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Ohio Health Advocacy Organizations React to Governor’s Budget

January 30, 2017
Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michelle Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 740.525.9577 (cell) E-mail: [email protected] Ohio Health Advocacy Organizations React to Governor’s Budget Columbus, Ohio – January 30, 2017 – This statement can be attributed to five of the leading health advocacy organizations: American Cancer

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...

ACS CAN Praises Columbus’s Increase in Tobacco Sales Age to 21; Urge Other Localities to Follow Suit

December 14, 2016
Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michelle Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network 740.525.9577 (cell) [email protected] ACS CAN Praises Columbus’s Increase in Tobacco Sales Age to 21; Urge Other Localities to Follow Suit Columbus, OH – December 12, 2016 – The Columbus City Council passed a measure today

ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies

December 9, 2016
Ohio

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michelle Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (888) 227-6446 Ext. 8601 E-mail: [email protected] ACS CAN Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act and Calls for Ohio to Pass Strong Tobacco Control Policies Columbus, Ohio – December 7, 2016 – Today,

Senator Oelslager Received Distinguished Advocacy Award

May 10, 2016
Ohio

Oelslager-Distinguished_Advocacy_Award.docx FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michelle Zimmerman American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: (888) 227-6446 Ext. 8601 E-mail: [email protected] PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Senator Oelslager Received Distinguished Advocacy Award for Excellence in Cancer-Fighting Public Policy Award is an Honor Bestowed by the American Cancer Society

Why I Advocate: Len Fisher

November 30, 2015
Ohio

Silver Linings Most stories about cancer involve sadness, but for me this hasn’t been the case. Don’t get me wrong, there have been challenges; prostatectomy with serious life changing side effects and serious hormone therapy that is hard on a man’s body (about 55% of us die from cardiac events).

Why I advocate: Barb Diver

October 27, 2015
Ohio

The same disease that killed my mother and every other woman I knew who was diagnosed with it at the time. Then I met my Reach to Recovery volunteer and I found hope.

House-Passed 21st Century Cures Bill

July 10, 2015
Ohio, Pennsylvania

House-Passed 21 st Century Cures Bill Includes Critical Funding for Medical Research WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 10, 2015 – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6, The 21 st Century Cures Act, including $1.75 billion in mandatory funding for the medical research at the National Institutes of Health

Press Release: Missed Opportunity to Improve the Health of Ohioans

June 26, 2015
Ohio

For Immediate Release: Contact: June 26, 2015 Shelly Kiser, 740-739-0187 Missed Opportunity to Improve the Health of Ohioans This statement can be attributed to Shelly Kiser, spokesperson for the Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition, on HB64. “We are deeply disappointed the legislature did not fully