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Idaho Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Save Lives and Money

August 9, 2018
Idaho

BOISE, Idaho – Idaho is falling short when it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,

ACS CAN Testimony: Cancer patients need better access to all chemo options

March 23, 2018
Idaho

This week ACS CAN participated in a chemotherapy informational hearing at the State Capitol on the unequal cost cancer patients incur for oral (pill and liquid) versus intravenous (IV) chemotherapies on Idaho’s state-based health care plans. As targeted oral chemotherapy advances, it is apparent that the most effective or, in

Idaho Combined Waiver Comments

December 18, 2017
Idaho

Idaho Combined Waiver Comments

2017 End of Session Report

May 10, 2017
Idaho

Get the latest update on our success during the 2017 legislative session! With YOUR support we are working to eliminate cancer and make Idaho a healthier place to live.

Alternative Medicaid Financing Proposals Could Jeopardize Cancer Care; Increase States’ Medicaid Costs

January 4, 2017
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming

States would likely face increased costs and cancer patients and survivors could face delayed preventive, diagnostic and curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today sent a letter detailing the organization’s concerns to select governors...

2016 Holiday Newsletter

December 27, 2016
Idaho

Click here to view the 2016 Holiday newsletter

2016 Legislative Session Wrap Up

November 1, 2016
Idaho

On behalf of your ACS CAN Grassroots Manager, Jennifer Poole, and myself, THANK YOU for helping us make great strides for cancer patients, caregivers and survivors. We began our session by presenting a request for a funding increase to the State Millennium Fund that would go to support statewide public

Idaho Fall 2015 Newsletter

October 28, 2015
Idaho

The latest Idaho ACS CAN newsletter can be found here

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