Updates matching "New Jersey"

Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, regarding passage of revised health insurance exchange bill. “How many times in life do you get a second chance? That’s just what New Jersey has now that both the Senate and Assembly have

Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, regarding new study linking indoor tanning and cancer. “Add another scientific study to the pile of evidence that indoor tanning causes cancer. The latest study in BMJ , a British medical journal,

Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: the number of uninsured in New Jersey. “As New Jersey’s health insurance exchange languishes in limbo, the numbers released today show that the state’s uninsured need the help an exchange will provide.

Report Ranks State Progress on Tobacco Control, Access to Care and Prevention Trenton, NJ – August 9, 2012 – New Jersey receives a mixed review for its legislative work to combat cancer, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS

Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding additional funding in state budget for NJ CEED program. “For many New Jerseyans without health insurance or with inadequate health insurance, the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJ

Cancer Rates Higher Downstate than Upstate (Trenton, NJ) (July 25, 2012) – A first-ever report from the American Cancer Society details the toll that cancer takes on the residents of New Jersey, county by county. The Cancer Burden in New Jersey illustrates

NJ State Advocacy Director Ethan Hasbrouck Analyzes New Jersey's Recently Enacted FY2013 State Budget. Trenton, NJ (July 3, 2012) - Following months of public hearings, meetings and negotiations, on June 25th the Democratic-controlled New Jersey legislature passed the FY 2013 State budget, sending the $31.7 billion

Supreme Court Ruling Preserves Critical Patient Protections for Families Affected by Cancer Trenton, NJ – June 28, 2012 – The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are critical to ensuring that people with cancer and other life-threatening chronic diseases

Health Groups Call on Lawmakers to Boost Tobacco Control Funding to Reduce Deaths Caused by Smoking (Trenton, NJ) (May 31, 2012) – The evidence is clear that adequately funded, well-managed tobacco control programs reduce smoking, which saves lives and taxpayer money. According to a new American