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November 13, 2025

Lawmakers must turn their focus to long-term solutions. It is imperative that Congress moves swiftly to address two critical issues: ensuring health insurance costs do not spiral out of control for Marketplace plan coverage and passing a full-year budget that provides stability for American families. 

November 5, 2025

On Tuesday, Denver voters passed Proposition 310 to uphold an ordinance ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and most other flavored tobacco products, including but not limited to cigars, chewing tobacco, nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes. The Denver City Council passed the legislation in December 2024. As part of the Denver Kids vs Big Tobacco coalition, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supported a YES vote on Proposition 310 to help reduce tobacco use and improve health equity.

October 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Open Enrollment for most of the Health Insurance Marketplaces begins tomorrow, Saturday, November 1, and because Congress still has not extended the enhanced premium tax credits, tens of millions of people, including cancer patients and survivors, are facing significant premium increases. 

Media Contacts

Emily Burr
Director, Media Advocacy
Medicaid, Patient Navigation
Trista Hargrove
Director, Media Advocacy
Health Equity
Josh Wilson
Senior Manager, Media Advocacy
Cancer Prevention, Tobacco Control

Media Campaigns

ACS CAN’s newest campaign highlights the need to build on proven progress in groundbreaking research with sustained funding increase for the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.

ACS CAN urges Congress to Fight Cancer and Make Time, literally, for more of life’s moments for patients and survivors by prioritizing cancer research.