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About  617,000 Texans are living without health insurance  simply because our leaders have refused to expand Medicaid. These folks are in the “Coverage Gap,” living sicker and dying younger than those with health insurance. The majority of people living in that gap are people of color, left behind because leaders in those states are putting politics ... time to close the gap. Learn more about our work and our campaign:  https://www.fightcancer.org/medicaid-covers-us-texas Increase Access to Care in Texas ...

... and the preservation of the CDC’s cancer programs.       The final package includes $30.698 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a $300 million increase (1 percent) in the NIH budget. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will receive $5.081 billion under the bill, a $23 million (0.5 percent) increase over FY 2011. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will receive $276 million, a $67 million increase (32 percent) over FY 2011. Additionally, the CDC’s cancer ...   To help prepare Society Division and ACS CAN government relations staff nationwide for the multi-faceted work ahead in regard to Affordable Care Act implementation, ACS CAN conducted trainings with Division advocacy staff in November and December. A final training for Great West staff ...

... in all communities, for all people. ACS CAN does this by supporting public policies that ensure all people have access to quality, affordable health care and preventive screenings; are able to breathe smoke-free air; and working to ensure that medical research is inclusive. As the SocietyŠ—'s ... over the past two decades. Despite this progress, there is still work to do. During a presentation to the Society and ACS CAN on the state of health and wellness in the African American community, Dr. Harold P. Freeman, former Society National Board President and founder of the Harold P. ...

... Update   New HHS Secretary Reorganizes Management of HealthCare.gov   Among her first acts as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sylvia Mathews Burwell has initiated management changes designed to ensure that HealthCare.gov   is fully ... Cost Barrier to Prevention for 76 million Americans   A new HHS report released late last week found that 76 million Americans in private health insurance plans are receiving expanded coverage for one or more recommended preventive health care services without cost sharing, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACS CAN fought to include provisions in the law to ensure cost is not ...