for more information about the forum, send a ...

... Read our appeal . ACS CAN believes that cancer patients should have the ability to work with their treating physician to determine appropriate care. Health insurance to cover these treatments should be adequate, available, affordable, and administratively simple. In many cases, a health insurance plan covers treatment that is "medically necessary," and there is a dispute about how medical necessity is defined and therefore ...

... it is to ensure patient accessibility to lifesaving medication and predictability around their payments.   She said, “Even I, being a health care employee and financially stable, have forgone or delayed care because of the high costs. What about all the patients who can’t afford to pay ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in ...

... still nearly $300 million in cuts.   This means we have to work harder to convince legislators that 1) youth smoking is an economic as well as health problem, and 2) there is still a mighty big hole, so don't be too relieved.     Priority Areas    Lung Cancer Tobacco tax : This week we ... this bill to change rules which prohibit some candy and fruit flavored cigars   turned into a tobacco tax bill, so we had to work with the Health and Human Services committee quite a bit to ease confusion about the current law, remind them of the law to ban flavored cigarettes and ... certainly not originally a priority, it really helped us with the equalization message. Access to Healthcare LD 1620: "An Act To Protect Health Care Consumers from Catastrophic Debt" had it's first vote yesterday, and we won 99 - 38.   MPBN ran a nice story with some of the details.   The ...