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The Senate Appropriations Committee today is expected to consider an FY 2014ææLabor, Health and Human Services spending bill that would increase funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $300 million over pre-sequester levels, boost the tobacco control program budget by six percent above pre-sequester spending and restore funding to pre-sequester levels for critical breast and cervical cancer screening services for low-income women offered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) together with 55 doctor and chronic disease groups sent a letter to the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor today, urging the administration to issue regulations or guidance that ensures that routine medical costs are covered for patients enrolled in approved clinical trials, as required under the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON April 12, 2013 Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives today recognized the importance of raising awareness about cancer disparities by introducing a bipartisan resolution designating April 15-21 as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
Access to meaningful, affordable health care will not only improve health outcomes, but provide cancer patients and survivors peace of mind, testified Stacy Cook, Iowa volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today joined consumer and public health groups representing millions of Americans in urging the administration to revisit guidance issued earlier this year that could subject patients to far higher out-of-pocket spending than was intended in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Three years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, people with cancer or at risk for developing the disease are just months away from a ban on pre-existing condition exclusions that have been historically used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the final Health Insurance Market Reform Rule of the Affordable Care Act, including a more specific definition of what constitutes a tobacco user for purposes of determining whether insurers can charge a higher insurance premium.
WASHINGTON, D.C. February 20, 2013 Patients and consumers in the private insurance market should no longer face unexpected cost-sharing for preventive colon cancer screening tests that were supposed to be free under the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 25, 2013 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S.
