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Grassroots Support Leads to Palliative Care Victory!

March 2, 2017
Wyoming

For the better part of a year-and-a-half, ACS CAN volunteers and staff in Wyoming worked on passing model palliative care legislation that would create a statewide task force to assess how healthcare facilities can make palliative care more available to patients with serious illnesses—improving quality of life while saving healthcare

Alternative Medicaid Financing Proposals Could Jeopardize Cancer Care; Increase States’ Medicaid Costs

January 4, 2017
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming

States would likely face increased costs and cancer patients and survivors could face delayed preventive, diagnostic and curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today sent a letter detailing the organization’s concerns to select governors...

Wyoming Medicaid Expansion would benefit employers

September 7, 2016
Wyoming

Pete Simpson illustrates the need for employers to address high healthcare costs and the need for critical insurance coverage for all Wyomingites.

Wyoming Tribune Eagle calls for increase in tobacco tax

September 7, 2016
Wyoming

Wyoming's current tobacco tax, currently only 60 cents per pack of cigarettes, is woefully behind the national average of $1.65 per pack. An increase in tobacco taxes not only encourages Wyoming smokers to quit, but it also raises much needed State revenue.

ACS CAN focuses on Palliative Care

November 12, 2015
Wyoming

ACS CAN help a Palliative Care Policy Forum on November 6th featuring retired US Senator Alan K Simpson, Dr. Greg Marino, Representative Charles Pelkey and ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador Dawn Scott. The event cullminated with the announcement that ACS CAN will be running legislation in the 2016 budget session

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