Earlier cancer detection saves lives & improves health outcomes! Great to see @GMA reporting on the #MCED blood test that's finding cancer earlier, at more treatable stages: https://t.co/CX28S8MtMN
Good news: This week, the EARLY Act Reauthorization unanimously passed the @HouseCommerce@EnergyCommerce Committee!
This bill supports @CDC_Cancer programs and services that address the unique needs of young women with or at risk for #BreastCancer.
"Had I not had Medicaid and those life-saving treatments, I would not be here today." Volunteer Aisha Patterson spoke to @KFOR urging lawmakers to protect Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma. https://t.co/1HYZxBUCon
ACS CAN volunteer and Medicaid recipient, Aisha Patterson, spoke to @StateImpactOK on the importance of protecting Medicaid expansion for Oklahomans. “It's too important for lawmakers to be looking here for budget flexibility.
Lawmakers are advancing two measures that would clear a path for adjusting or reversing Medicaid expansion.
Cancer advocates warn they could threaten access to care in a state with the fourth-highest cancer mortality rate in the country: https://t.co/YE5gt2w8Pa
The U.S. House of Representatives just voted YES on the year-end spending bill! Thank you @TomColeOK04 for elevating cancer issues in this package to ensure patients, survivors, and families benefit from advances in #CancerResearch, prevention, detection, and treatment.
The House is expected to vote on a spending bill this week that brings us closer to new treatments, earlier detection & more lives saved from cancer. But only if lawmakers follow through.
Send a message to your lawmaker now urging them to pass this bill ⬇️https://t.co/xhpDJg8C10
The #MCEDAct hit 400 cosponsors today!
As the most-supported bill in Congress, there's overwhelming bipartisan support to get this important legislation over the finish line. 💪
If passed, it could help innovative cancer #EarlyDetection tests reach more people who need them.
“This isn’t about partisanship. It’s about values, community, compassion and responsibility.” Shagah Zakerion, a cancer survivor and Tulsa business owner, could lose the coverage she needs if the enhanced ACA tax credits are not renewed by Congress. https://t.co/VHJFFSL22Q
Millions can afford health insurance thanks to health care #TaxCredits. But these are set to expire at the end of 2025, which could cause working families & patients to face crushing hikes in costs.
Urge Congress to renew the health care tax credits now⬇️https://t.co/fa1JprgRWi
Thank you Meg w/ @repkevinhern for meeting with us today to discuss how we can #protectcancercures We appreciate your support in the fight to end cancer as we know it for everyone and I look forward to watching you in Ways and Means tomorrow! @ACSCAN@ACSCANOK#CancerLobbyDay
The #MCEDAct reached a huge milestone last week: 61 supporters in the Senate & 291 in the House!
This is incredible bipartisan support. If passed, the bill could help #EarlyDetection tests reach more people who need them.
We urge Congress to act swiftly & support final passage.
.@ACSCAN urges Congress to pass the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. #MCED tests could be a major breakthrough in reducing the cancer burden—but only if people can access them.
ICYMI: New billboards up in Oklahoma City calling on Congress not to cut funding for cancer research. We urge @TomColeOK04 to #ProtectCancerCures Thank you to Howie Jackson for sharing your story. @kfor https://t.co/b5PyMVaegv
Starting today, we are raising $100 in 100 hours to help end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Honor a loved one by purchasing a Lights of Hope bag and you might just see your bag at our nation's capitol next month. https://t.co/VJTkPUHV8g