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May 29, 2023
National

President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal Saturday ahead of the looming debt ceiling deadline.

May 29, 2023
National

President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal Saturday ahead of the looming debt ceiling deadline.

May 25, 2023
Louisiana

The Shreveport Council today passed an amendment to undermine the effective and popular smoke-free ordinance to once again allow smoking in casinos, being the first municipality in Louisiana, and in the U.S., to withdraw smoke-free workplace protections from their hardworking constituents. With this move, Louisiana is once again first in the worst of ways and rankings.

May 24, 2023
Michigan

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is thrilled to see the House pass oral chemotherapy fairness legislation today. ACS CAN wants to take this moment to thank Rep. Samantha Steckloff for supporting and sponsoring this legislation, as well as for sharing her personal experience with cancer.

May 24, 2023
West Virginia

E-cigarette aerosol poses potential risk to people who smoke and people who do not smoke. The most recent Surgeon General’s report concluded that “e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless. It can contain harmful and potentially harmful constituents, including nicotine." 35.7% of West Virginia, high school students use e-cigarettes. West Virginia can and must do better. The solution: investing $16.5 million in tobacco prevention and cessation in West Virginia to reduce tobacco use, protect kids, and save lives.

May 24, 2023
Minnesota

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Today, Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that will ensure biomarker testing is covered by more insurance plans, including Medicaid, when patients need it. The new law will enable more Minnesotans to benefit from biomarker testing, a critical step in accessing precision medicine treatments that can lead to fewer

May 23, 2023
Ohio

Rep. Susan Manchester reintroduced legislation that passed the House unanimously during the last session.

May 23, 2023
Arkansas

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network submitted public comment opposing Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s proposed changes to ARHOME, which would require over 300,000 Arkansans to report work and community activities to the state to remain eligible for their current Medicaid coverage.

May 23, 2023
Arkansas

Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network submitted public comment opposing Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s proposed changes to ARHOME, which would require over 300,000 Arkansans to report work and community activities to the state to remain eligible for their current Medicaid coverage.