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New Poll: Eight-In-Ten Wisconsin Voters Say a Candidate’s Position On Health Care Is Important To Them

... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 registered voters (80%) in Wisconsin say a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding who to vote for, including 40% who say a candidate’s position is very important to them. That sentiment ... across the political spectrum with majorities of Republicans (72%), Independents (69%) and Democrats (93%) saying a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding who to vote for. The poll also shows strong support among Wisconsin voters for increasing and ...

ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Need to Preserve Critical Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Health Care Law

... Brooks-Coley, vice president for federal advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), along with that of other health policy experts and patients. Brooks-Coley will share with the committee how the patient protections included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have improved cancer patients and survivors’ ability to access comprehensive health care and how recent regulatory changes, including the expansion of short-term plans, threaten to erode those protections. “Expansion of ...

Call your U.S. Senator: Ask them to oppose the health care provision in the Senate's tax bill

... Budget Office estimates that this provision would: Lead to 13 million fewer Americans, including many cancer patients and survivors, having health coverage Increase premiums by an average of 10% Your Senator's name and phone number are below.  Please call that number and leave the ... welcome to customize the message however you like.)   “My name is [your name] and I’m from [city].  I’m calling to ask you to not repeal health care in the current tax bill. If this bill passes, 13 million people, including thousands of cancer patients, will lose their insurance and those ...

Bipartisan Health Package Offers Path Toward Reducing Patients’ Out-Of-Pocket Costs; Improving Public Health

Washington, D.C.—Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will markup legislation aimed at helping reduce patients’ out-of-pocket health care costs and improving public health. The Lower Health Care Costs Act would exempt patients from having to pay surprise medical bills in ...

Comparing the Health Exchange Plans

American Cancer Society and AARP "Scorecard" on Proposed Health Benefit Exchange Legislation For more information contact:  Russ Sciandra, 518 449-5438 x12 Get an embedable version of this graphic from ... We strongly prefer language adopted by California in its enacted legislation that specifically prohibits anyone representing carriers, brokers, health facilities or health care providers.  Input from such stakeholders is best provided through an advisory committee, though we think the Senate’s bill creates too ...

Access to adequate, affordable health coverage

ACS CAN will continue to advocate for policy change that provides individuals and families access to health care coverage that is affordable, adequate, accessible and administratively simple regardless of race, gender, age, ethnicity, geography or health status. We will continue to monitor Maine’s transition to a state-based health exchange, providing input to ensure the transition results ...

Cancer patients watch health reform

As Sen. Jon Tester considers the future of the Affordable Care Act, it’s critical that cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for cancer don’t face any gap in coverage to prevent and treat their ... law. Any changes to the law should stabilize and hopefully increase the number of insured Americans. Read more here Cancer patients watch health reform ...

Broken Health Care System Fosters Treatment Delays and Strained Finances for Many Cancer Patients, According to New Poll

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 20, 2009 -- One in four people currently receiving cancer-related care has delayed treatment in the past year, and nearly one in three people under age 65 who have been diagnosed with cancer has been uninsured at ... one in five families has used up all or most of its savings and one in seven has incurred thousands of dollars in medical debt because of high health care costs. The survey also found that two-thirds of Americans under age 65 diagnosed with cancer who searched for coverage outside the ... May 1-11 among 1,057 families affected by cancer nationwide by Lake Research Partners and American Viewpoint. "Lack of access to quality health care is standing in the way of our potential as a nation to defeat cancer, which kills an estimated 560,000 people in America each year," ...

Patient Groups Disappointed by Ongoing Uncertainty in Wake of Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Expedite Health Care Case

Washington, D.C.— Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions are disappointed over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ... would face with a prolonged delay should the case be left at the lower court level. The Court could still consider this latest challenge to the health care law through its regular process.   Following is the groups’ joint statement:    “The Court’s decision today will leave millions of ...

New Ads Name Individual House Members as ‘Standing in the Way’ of Affordable Health Care for North Carolinians

... paid for by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) launched yesterday citing the impact Medicaid expansion can have on the health of North Carolinians as well as the state economy and rural areas, following a first ad that ran beginning on the 15th naming Rep. John ... last month, the ads are part of a larger effort by ACS CAN to continue to urge House members to provide affordable, adequate access to health care to over 600,000 North Carolinians.   The ads note key lawmakers as ‘standing in the way’ of the lifesaving measure including ...

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