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Montana Legislative Candidates Discuss Health Care Issues
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Health care is an important issue for most of Montanans. It was the topic of conversation for a handful of candidates hoping for a seat in the Montana Legislature. Half a dozen legislative candidates made their stances on health care known at Health Votes Montana State Legislative Candidate Forum. Candidates were given 10 questions from the American Cancer Society ...
State Legislative Candidates Go on the Record About Health Care at Health Votes Montana Candidate Forums
Missoula, Mont.—Sept. 10, 2018—The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), AARP Montana and Montana Primary Care Association will educate the public and encourage state legislative candidates to publicly state their positions on cancer and other key health care issues throughout the campaign season. Many stakeholders are involved in the health care debate, and often the concerns of patients, consumers and their family caregivers can be underrepresented. Health Votes Montana is a ...
Health Equity in the Fight Against Cancer
MISSOULA, Mont.— Confident they can alter the future of cancer and who it impacts, public health policy experts, tribal and community leaders including cancer advocacy volunteers will lead a discussion focused on improving health equity in cancer prevention and care for all Montanans. The free event, hosted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), is October 4, 2019 at the Hilton ...
Montana Cancer Summit 2021
... is our premiere event that brings together key leaders and decision makers in government, research and academia to discuss emerging oncology and health care policy issues that affect the physical and economic health of Americans. Forum Program 10:00 AM -- Welcome: Kristin Page-Nei, Montana Government Relations Director, ACS CAN 10:05 AM -- ...
Missoula: Health Votes Candidate Forum
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and AARP Montana invite you to attend the Health Votes Montana - 2016. Health Votes Montana is a state legislative candidate forum focused on healthcare issues that are of concern for patients and their family ... a vehicle to learn how legislative candidates view the issues of most concern to them around disease prevention and access to affordable quality care. Each candidate on the ballot for your area is invited to participate. The number of questions each candidate will be allowed to respond to ...
Montana Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action to Prioritize Tobacco Control Efforts During Cancer Prevention Month
... Bill 285 had a hearing yesterday. ACS CAN believes everyone deserves to breathe clean, smoke-free air, and no one should have to risk their health to earn a living. There is no safe level of secondhand smoke exposure, and secondhand smoke from cigars is just as dangerous as cigarette ... smoke. It would overturn 11 existing local smoke-free ordinances that prohibit e-cigarette use wherever smoking is prohibited, jeopardizing the health of nearly 500,000 Montanans and preventing communities from enacting similar policies in the future. Maintain funding for Montana’s ... million annually. Comprehensive, adequately funded tobacco prevention programs reduce tobacco use and related disease, resulting in lower health care costs. By maintaining Montana’s current funding, the state still spends just over 33% of the CDC-recommended level on tobacco prevention. ...