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... Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   Department of Health and Human Services Releases Rules on Prevention Benefits   Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released interim ... and insurance companies that offer group or individual health insurance coverage provide beneficiaries with certain preventive benefits at no cost starting September 23, 2010. Preventive services with a rating of "A" or "B" in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive ... at no cost. The rules will encourage millions of people to protect their health by taking advantage of lifesaving preventive measures. Read ACS CAN’s press release   and a New York Times story about the rules.   ACS CAN will submit comments on the rules within the 60-day public comment ...

... Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families.   Department of Health and Human Services Releases Rules on Prevention Benefits   Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released interim ... and insurance companies that offer group or individual health insurance coverage provide beneficiaries with certain preventive benefits at no cost starting September 23, 2010. Preventive services with a rating of "A" or "B" in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive ... at no cost. The rules will encourage millions of people to protect their health by taking advantage of lifesaving preventive measures. Read ACS CAN’s press release   and a New York Times story about the rules.   ACS CAN will submit comments on the rules within the 60-day public comment ...

To commemorate the 35 th Great American Smokeout on Thursday, ACS CAN is calling on state lawmakers to combat the countryŠ—Ès tobacco epidemic with strong policies that encourage youth and adults not to smoke. ... workplaces, tobacco tax increases, and funding for tobacco cessation programs, help smokers quit and encourage others never to start. The use of tobacco products remains the nationŠ—Ès number one cause of preventable death, killing approximately 443,000 Americans and costing $96 billion in direct health care costs each year. Yet, a new report ...

... Relations Director Molly Medenblik   LANSING, MICH  – “Today, the House and Senate appropriations committees passed separate versions of the budget, which included additional funding for tobacco control. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)  applauds the House for increasing funding to $4.3 million annually for tobacco prevention and cessation programs to ease the burden of cancer in Michigan.  “A well-funded, fact-based tobacco control program is needed to counteract the $323.8 million per year that tobacco ...