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Special Film Screening Emphasizes the Importance of Accessible Health Care Coverage, Following Pandemic-Driven Financial Impacts on Working Families

... August 14, 2021 – There’s no question the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a bright light on the importance of affordable and accessible health insurance coverage, with thousands of North Carolinians having lost their jobs since the pandemic hit. Now more than ever, Medicaid continues to be a central topic of discussion among public health advocates, hospital and health systems administrators, community leaders and state lawmakers – most recently that conversation has ... sparked a stronger flame to do more for my neighbors, as I am sure it did for many others. It not only reiterates the importance of access to care and the role that Medicaid can play in responding to the new healthcare landscape as a result of the pandemic, but what it means for our Black ...

Congress Passes a Bill to Make Health Care More Affordable for Millions of Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Their Loved Ones

... which means that more cancer patients and survivors have affordable access to the treatment they need.  The bill also extends the Affordable Care Act expanded tax credits for three years, which will provide continued relief for millions of Americans, including individuals facing a cancer ... do.   Unfortunately, the bill fails to address the Medicaid Coverage Gap, which denies more than 2 million Americans access to the lifesaving health coverage they need. Of those in the coverage gap, 60% are people of color, the majority of whom live in the South. This is a serious health equity issue and one that our lawmakers cannot afford to ignore. Where you live should not determine if you live.   Together, we will keep ...

Ensure Access to Quality Care

... legislators and the Administration to ensure that the state continues providing low-income Pennsylvanians access to comprehensive and affordable health care coverage, as provided under federal health care law. Preserving access to health coverage through our state Medicaid program will ensure that more residents have access to preventive ...

Ensuring Access to Quality Care

• Medicaid Expansion: ACS CAN will advocate for low-income individuals and families to have access to health insurance coverage and non-emergent transportation services through the state Medicaid program. We will advocate for full Medicaid expansion for Floridians at 138% of the federal poverty level.   • Affordable, Adequate Health Insurance: ACS CAN will advocate for policies that ensure access to quality, affordable and comprehensive health insurance including ... insurance coverage for biomarker testing is failing to keep pace with innovations and advancements in treatment.   Ensuring Access to Quality Care ...

Consumer Health Privacy Policy

... CAN”) values your trust, and we understand the importance of protecting your privacy. We want to make sure that you understand how your health information is collected and used by ACS CAN. This privacy statement (“Health Privacy Statement”) describes what health information we collect about you, including when and how we collect it; how we use it; with whom ... include your cancer story or health insurance status. Such information is optional but helps to show the true impact cancer and access to health care have on specific communities. Other Sources. We may receive your Health Information from other sources, including, but not limited to, our ...

Cancer Patients Need Access to Comprehensive Health Insurance

Consumers need access to health insurance policies that cover a full range of evidence-based health care services – including prevention and primary care – necessary to maintain health, avoid disease, overcome acute illness and live ...

Health Advocacy Groups Support IM 25

... reduce youth smoking by 10 percent in a single step. That’s why we support this ballot initiative.”   “Smoking takes a major toll on health and greatly increases health-related expenses; it causes heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and other serious diseases,” said Christopher T. Dietrich, MD, ... all the kids who become new smokers each year, almost one-third will ultimately die from it. So, in addition to reducing tobacco-related health care costs, the passage of IM 25 would protect our youth from the dangers of tobacco use and improve public health.”   “ Education and health ...

Defending Against Bad Health Insurance

ACS CAN filed an amicus brief in the case of  Data Marketing Partnership LP et al v U.S. Department of Labor , a lawsuit regarding a health insurance coverage arrangement that seeks to evade the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s standards for individual and small group markets. Data Marketing Partnership (DMP) is a company offering “limited partnership arrangements” that provides access to a group health plan to any individual who installs tracking software on their computer allowing DMP to collect data from the individual’s web browsers ...

The Maryland Health Benefits Exchange Recognized as Model

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network recognized Maryland's Health Benefits Exchange  as one of the model exchanges in our country to date. On May 26, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced Governor O'Malley's appointments to the Health Benefit Exchange Board. The appointees will be Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Lisa ... and a health economist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jennifer Goldberg, assistant director of advocacy for health care at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, vice president at academy health and director of the Robert Wood Johnson ...

Ensuring Access to Quality Care

Affordable, Adequate Health Insurance : ACS CAN will advocate for policies that ensure access to quality, affordable and comprehensive health insurance including Medicaid and will support efforts to curb the availability of inadequate health plans.   Prostate Cancer Screening : ... and caregivers have access to paid family and medical leave that allows them to take time off to attend to their own or a loved one’s care without losing their job or income.   Reduce Patient Medical Debt : ACS CAN recognizes the impact of medical debt on people with cancer, ...

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