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LETTER: Preserve the health care provider tax
To the Editor: Minnesota’s Health Care Access Fund (HCAF) is in jeopardy and the consequences are very real for our friends and neighbors. One in five Minnesotans relies on public health care programs that are funded by HCAF. Programs such as Medical Assistance are important in making sure Minnesotans have access to the ...
Public News Service: Health Orgs Back Permanent-Provider Tax for Health-Care Access Fund
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two huge, nonpartisan health advocacy nonprofits are coming out in favor of making Minnesota's provider tax permanent to protect the state's popular Health Care Access Fund. The American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society are joining the state's hospitals in lobbying lawmakers not to let ...
Diverse Group of More Than 50 Organizations Demand Plan for Health Care Access Fund
... — More than 50 diverse Minnesota advocacy organizations have joined together in a letter to lawmakers to show support for maintaining the Health Care Access Fund. “This funding is critical to the health and wellbeing of so many vulnerable Minnesotans,” said Emily Myatt, ACS CAN Minnesota interim government relations director. “We can’t ...
Robbinsdale Resident Addresses Cancer Care Costs in Congressional Briefing
... briefing comes just one day before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in California v. Texas to evaluate the constitutionality of the health care law, a law that contains numerous patient protections the have improved access to affordable, quality health care for those with pre-existing conditions including cancer. Speakers discussed the potential impact of the outcome of the case could ...
Letter to Lawmakers regarding HCAF
Jan. 31, 2019 Dear policymaker, One in five Minnesotans[i] depend on public health care programs that are funded in part by the Health Care Access Fund. Ensuring access to quality health care is a long-held Minnesota value. We write in support of the Minnesotans who could ...
Former Lt. Gov. Fischbach and Rep. Peterson State their Positions on Issues to Fight Cancer as Part of National Voter Education Campaign
... nd and 7 th Congressional Districts candidates to state their position on cancer issues such as cancer research funding and access to health care, including rural cancer care. Specifically, candidates for the 7 th Congressional District seat are being asked the following questions: Access to Health Care: The decision on whether or not to repeal the Affordable Care Act will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. If it is overturned, how ...
Minnesota Patient Advocacy Coalition Calls on Congress to “Keep Us Covered”
... Minn. (Feb. 17, 2017) — Minnesota’s leading patient advocacy groups will gather to deliver the message that any changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) must maintain critical patient protections and ensure coverage is affordable and adequate. Their message is simple. Any changes ... coverage of disease prevention, treatment and follow-up care. That coverage should include: enabling young adults to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26. providing patients with no- or low-cost life-saving screenings. preventing patients from having their coverage canceled when they get sick. banning annual and lifetime dollar limits on coverage. prohibiting patients from being denied health coverage because they have a pre-existing condition. The event will include a visual representation of the concept “Keep Us Covered.” ...
Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority
... nd Congressional District candidates to state their positions on cancer issues such as cancer research funding and access to health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Rep. Craig’s opponent, Tyler Kistner, to meet with volunteers. ... made not just in the doctor’s office, but also in Washington, D.C., and state capitols. Government officials make decisions every day about health issues that affect our family, friends and neighbors,” said Pam Fontem, Lake City resident and ACT! Lead volunteer for ACS CAN ...
Cancer Advocates Urge Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority
... nd and 7 th Congressional Districts candidates to state their position on cancer issues such as cancer research funding and access to health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Rep. Peterson’s opponent, former Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach, to meet with volunteers. ...
ACS CAN Applauds Legislation to Reduce Minnesota’s Cancer Burden, Urges Lawmakers to Do More
... (ACS CAN) commends the implementation of the new state tobacco 21 law, clinical trials as well as breast and cervical cancer laws to address the health inequities that contribute to higher incidence and mortality rates from cancer for the poor, communities of color and rural residents. The ... past years, smoking remains highest among these communities. An end to the sale of menthol flavored tobacco products would help end a serious health inequity,” added Myatt. The recently signed clinical trials law ensures Minnesotans on Medicaid have the same opportunities to participate ... this year but not all of them will equally benefit from medical advances in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnostic testing and treatment care,” said Myatt. “The poor, communities of color, and rural residents are among those that continue to be under-represented in cancer ...