One in four people currently receiving cancer-related care has delayed treatment in the past year, and nearly one in three people under age 65 who have been diagnosed with cancer has been uninsured at some point since their diagnosis, according to a national poll released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 5, 2009 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today launched an advertising campaign urging Congress to enact health care system reform this year.
Four in ten Americans say they would not be able to afford all the treatment and care needed if they were suddenly diagnosed with cancer, and one in five Americans says they are likely to lose their health insurance in the next 12 months, according to a national bipartisan poll released today.
The House and Senate passed Budget Resolutions last night that enable the critical effort to move forward to reform our health care system. The result is good news for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones who know too well the gaps that exist in the broken health care system.
Leaders from widely diverse national organizations today stressed their mutual commitment to reform of the nation’s health care system, calling it an “urgent, national necessity” that requires different stakeholders to cooperate in ways that they did not in previous reform efforts.
The House and Senate Budget Committees passed budget resolutions this week that enable critical health care reform to move forward in this country. The result is good news for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones who know too well the gaps that exist in the broken health care system.
Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced legislation today that would renew the national commitment to defeat cancer, a disease that is expected to kill 560,000 Americans this year alone.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 25, 2009 -- “President Obama could not have been more explicit in making cancer and health care top priorities for his administration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 24, 2009 -- Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are calling on the President to continue to make access to quality health care and prevention a top national priority following recent passage of the stimulus bill.
Cancer patients, survivors, and their caregivers across the country are meeting with members of Congress and holding public events this week to call for swift early action on three top advocacy priorities for the cancer community: FDA regulation of tobacco products, comprehensive health care reform and medical research funding.