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For Immediate Release: ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters
February 15, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Amber Herting
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Phone: 508-450-8690
E-mail: [email protected]
ACS CAN Applauds Sununu’s Commitment to Continued Access to Health Care for Granite Staters
CONCORD – February 15, 2018 – Today, Governor Chris Sununu issued his annual State of the State address, in which he voiced his support for reauthorizing the New Hampshire Health Protection Program (NHHPP). The following statement can be attributed to Mike Rollo, director of government relations in New Hampshire for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
“ACS CAN applauds Governor Sununu for voicing his support of reauthorizing of the NHHPP. This program is providing comprehensive health care coverage to thousands of state residents, increasing access to mammograms, colon cancer screenings and tobacco cessation therapies for men and women who might otherwise be unable to access such services.
“ACS CAN urges New Hampshire lawmakers to follow suit and support the reauthorization of the NHHPP to ensure that all state residents have the security of knowing they have access to affordable, health care coverage, including proven cancer screenings and treatment services. Providing access to routine, preventive care, we will not only save the state dollars – but save lives”
ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy 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 extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.
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