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Access to Health Care

We advocate to ensure all Americans have access to affordable health insurance and cancer care - from prevention through treatment. Access to Health Care ...

Health Care Research Commentary

A letter from Daniel Smith , president of ACS CAN, in response to a Washington Post columnist was published today. Read the letter here . Health Care Research Commentary ...

Wicozani: Bridging Health Care Gaps

This short documentary features Indigenous community members and health professionals from across South Dakota sharing experiences with Indian Health Service and emphasize how Medicaid expansion would mean more Native Americans could access the health care they need. Since the creation of this film, South Dakotans voted to expand Medicaid! This was a big step forward for South Dakota but it is ...

Health Care Enters a New Era

Congress yesterday took its final historic votes to repair the broken health care system, approving a package of improvements that strengthen the broad reform bill that President Obama signed into law this week. I had the ... the bill signing. I kept thinking about people with cancer and their families across the country who will gain access to quality, affordable health care – in many cases for the first time – because of reform.   The enactment of meaningful health care reform represents a major step ...

Access to Quality Health Care

Every Woman Counts ACS CAN will work to further close the gaps on cancer care by increasing access to vital programs like Every Woman Counts and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. Prescription Drug Copay Assistance ... will continue to support the stability and support necessary efforts to preserve its provisions to ensure Californians have access to affordable health care. Medi-Cal Coverage ACS CAN will defend funding, benefits, and eligibility for the Medi-Cal program that provides access to cancer care for the state’s low-income population. Access to Quality Health Care ...

Keep Health Care Coverage Affordable

Access to affordable health insurance is a key factor for surviving cancer. Individuals who are uninsured or who cannot afford the out-of-pocket costs for their ... insurance are less likely to get screened for cancer and therefore less likely to survive a cancer diagnosis.    Through the Affordable Care Act, those with low- or limited-incomes who purchase health insurance plans on the Marketplace receive tax credits to help make plans more affordable.  The tax credits were later expanded to ...

Cancer Care and Reproductive Health

Cancer Care and Reproductive Health ...

A Patient Voice in Health Care Reform

As the leading patient group in the health care debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) continues to work to ensure that the voices of cancer patients, ... ones are heard. This week, 15 cancer patients and their caregivers came to Washington, D.C., for a lobby day with a strong message for Congress: Health care reform is needed now, not later.  The cancer advocates had contacted the American Cancer Society’s Health Insurance Assistance ...

Health Care Reform with Anne Thompson

... Bresnahan (far left), met with Anne Thompson (middle), NBC News' Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent at the 2009 7News Partners Healthcare Health & Fitness Expo in Boston.  Paul and Ryann shared their cancer journeys with Anne, also a cancer survivor, and discussed the need for Health Care Reform to provide everyone access to quality, affordable health care.  They are pictured here with hundreds of bracelets from our Linking ...

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