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ACS and Rep. John Hall Talk Health Care
... 518-339-6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOCAL LAWMAKER, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, DISCUSS HEALTH CARE REFORM Congressman John Hall and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Talk Health Care Reform with Hudson Valley Residents FISHKILL, NY (August 10, 2009) – With health care reform a major concern for most Americans, ...
Statement from Donald Distasio on Health Care Reform
HOUSE ACTION ON HEALTH CARE REFORM IGNITES HOPE FOR FAMILIES FIGHTING CANCER Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding House of Representatives passage of Senate health care reform legislation “Rhetoric, politics, and bickering aside, lawmakers are showing they remember the heart of health care reform - ...
Statement: Cuomo Administration establishes Health Care Exchange rates
... President of Advocacy for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, on today's announcement that rates have been set for New York's Health Insurance Exchange: Today, the Cuomo Administration made an irrefutable difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who are either paying exorbitant amounts for health care coverage now or living without health insurance altogether. By establishing affordable rates on a statewide Health Insurance ...
Access Denied: Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis
Access Denied: Real People and Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis Benetta and Patrick Sarro Saratoga, NY She was a waitress and he was a truck driver. They met when Pat stopped on the road for a snack ... to bury her husband. At 64 years of age, Bunny now also admits that while Pat was being treated, the couple did not have the money to purchase a health insurance plan for her. Today, Bunny remains uninsured and is waiting for the day when she qualifies for Medicare. As an uninsured woman who ...
Real People and Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis
Access Denied: Real People and Real Stories from the Health Care Crisis Ellena Bennett Albany, NY Ellena Bennett is a 27-year-old doctoral student and three-time cancer survivor who lost both parents to cancer at a young age. She receives her health insurance under COBRA, which covers 60 percent of her medical care but leaves her responsible for the remaining 40 percent, which she must ...
Statement on New York Senate Passage of Health Care Coverage
NEWS from the American Cancer Society FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2009 EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR YOUNG ADULTS, EXTENDING COBRA OPTION, POSITIVE STEPS IN FIGHTING CANCER Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Senate passage of measures to expand health care coverage. “Surviving cancer can depend on whether you have health insurance or on how good that health coverage is. Two measures awaiting ...
Health Care Providers Call on Governor Hochul to Sign Biomarker Testing Bill without Delay
LAKE SUCCESS, NY – November 27, 2023 – Local health care providers, cancer survivors, and patient advocates gathered today at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to prioritize health equity by improving access to biomarker testing and signing Senate ...
31 Health Organizations Ask for Protection of Public Health Funding and Medicaid
... Building Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Cuomo, Through the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State has become a leader and a strong proponent for health. We urge you to continue prioritizing the health and wellbeing of all New Yorkers by continuing to fund the state’s public health programs and Medicaid. While in the throes of a global health crisis, we should not be defunding programs that reduce the morbidity and mortality of chronic disease and provide critical health care coverage to New York’s most vulnerable residents. Sadly, 40% of New York adults suffer from a chronic disease and six out of every 10 ...
Comparing the Health Exchange Plans
American Cancer Society and AARP "Scorecard" on Proposed Health Benefit Exchange Legislation For more information contact: Russ Sciandra, 518 449-5438 x12 Get an embedable version of this graphic from ... We strongly prefer language adopted by California in its enacted legislation that specifically prohibits anyone representing carriers, brokers, health facilities or health care providers. Input from such stakeholders is best provided through an advisory committee, though we think the Senate’s bill creates too ...
Palliative Care Patient Information Act
Gov. Paterson has signed "The Palliative Care Patient Information Act," strongly backed by the American Cancer Society, which is designed to give patients and their families more control ... a bill to provide patients access to information about palliative care, pain treatments and end of life care options. The legislation requires health care providers to offer their patients who are diagnosed with a terminal illness information and counseling about treatments and options, ... though it does not require patients and/or families to participate in that counseling. Inadequate treatment of pain is a significant public health problem in the United States. . · Pain is one of the most common and most feared symptoms of cancer. The perception that pain is associated ...