Updates matching "Access to Health Care"

The 2021-22 Wisconsin legislative session ended this week. This session was marked by important wins for cancer prevention and early detection, as well as battles against unwarranted efforts to create barriers to accessing care.

ACS CAN is joined by more than 65 organizations asking for colorectal screening to be included in the budget.

In his State of the Union address tonight, President Biden again called on the nation to work together to end cancer as we know it.

head of the president’s State of the Union Address, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is offering numerous policy suggestions for ways in which the administration and Congress can achieve the president’s ambitious Cancer Moonshot goal.

The Wyoming Senate on Friday failed to adopt an amendment authorizing Gov. Mark Gordon to embark on Medicaid expansion negotiations with the federal government, effectively ending Medicaid expansion efforts for the legislative session. R.J. Ours, the government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), released the following statement in reaction.

The Kansas legislature left Topeka without adequately addressing several critical issues affecting access to health care for tens of thousands of Kansans, particularly those in need of cancer screening and treatment.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nation’s leading cancer advocacy organization, strongly opposes two bills being considered by the Wisconsin Legislature that pose life-threatening risks to cancer patients, survivors and those who will be diagnosed with cancer or other chronic diseases.

The President announced this morning he is ‘reigniting’ his commitment to ‘end cancer as we know it,’ building on the initial and robust cancer moonshot investment in discovery, prioritizing increased uptake of prevention and addressing health disparities.