Increasing and Protecting Access to Medicaid Press Releases
JACKSON, Miss. – As Mississippi lawmakers dive into the 2025 legislative session Tuesday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) lends its full support to them finishing what they started last year to expand Medicaid in the Magnolia State.
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.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Cover Alabama and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) unveiled a new billboard today near Jackson Hospital, calling attention to the critical need for Medicaid expansion to strengthen health care access and reinforce Alabama’s hospitals.
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.
JACKSON, MS – October 22, 2024—An estimated 230 Mississippians will hear the words, “You have breast cancer,” during this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Windsor, Wis. – Senator Joan Ballweg met with board members from the American Cancer Society in Wisconsin, Chair Cory Recknor and Korey Feiner, to receive the State Senator of the Year award, one of the mos
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, GOP leaders, North Carolina legislators Donny Lambeth and Kevin Corbin, joined health advocates along with business and faith leaders to hold a press conference at the South Carolina State House.
MADISON, Wis. – A recent poll by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 85% of Wisconsin voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor.
La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN, por sus siglas en inglés) organizó el estreno nacional del cortometraje: “In Due Season” (En su debido momento) el miércoles por la noche en Washington, DC.
Newly released analysis forecasts significant economic growth within the first three years of Medicaid expansion