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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 ...
April legislative update on health care reform
The health care reform debate is heating up in Washington. Both the House and Senate leadership have been laying out the legislative framework in which they plan to move health care reform forward through Congress. The Senate Finance committee is convening a series of public roundtables, each of which will delve into a ...
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 ...
U.S. House Passes Health Care Reform Legislation!
In two historic votes, the U.S. House of Representatives tonight passed health care reform legislation that includes several provisions that meaningfully improve the health care system for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Although the bill is not perfect, it meets the reform priorities of the ...
National Health Care Organizations Launch New Website
ACS CAN has joined together with other leading national groups representing consumers, patients and health care professionals to launch HealthCareandYou.org a new resource to help Americans understand how the health care law impacts them and their families. The site offers straightforward, easy-to-comprehend information about what is in the law, and is ...
ACS Advocates Lobby for Health Care Reform
Hundreds of Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Pass Health Care Now, Not Later More than 400 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district united on Tuesday to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform. ACS CAN hosted its annual leadership summit and lobby day this week in Washington, D.C. to urge lawmakers to focus on patients, ...
U.S. Senate Passes Health Care Reform Legislation
In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate this morning passed comprehensive health reform legislation that would dramatically improve access to affordable, quality care and significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families. As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer ...
Idaho Lawmakers Must Protect Health Care Access
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 ... uninsured rate, assuring more than 88,000 Idahoans who previously could not afford a marketplace plan have access to insurance and life-saving health care. This coverage is especially crucial to rural Idahoans and the health care systems serving them. Further, recent surveys show 73% of ...
White House Briefing on Health Care Exchanges
On June 24, community health leaders from around the nation for a White House Briefing on the Health Care Exchanges. Bonita Pennino, Government Relations Director for Maryland at the American Cancer Society attended this Briefing due to ...
Live Tweeting from Health Care Reform Markup
ACS CAN staff are posting live messages & quotes from the Senate Health Care Reform Markup on 6/17/09. Check it out Live Tweeting from Health Care Reform Markup ...
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