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Advertising Campaign Highlights the Critical Need for Comprehensive Health Care Reform Now

... -- May 5, 2009 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today launched an advertising campaign urging Congress to enact health care system reform this year. The ads are intended to send the message that the current “sick care” system leaves millions of Americans without ... Later means spending $200,000 trying to keep her alive.” The ad further states that “60 percent of cancer deaths could be prevented. Health care reform must include access to prevention and early detection. For all Americans.” The ad closes with “Action. Now Not Later.” ACS ...

Walla Walla Union Bulletin - Letter to the Editor: American Health Care Act

The following letter to the editor was published in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin regarding the American Health Care Act.   By: Kimberly Porter May 4, 2017   From the start of this health care debate a promise has been repeated: Discriminating against people with a pre-existing condition will not be allowed. In fact, Rep. ...

Overturning Health Care Law Would Resurrect Barrier to Coverage for Cancer Patients

WASHINGTON – March 26, 2019 – The administration reversed course Monday, saying it supports a district court ruling overturning the entire health care law. On behalf of cancer patients, survivors and millions of others with pre-existing conditions, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... Appeals opposing dismantling of the patient protections in the law. A statement from ACS CAN President Lisa Lacasse follows: “Invalidating the health care law without an equal or better replacement risks returning to a time when those with pre-existing conditions can be charged more or ...

House Votes on Legislative Package to Improve Access to Affordable Health Care

... the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a legislative package containing provisions aimed at improving access to affordable health care, including for those with serious pre-existing conditions like cancer. Specifically, the reforms included in Title I and Title II would expand ... the availability of short-term, limited duration insurance plans (STLD). These plans can deny or charge people more for coverage based on their health status, are exempt from covering essential health services, and can charge older people more than they charge a younger person for the same ...

New Poll: Majority of Montana Voters say Health Care Access is a Problem

... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows nearly 8 in 10 voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor. The poll findings showed 88% of Montana voters believe access to health care is a problem in the state. The number jumps to 90% among women and 91% among young voters, ages 18-41. Conducted by Public Opinion Strategies ...

Patient Groups Applaud Supreme Court’s Decision to Take Up Health Care Case

Washington, D.C.— Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in the case of Texas v. United States this coming term. The case is the latest court challenge to the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The groups, which include the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes ...

Health Care and You Groups Tour the Nation on the Radio Waves

Members of the Health Care and You coalition, a partnership formed by the nationŠ—Ès leading organizations that represent consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, ... conducting a national radio tour to inform consumers about the new website HealthCareAndYou.org. Representatives from AARP, ACS CAN and Catholic Health Association (CHA) will speak to national radio stations and stations in the top markets across the country about the Affordable Care Act and ...

SGR Bill A Big Bipartisan Step to Protecting Health Care Access, Improving Quality

... to remedy the longstanding physician payment discrepancy that threatened patient access to doctors in Medicare, to protect access to lifesaving care for low-income families and to emphasize quality over quantity in the way health care is delivered to patients system-wide. “The bill would take important steps to reward health care providers for the quality of care they provide rather than the number of tests and procedures they perform, while ensuring the ...

Strong Bipartisan Support in Senate for Protecting Health Care Access, Improving Quality

... remedying the longstanding physician payment discrepancy that threatened patient access to doctors in Medicare, protecting access to lifesaving care for low-income families and emphasizing quality over quantity in the way health care is delivered to patients. The bill that passed the Senate takes key steps to reward health care providers for the quality of care they provide rather than the number of tests and procedures they perform. ACS CAN supports the bill's ...

New Poll: Majority of Michigan Voters say Affordable Health Care is Critical

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows 8 in 10 (84%) Michigan voters view a candidate’s position on access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage as a vote-determining factor. Furthermore, the poll findings showed that 89% of Michigan voters believe in ensuring patients who ... people in the US expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, it’s more important than ever for voters to make their voices heard on the health care issues that matter to them most,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “Policy decisions stand at the very core of many barriers ...

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