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Overturning Health Care Law Would Resurrect Barrier to Coverage for Cancer Patients

March 26, 2019
National

ACS CAN is concerned about a recent administration announcement affirming a district court decision to overturn the health care law.

ACS CAN volunteer coming to Capitol Hill to speak out against proposed changes to Medicare Part D plans

March 25, 2019
National

Gail Orcutt, a retired teacher and ACS CAN volunteer from Iowa, had a nagging cough that wouldn’t go away when she went to see her doctor in 2010. Her doctor ordered an x-ray and, a day before her 57 th birthday, Gail was diagnosed with lung cancer caused by her

Proposed Health Plan Rule Changes Could Increase Patient Costs

February 19, 2019
National

Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, which would set the rules for health care plans in 2020.

ACS CAN volunteer invited to attend State of the Union address

February 5, 2019
National

Jacqueline Beale, the ACS CAN Maryland State Lead Ambassador volunteer, will attend the State of the Union address as the guest of U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, her member of Congress. Jacqueline, a longtime ACS CAN volunteer who spent the day Tuesday advocating for cancer patients and survivors at

ACS CAN volunteer invited to attend the State of the Union address

February 5, 2019
National

ACS CAN volunteer, Jacqueline Beale, invited to attend the State of the Union address

Utah Lawmakers Reverse Voter’s Choice, Undermine Access to Medicaid

February 4, 2019
Utah

SALT LAKE CITY—Today, the Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 96 that reverses the will of Utah voters and will undermine effective cancer prevention and treatment in the state. Utah voters passed Proposition 3 last November to increase access to Medicaid for 150,000 low-income residents earning less than $16,700 a year

ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Need to Preserve Critical Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Health Care Law

January 29, 2019
National

ACS CAN Vice President for Federal Advocacy Keysha Brooks-Coley testified before the Hosue Ways and Means Committee at a hearing to examine the need to preserve and protect critical patient protections int he Affordable Care Act.

ACS CAN testifies before Congress about protecting affordable health insurance for cancer patients

January 29, 2019
National

“Enactment of the ACA [Affordable Care Act] has allowed Americans with cancer and other serious conditions access to the care they need,” said Keysha Brooks-Coley, the vice president of federal advocacy at ACS CAN, during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning. Keysha was invited by the House Ways &

New ad campaign opposes proposed changes to Medicare

January 24, 2019
National

The ad campaign calls on Congress and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to stop proposed policy changes to Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit that could allow plans to limit patients’ access to certain drugs that they need.