BOISE, IDAHO – As legislative business convenes in the state Capitol, Idaho lawmakers must prioritize access to health care so that tens of thousands of state residents can continue to lead healthy and happy lives and have the best chance to avoid, detect and defeat cancer.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— January 3, 2025 — “As the 119th Congress convenes today, ACS CAN is urging members to keep cancer patients and survivors at the core of every health policy decision, from funding cancer research to ensuring access to quality, affordable health coverag
Grupos de salud pública aplauden al Tribunal de Apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de Estados Unidos por ratificar la disposición contra la discriminación de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, por sus siglas en inglés) en el caso de Neese versus Becerra. El tribunal anuló el fallo de un tribunal inferior basándose en la falta de fundamento jurídico de los demandantes en el caso, que impugnaba las protecciones de la Ley ACA para los pacientes lesbianas, homosexuales, bisexuales, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ+) que reciben servicios de salud.
On December 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction in the case of Kansas v. United States. This decision temporarily blocks the Final Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which expands insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in 19 states.
Groups representing millions of health care professionals and patients with serious and chronic health conditions filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Tennessee et al. v. Becerra in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Legislation will eliminate costly barriers to follow up breast cancer screening
South Dakota voters on Tuesday passed Amendment F, which would change the state constitution to allow for work requirements to be added to the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
PIERRE, SD – Ahead of Election Day next week, leaders from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids express their concerns around South Dakota Initiated Measure 28, urging South Dakotans to vote “no” on the b
Hoy, 35 organizaciones, que representan a millones de pacientes con afecciones graves de salud y a miles de profesionales de la salud, presentaron un escrito amicus curiae, o “amigo de la corte” en el caso de Braidwood versus Becerra en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos.
El 72% de los pacientes y sobrevivientes de cáncer apoyan la extensión de los créditos fiscales mejorados de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, según la última encuesta Survivor Views (Opiniones de sobrevivientes, en inglés) publicada hoy por la Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN, por sus siglas en inglés).