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Winnemucca Relay's Advertising Specialists

March 1, 2012
Nevada

Congratulations to the Winnemucca Relay for Life team, Advertising Specialists, for joining the ranks of Relay teams who have earned the honor of being an ACS CAN "CAN Club" team. The team's commitment to cancer related advocacy helps ACS CAN to make sure that Nevada's state and federal elected leaders

ACS CAN Teams with Hutchinson Center to Show Impact of Cancer Research Funding

March 1, 2012
National

Seattle (WA) - As Congressman Jim McDermott stepped behind the podium at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, he looked out at a room full of doctors, researchers, patients, the local business community and ACS CAN volunteers. His message was clear - funding cancer research does more than just lead

Legislation Would Increase Access to Colon Cancer Screenings for the Medically Underserved

March 1, 2012

WASHINGTON -- March 1, 2012 -- Critical legislation introduced recently in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure that cost is not a barrier for Medicare beneficiaries to access lifesaving colon cancer screenings. The äóÖRemoving Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2012' (H.R. 4120), sponsored by U.S. Representative Charlie

Ruling Against New Cigarette Warning Labels Bad for Public Health, Allows Business As Usual for Big Tobacco

February 29, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 29, 2012 Today 's ruling by a federal judge blocking the implementation of new graphic cigarette warning labels is bad for public health. The ruling in a lawsuit the tobacco industry filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. District Court for the

Blunt Amendment Would Undermine Historic Focus on Prevention

February 29, 2012

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to senators today urging them to vote against an amendment to the transportation bill that would permit employers to refuse employee insurance coverage for any health benefit guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act if the employer raises a religious or moral objection to those benefits.

ACS CAN Convenes Leading Experts to Discuss Improving Quality of Health Care

February 28, 2012
National

ACS CAN brought together some of the nation's leading health care experts in Washington, D.C. for a groundbreaking event to examine how to ensure that people with cancer and other life-threatening chronic diseases receive quality health care.

2-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

February 24, 2012
Maine

Federal Update Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000

2-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

February 24, 2012
Massachusetts

Federal Update Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000

2-23-12 Affordable Care Act Update

February 24, 2012
Vermont

Federal Update Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Covers Nearly 50,000