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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

BOISE, IDAHO – As legislative business convenes in the state Capitol, Idaho lawmakers must prioritize access to health care so that tens of thousands of state residents can continue to lead healthy and happy lives and have the best chance to avoid, detect and defeat ... uninsured rate, assuring more than 88,000 Idahoans who previously could not afford a marketplace plan have access to insurance and life-saving health care. This coverage is especially crucial to rural Idahoans and the health care systems serving them. Further, recent surveys show 73% of ...