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ACS CAN Montana is the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society. We work for improved legislation because cancer patients and their families must focus on care and survival. Our members are the grassroots movement that is winning the fight against cancer. Join us!

 

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Like all Montanans, we want our state to be the best and healthiest it can be. That’s why we’re supporting ballot initiative I-185 – a tobacco tax increase.

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State Legislative Candidates Go on the Record About Health Care at Health Votes Montana Candidate Forums

September 10, 2018
Montana

Many stakeholders are involved in the health care debate, and often the concerns of patients, consumers and their family caregivers can be underrepresented. Health Votes Montana is a series of six nonpartisan state candidate legislative forums focused on addressing these key issues around cancer and aging, disease prevention and access to quality, affordable health coverage. Health Votes Montana is sponsored by ACS CAN, AARP Montana and the Montana Primary Care Association.

Montana Standard: Tobacco-funded group sues over Montana citizen tax measure

August 13, 2018
Montana

A tobacco industry-funded group wants to change the wording of a citizen's ballot initiative that would significantly raise Montana's tobacco taxes, a legal challenge that is part of the group's expensive effort to defeat the measure when it goes to voters in November. The Montana Standard reports.

2018 Montana How Do You Measure Up Press release

August 9, 2018
Montana

2018 Montana How Do You Measure Up Press Release Montana How Do You Measure Up Fact Sheet

KXLH TV, MT: More than $500K Already Behind Pro-Medicaid Expansion Initiative Effort

May 10, 2018
Montana

A coalition of health-care and other groups already has spent or raised more than $500,000 toward qualifying a ballot measure that would extend Medicaid expansion in Montana and raise tobacco taxes to help pay for it. The money – at least one-third of which has come from Montana hospitals –

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State Contacts

Jodi Medlar
Montana Grassroots Manager
Helena
[email protected]
(404) 653-8048
Kristin Page-Nei
Montana Government Relations Director
[email protected]
(406) 728-1004
Stephanie Winn
Director, Region Media Advocacy
Western Region
[email protected]
(916) 504-2480

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