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The budget debates continues in the Senate and Medicaid Expansion was shot down. Learn more by reading the Legislative Update. If you are interested in becoming an advocates please contact Beth Johnson at [email protected] .

The Office of Human Research Protections at the Department of Health and Human Services spent years considering changes to the Common Rule, which governs the conduct of medical research funded by 15 different federal agencies.

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Last month, Stacy Cook stood in front of a U.S. Senate Committee and gave a face to the countless Americans whose lives have been changed by the Affordable Care Act. Now, StacyŠ—Ès story has been featured in a prominent national blog, CHIRblo, from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at

Earlier today, Governor Rick Scott signed the state budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1st, and it officially includes funding for all three of the ACS CAN Florida Division's state legislative priorities: MARY BROGAN BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER

View our Weekly Legislative Update ...if you would like to join one of our campaigns please contact Grassroots Manager Beth Johnson at [email protected] or 843-858-2310. As always, thank you for being an advocate!

ACS CAN won a reversal of an adverse breast and cervical coverage decision in Tennessee. Through ACS's Health Insurance Assistance Service, ACS CAN learned that Tennessee had wrongfully denied Medicaid coverage to a woman who was eligible for the program under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (BCCPTA).