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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 ...

2-5-10-This Week in Health Care Reform

... to the federal budget, the economy, and jobs; we expect those to remain the primary focus during the coming weeks.   This does not mean that health care reform efforts have been abandoned.   Health care may no longer be the lead story every single day, but negotiations are continuing furiously behind the scenes.   Congressional ...

Congressional Committees Help Move Health Care Reform Forward

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 26, 2009 -- “The House and Senate Budget Committees passed budget resolutions this week that enable critical health care reform to move forward in this country.  The result is good news for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones who know too well the gaps that exist in the broken health care system. “Reforming the system is not only critical to defeating cancer, but it is also vital to repairing the ailing economy.  Now ...

OPED-Health care reform that's good for Maine

Guest Column By Mike Michaud  7/15/09 We have a historic opportunity finally to enact health care reform in our country. I have heard from many Mainers and the message is clear: The status quo is clearly unacceptable. Nationally, costs are skyrocketing, millions have no health insurance at all, and many millions more are underinsured. Premiums have doubled in nine years and have grown three times faster than ...

Patient Protections in the Current Health Care Law

The current health care law provides people with critical protections that benefit cancer patients and survivors, as well as anyone who might one day be faced with a cancer diagnosis. ACS CAN is working to ensure any congressional action preserves these and other lifesaving provisions. Access to Health Insurance Coverage Enable young adults to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26. Ensure seniors have consistent prescription drug ...

ACS Urges Senators to Approve Health Care Bill

After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the U.S. Senate has begun a series of critical votes on health care reform legislation that should lead to passage of the Senate reform bill by Christmas Eve. The first such vote occurred early this morning, ... opposed the filibuster and urged senators to approve the bill, which includes several strong provisions that would significantly improve the health care system for cancer patients and their families by:         Refocusing the system to emphasize prevention;       Guaranteeing ...

Guest Post: Why Health Care Policy is Personal

... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Angus King (I-Maine) at a Capitol Hill press conference that emphasized the importance of key provisions of the health care law for cancer patients and survivors.   IŠ—'ve heard it said that politics should never be personal Š—– that public debate and policy ... policy, and the political complexities that inform it, is personal. It cannot be removed from experience because, with something so personal as health care, policy directly influences the everyday experiences of millions of Americans across the country. This belief is rooted in my own ...

Alabama’s Health Care Crisis Worsens with Thomasville Closure

... its call for Gov. Kay Ivey to take executive action to allow the state to join 40 others in expanding access to Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act.   The following quote can be attributed to Alabama Government Relations Director Jane Adams: “The closure of Thomasville Regional ... and healthcare providers are essential community resources and partners in the lives of Alabama residents. Rural Alabamians who need immediate care will face potentially grave consequences of this predictable outcome. This is a result of the healthcare issues long present in Alabama, which ... expansion.” 0 Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Alabama Government Relations Director Jane Adams Alabama’s Health Care Crisis Worsens with Thomasville Closure ...

Public News Service: Health Orgs Back Permanent-Provider Tax for Health-Care Access Fund

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two huge, nonpartisan health advocacy nonprofits are coming out in favor of making Minnesota's provider tax permanent to protect the state's popular Health Care Access Fund. The American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society are joining the state's hospitals in lobbying lawmakers not to let ...

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