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Maine: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill On Thursday morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its "score" of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, indicating that the revised measure would cost $829 billion, provide coverage to 29 million more U.S. residents and reduce the ... benefits. These are enormous steps forward and the only way to benefit from this progress is to keep the process moving forward in order to pass health care reform legislation this year.   ACS CAN Priority: A Focus on Affordability A topic I want to focus on this week is affordability. As you ...

7-31-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL There was significant progress on health care reform on Capitol Hill this week. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman announced an agreement Wednesday with a group of ... refine our strategy as we head into the critical September-October time period.  We will be working to make sure that Congress considers health reform bills that are good for cancer patients, survivors and their families.  Ultimately, health reform must improve upon the current ...

1-08-10 This Week in Health Care Reform

... on C-SPAN despite the early hour), cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones came one step closer to a remedy for our nation’s ‘sick care’ system after the Senate passed comprehensive health reform legislation on Christmas Eve. The legislation included a number of strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of ...

9-11-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill The Labor Day holiday marked the official end of summer recess and health care reform activity on Capitol Hill resumed at high speed. On Wednesday night, President Obama delivered his address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress. For months, ACS CAN has been working to help focus the debate through the cancer lens, and I’m ...

U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

Congress returned this week from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in its historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age .   As the leading voice of patients in the debate, ACS CAN is working to protect the bill’s strongest provisions and ...

Maine: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break to begin a new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt ... including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and other essential preventative care measures, priority issues for ACS CAN, have ...

ACS CAN President Attends WH Summit on Health Care Reform

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the broken health care system, calling it a "moral imperative." He also made it clear that he is committed to reform happening this year, and he reiterated ...

1-21-10 Health Care Reform Update from John Seffrin

Following the historic passage of health care reform legislation in the U.S. Senate in December and the U.S. House of Representatives in November, congressional leaders have been meeting ... congressional leaders to continue moving forward on comprehensive reform and not to step back on the promise of significant improvements to the health care system. In fact, a majority of members of both the House and Senate have already supported comprehensive reform with their votes.   We ...

ACS CAN Announces Support for Senate Health Care Reform Bill

After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the U.S. Senate has begun a series of critical votes on health care reform legislation that should lead to passage of the Senate reform bill by Christmas Eve. The first such vote occurred early this morning, ... opposed the filibuster and urged senators to approve the bill, which includes several strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families by:         Refocusing the system to emphasize prevention;       Guaranteeing ...

Veto Override of Tobacco 21 Will Save Lives; Health Care Costs

... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ... tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org .   Veto Override of Tobacco 21 Will Save Lives; Health Care Costs ...

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