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Stay up to date in between Monthly Updates with Cancer CANdor , a blog from ACS CAN's President. ACS CAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AND LOBBY DAY More than 500 ACS CAN volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district will gather in Washington,

Connecticut Affordable Care Act Update for 8-23-12

State Health Exchanges This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final blueprint to states on how the procedures and criteria for securing federal approval for a state-run insurance exchange or exchanges operated through a state-federal partnership. The blueprint details the

ACS CAN released its 10th annual How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality on Thursday, August 9, at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual meeting in Chicago.

The House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (L/HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee approved its FY 2013 annual appropriations bill Wednesday. The bill defunds most Affordable Care Act (ACA) programs, including state grants that will assist states with establishing marketplaces where people can shop and compare options for quality coverage, and funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Supreme Court Decision ACS CAN is continuing to review last week's historic Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to gain a full understanding of the impact of the decision on people with cancer and their families. In the meantime, we are pleased to share a layman's

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS The President's Budget On February 13, President Obama released his budget for the 2013 fiscal year. ACS CAN was deeply disappointed to learn that the budget cuts funding for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute,

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION During his State of the Union address on January 24, President Obama noted the importance of cancer research and implored Congress to keep funding for it in tact. Specifically, he said: "Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS Super Committee Shortly before its November 23 deadline, the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," announced it was unable to devise a deficit reduction plan that a majority of