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National Health Care Organizations Launch New Website

March 1, 2011
National

ACS CAN has joined together with other leading national groups representing consumers, patients and health care professionals to launch HealthCareandYou.org Š—– a new resource to help Americans understand how the health care law impacts them and their families. The site offers straightforward, easy-to-comprehend information about what is in the law,

States Urged to Pass and Defend Patient Protection Laws Requiring Insurers to Cover Costs of Colon Cancer Screening

March 1, 2011

WASHINGTON – March 1, 2011 – Passage of laws requiring insurance providers to cover the costs of colon cancer screenings has stalled over the past two years and advocates are bracing to protect existing legislation in states that currently guarantee access to these lifesaving tests, a coalition of public health

New Resource to Help Consumers Navigate Health Care Law HealthCareandYou.org

March 1, 2011

Washington, D.C.— A coalition of some of the nation's most trusted organizations representing consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacists today launched a new comprehensive online resource to give Americans easy-to-understand information about the health care law so they can make informed health care decisions for themselves and their families.

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

February 28, 2011
Maine

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

February 28, 2011
Massachusetts

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

February 28, 2011
Vermont

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last

Congress is back in Washington

February 28, 2011
National

After a week spent back in their districts, Members of Congress are back in Washington, DC to continue work on this yearŠ—Ès budget.ξ The last vote on the budget included drastic cuts to cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.ξ But the fight is not over yet, and ACS CAN

Nation 's Leading Cancer Groups Urging Congress to Oppose Cuts to Cancer Research, Prevention Programs

February 28, 2011

WASHINGTON – February 28, 2011 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is joining other leading cancer groups this week to urge Congress to oppose severe cuts to groundbreaking cancer research and programs that are expanding access to lifesaving preventive services such as mammograms and colonoscopies. A

Update: Smoking Cessation and Medicaid

February 25, 2011
New York

There's news on smoking cessation and the future of Medicaid. The American Cancer Society has recieved word that a proposal we submitted along with several other groups to expand access to smoking cessation assistance in the Medicaid Program is among the recommendations submitted to the Governor by the Medicaid Redesign