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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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

... 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 ...