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The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges voters to check ‘yes’ on Basalt’s Ballot Question A on the April 3 ballot. The initiative would raise taxes on cigarettes by $2 per pack and institute a 40 percent increase on other tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes.

The House of Representatives tonight rejected legislation that would have changed the process for accessing experimental drugs without including necessary patient safeguards. The Right-to-Try legislation was opposed by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) along with more than 85 other organizations representing millions of patients.

Kimberly Hughes, Mississippi government relations director at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), comments on the legislature’s failure to take up legislation on a tobacco tax increase that would have saved lives and money in Mississippi.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network together with more than 75 organizations representing millions of patients sent a letter to leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, expressing concerns about proposed legislation to change the process for accessing experimental drugs without including necessary patient safeguards.

The administration clarified that an Idaho bulletin permitting the sale of health insurance products that don’t meet required consumer protections and discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions would be in violation of the federal health care law.

Charleston, WV–March 7, 2018 –The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and AARP commends the West Virginia legislature for improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through palliative care. ACS CAN and AARP are proud to have lead the effort to pass this legislation