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Health Care Enters a New Era

Congress yesterday took its final historic votes to repair the broken health care system, approving a package of improvements that strengthen the broad reform bill that President Obama signed into law this week. I had the ... the bill signing. I kept thinking about people with cancer and their families across the country who will gain access to quality, affordable health care – in many cases for the first time – because of reform.   The enactment of meaningful health care reform represents a major step ...

A Patient Voice in Health Care Reform

As the leading patient group in the health care debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) continues to work to ensure that the voices of cancer patients, ... ones are heard. This week, 15 cancer patients and their caregivers came to Washington, D.C., for a lobby day with a strong message for Congress: Health care reform is needed now, not later.  The cancer advocates had contacted the American Cancer Society’s Health Insurance Assistance ...

This Week in Health Care Reform

... the House of Representatives passage today of the FY10 Labor-HHS Appropriations legislation which provides funding for National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control. Health Care Reform On Capitol Hill This week, Capitol Hill was all health care, most of the time. In the House, activity centered on continuing ...

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 ...

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 ...

8-7-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

ON CAPITOL HILL August is proving to be an intense and energetic time surrounding health care reform. As you are aware, members of the House of Representatives left Washington, D.C. last week to begin the August recess. The Senate is slated to wrap up its work today, but legislative action on health care reform will pick up post-recess when Congress returns in September. Throughout August the focus will shift from Washington to ...

OPED-Health care reform that's good for Maine

Guest Column By Mike Michaud  7/15/09 We have a historic opportunity finally to enact health care reform in our country. I have heard from many Mainers and the message is clear: The status quo is clearly unacceptable. Nationally, costs are skyrocketing, millions have no health insurance at all, and many millions more are underinsured. Premiums have doubled in nine years and have grown three times faster than ...

New Poll Results on Cancer and Health Care Cost

New Poll Reveals Many Cancer Patients Struggle to Afford the Care They Need Due to Gaps in the Health Care System A new American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) poll of families affected by ... at some point since their diagnosis. The poll also found that more than 40 percent of those surveyed reported having had difficulty paying for health care costs in the past two years. Moreover, one in five adults with cancer or a history of cancer reported using up all or most of their ...

8-14-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... to their home districts for the month, Capitol Hill is still buzzing with activity and ACS CAN has been holding important meetings with key health care reform stakeholders, including staff from the Blue Dog Coalition, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Senate Finance and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees, as well as moderate representatives from both parties. This is a crucial time to ensure that ACS ...

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