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Senate Lawmakers Prove They Care about the Health of Mississippi’s Youth

... anyone 17-year-olds and younger from cancer-causing indoor tanning devices :   "As an organization whose goal is to eliminate cancer as a major health problem, we are very pleased the Mississippi Senate recognized the need to pass a bill to protect anyone 17-years-old and younger from ... volunteers from across the state are working on this legislation alongside dermatologists, former tanners who have gotten skin cancer, the health department, and many others. We are grateful that lawmakers agreed for the need to protect our state’s youth.   “We praise legislators ... when used as intended, increase the risk of getting melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer. We thank members of Senate for showing they care about the health of Mississippi’s children and urge the House to pass this bill.”   About the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ...

Health Care Reform Blog Surviving the System Lobby Day T-2 days

... to reduce the size of the sarcoma and later had a lumpectomy. She is now in remission. Roseanne pays more than $100 per month for her individual health insurance, but the plan has a $2,000 maximum for radiology costs and $160 for diagnostic tests. Roseanne accrued approximately $60,000 in ... their insurance coverage. She and others will be traveling to DC this week to meet with their elected officials to tell them that the time for health care reform is now. A special message from Roseanne as she prepares for the Surviving the System lobby day activities in Washington, DC May 19-20, ...

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 ...

CBO Score Projects 14 million Americans Will Lose Health Coverage in 2018 Under House-Proposed Health Care Law

Washington, D.C. – March 13, 2017 – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this afternoon released an estimate of the impact of the American Health Care Act on the number of insured individuals, compared to those covered under current law, as well as the potential cost implications for those ... Hansen follows: “The CBO analysis confirms earlier projections that the legislation under consideration by the House to repeal portions of the health care law will dramatically reduce the number of individuals who have health insurance in this country.  “We are deeply concerned that ...

ACS CAN Convenes Leading Experts to Discuss Improving Quality of Health Care

ACS CAN brought together some of the nation's leading health care experts in Washington, D.C. for a groundbreaking event to examine how to ensure that people with cancer and other life-threatening chronic diseases receive quality health care. ACS CAN's first-ever National Forum on the Future of Health Care, held at the National Press Club in downtown Washington, convened top ...

House Subcommittee Considers Bills Addressing Patient Health Care Costs and Access Issues

Washington, D.C.—Today the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will mark-up a series of bills aimed at reducing patient out-of-pocket costs and preserving access to health care. Specifically, the committee will consider a measure that would exempt patients from having to pay surprise medical bills in most ...

HELP Committee Markup A Critical Step Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform This Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 17, 2009 -- The health care reform legislation that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee began to review today would extend access to quality care to all Americans by guaranteeing ...

Key Lawmakers Show Commitment to Making Health Care Reform a Top Congressional Priority

... survivors and their loved ones across the country, we are enormously encouraged by the work being done by key members of Congress to move health care reform forward as a top priority for the 111th Congress. “The commitment being shown by leaders including Senate HELP Committee Chairman ... M. Kennedy (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and others is adding to the already powerful momentum to fix our broken health care system.  “Millions of cancer patients know first-hand the dire state of our country’s health care system, as they regularly fall ...

House Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation a Victory for People With Cancer

... John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of ACS CAN. “Lawmakers have put patients before politics and voted to transform our nation’s health care system in a way that will eliminate barriers to lifesaving care.” If enacted, the House bill would provide immediate and long-term improvements in the health care system for cancer patients and their families. The bill would refocus the system to emphasize prevention, end the practice of denying ...

Patient Groups Urge Supreme Court to Swiftly Take Up Health Care Case

Washington, D.C.—Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae or friend of the court brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately take up the case of Texas v. United States. The case is the latest court challenge to the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act. The groups, which include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes ...

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