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Tax Bill’s Repeal of Health Mandate Threatens Patient Access On Dec. 20, Congress approved a final tax bill that repeals the individual mandate – the provision in the current health law requiring Americans to buy health coverage. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), eliminating the insurance

ACS CAN Massachusetts is focusing on a variety of issues in the 2017-2018 Legislative Session. Below is an update on those that have had movement in the past month. Tobacco Bill Status Comprehensive tobacco control legislation which would increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to

“This report strengthens the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Networks (ACS CAN) position that e-cigarettes should be included in our smoke-free and tobacco-free laws and clearly more needs to be done to prevent the next generation of youth from starting and becoming addicted to these products, Bryte Johnson, director of

CONCORD — Dozens of cancer patients, survivors and their families from throughout New Hampshire are expected to gather at the State House next week to ask legislators to protect youth from the dangers...

ACS CAN New Mexico volunteers will push their legislators to support Senate Bill 25, which passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 24, 2018.

Arizona lawmakers will decide, once again, whether to raise the minimum age for smoking from 18 to 21. Last year, a similar House bill made it through the Health Committee, but was snuffed out by the Commerce Committee chair a week later. This week, Adrienne Lynch with the Cancer Action