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... Of Blair Horner As Vice President For Advocacy; Horner’s First Day On May 2nd. New York And New Jersey Needs To Place Establishment Of Health Exchanges As Top End-Of-Session Priority Albany, NY (April 14, 2011) – The American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey today ... reduce cancer rates and to help those with cancer to get the treatment they need. One critical ACS goal is to ensure that cancer patients obtain health insurance, without which many cancer patients cannot survive. "When you talk about change and reform in Albany, you talk about Blair ... of state policymakers must be the creation of health exchanges.” Health exchanges are established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The exchange is a marketplace where individuals and small groups can purchase insurance that includes essential health care ...

... year. The bill, which passed, cuts federal spending by almost $100 billion, and includes a 5% cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health budget. The legislation also slashed the budget at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by 21%, which includes cuts to ... in the Senate strategy, as we have very supportive Senators in both states, but we will keep you posted as the situation develops.  Affordable Care Act - New Threats, New Alliances In addition to cutting cancer research and prevention programs, HR1 was also used to block funding to pay ... CR passed that would greatly complicate the law’s implementation, including language affecting the development of regulations to govern the health benefit exchanges and determine the essential benefits package. Amendments also passed that would deny funding to enforce the new medical ...

... deaths, and both smoking rates and overall cancer rates are higher downstate than upstate.” Using data from the New Jersey Department of Health, State Cancer Registry, the report closely examines incidence and mortality rates for New York’s four most common malignancies, lung, ... colon cancer screening to the uninsured. Ease the economic toll of cancer by ensuring that all New Jerseyans have access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage. Improve patients’ quality of life through better palliative care and pain management, and enhanced health care provider education. Data for the report was gathered from the New Jersey Department of Health, ...

... you and your fellow advocates engaged in our campaigns. Support our nationwide petition drive calling on Congress to take immediate action on health care reform. The petitions will be delivered to Members of Congress on Capitol Hill and in district offices during the spring recess.  You can ...