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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 ...
Montana Senate approves big increase in state tobacco taxes
The Montana state Senate Thursday approved a big increase in state tobacco taxes, which supporters said would help fund health-care costs related to smoking while encouraging more people to quit, or not start…The Senate voted 27-22 for Senate Bill 354, which increases ...
Cancer Advocates Extremely Disappointed in Defeat of Initiative I-185 in Montana After Big Tobacco Spends $18 Million to Defeat
... ACS CAN, released the following statement in response: “It has been an honor to stand united with doctors, nurses, hospitals and every major health and patient advocacy group in the state to try to pass this life saving tobacco tax policy. This could have been the most important public health policy passed in Montana in 13 years. “Initiative 185 would have done so much good for Montana, by saving lives, reducing health care costs and funding critical programs and services like Medicaid for some of our most vulnerable residents. 100,000 Montanans are now at risk of ...