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August 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

August 28, 2012
Vermont

Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President. ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district will gather in Washington,

New Report Shows Critical Need for FDA Regulation of Cigars

August 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- August 27, 2012 -- Nearly 60 percent of young adult cigar smokers smoke flavored cigars, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health. The findings are included in an article, "Flavored Cigar Smoking Among U.S.

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 24, 2012
Connecticut

Connecticut Affordable Care Act Update for 8-23-12

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 24, 2012
Maine

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of benefits beginning in 2014. Each state has been tasked with

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 24, 2012
Massachusetts

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of benefits beginning in 2014. Each state has been tasked with

8-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 24, 2012
Vermont

State Update The essential health benefits (EHB) provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health plans in the individual and small-group market (inside and outside state insurance exchanges) to offer patients a minimum standard of benefits beginning in 2014. Each state has been tasked with

Federal Ruling Against Cigarette Warning Labels a Defeat for Public Health

August 24, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. August 24, 2012 We are deeply disappointed with today 's federal court ruling blocking implementation of new graphic warning labels on all cigarette packs. The ruling is a victory for Big Tobacco in its effort to obstruct and delay the implementation of the new graphic warning labels. While

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 17, 2012
Connecticut

State Health Exchanges This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run insurance exchange or exchanges operated through a state-federal partnership. The blueprint details the

8-16-12 Affordable Care Act Update

August 17, 2012
Maine

State Health Exchanges This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run insurance exchange or exchanges operated through a state-federal partnership. The blueprint details the