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Featured Op-Ed: Access to insurance, patient protections is matter of life and death

March 7, 2017
Wyoming

At age 20, I was diagnosed with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, leaving me with 20-plus tumors in my lungs requiring frequent CT scans to monitor growth. Against all odds, I’ve survived and health coverage is my lifeline. Without health insurance, I don’t know how I would pay for the medical care needed to monitor my cancer and manage ongoing health complications.

House Health Bill Would Lead to Less Coverage, Higher Patient Costs

March 7, 2017

Washington, D.C., March 7, 2016—The legislation released by the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, while preserving some patient protections, will have the net effect of shifting health insurance costs to low and middle-income patients, significantly reduce the standards of what constitutes quality insurance, curtail the Medicaid

Follow-Up from WV Day at the Capitol

March 7, 2017
West Virginia

Huge thanks to all WV advocates that joined us for our WV ACS CAN Day at the Capitol! Your voices were heard and we thank you for helping us make impact in the fignt against cancer in WV! If you are wondering what else you can do to help

Key Vote Today on $1.50 Tobacco Tax to Protect Kids, Save Lives and Raise Revenue

March 7, 2017
New Mexico

Legislation to raise the state’s cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack and impose an equivalent tax on other tobacco products including cigars, smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes is gaining support and not just from public health groups.

Eleven Major Patient Groups Outline Joint Position on Health Care Reform

March 6, 2017

A coalition of eleven nonpartisan patient groups today laid out a joint set of goals they want Congress to focus on as it considers changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Letter to the Editor: Raise Smoking Age

March 6, 2017
Connecticut

Letter to the Editor by State Lead Ambassador Roger Levesque in the March 6th edition of the Hartford Courant. Read Full Article

Tobacco Tax Support Continues to Grow

March 3, 2017
New Mexico

As the New Mexico legislature continues to debate on how to tackle a large budget deficit, the coalition to increase the tax on tobacco products continues to grow.

Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium

March 3, 2017
Arizona

Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium By: Guest Opinion March 2, 2017 , 2:27 pm After four years of hard work on the part of patients, parents, physicians, and legislators,

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates meet with Speaker Paul Ryan

March 2, 2017
Wisconsin

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates, Nikki Payne, David Reilly, and Kari Reilly, recently met with Speaker Paul Ryan David was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 20 years ago on his 29 th birthday. After months of chemotherapy and radiation, he was cancer free. But the treatments that saved his life also severely