I applaud Indiana lawmakers for taking a bold step to protect Hoosier health. Increasing the cigarette tax by $2/pack will save lives, reduce tobacco use, protect youth and help reduce the devastating burden of cancer. Congrats on this major win ACSCAN Indiana!

"There are a number of variations on the colloquialism of 'talk is cheap.' Unfortunately, this phrase characterizes what our state government has done to arrest Iowa’s alarming increase in cancer incidence rates over the past year." thegazette.com/guest-columnis…

politico.com/news/2025/04/2… Medicaid is cancer care. One out of ten adults with a history of cancer relied on Medicaid for their health care in 2023. Medicaid is a literal lifeline for many of the 12,390 Nebraskans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year.

"Not a single person spoke in favor of the work requirements at Wednesday's hearing. Instead, speakers voiced concerns the plan will put people who desperately need Medicaid coverage at risk of losing it." Medicaid is cancer care. weareiowa.com/video/news/loc…

We do have a cancer crisis in Iowa, so access to healthcare, specifically access to affordable, quality healthcare like Medicaid strengthens our economy and allows Iowans to maintain stable employment, which I know is the whole goal of this demonstration. timesrepublican.com/news/todays-ne…

"Medicaid cuts would disproportionately harm rural and small-town areas more than metro centers. In Iowa alone, nearly 270,000 of those covered by Medicaid live in rural communities." desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/…

Missouri continues to trail the country in the adoption of tobacco policies. Local communities need to have the ability to protect themselves from Missouri's leading cause of preventable death. missourinet.com/2025/05/06/ame…

The result of these proposed Medicaid cuts will be devastating – lives will be lost, and state economies will suffer greatly. Congress, there is simply too much to lose for the millions that rely on Medicaid to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer.

It’s clear: cuts to Medicaid will harm cancer patients. Joni Ernst Chuck Grassley Rep. Randy Feenstra Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. Congressman Zach Nunn Ashley Hinson, don't let this happen. Oppose cuts and #ProtectMedicaid.

Nebraskans are calling on their lawmakers to #ProtectMedicaid from cuts that will cost lives and weaken the state's health care infrastructure. fightcancer.org/releases/nebra…

I don’t want to see rural hospitals close their doors because funding got cut I also don’t like the idea of a hidden tax on the working poor That’s why I’m a NO on this House bill in its current form

Tens of thousands of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates urged the House Energy & Commerce Committee to reconsider Medicaid cuts that impact millions. Despite this, lawmakers who voted for these cuts chose to support the loss of health coverage for those with no other affordable options.

joplinglobe.com/opinion/your-v… Senator Hawley Press Office, Missouri's cancer community doesn't want to see cuts to Medicaid.

“To be clear, this legislation still allows the Farm Bureau to sell unregulated products that won’t have to comply with many of the other provisions we fought for over the years,” Kalmer said, including protections for preexisting conditions. missouriindependent.com/2025/05/16/law…

wcfcourier.com/opinion/letter… "Medicaid is health care and cancer care for 677,000 low-income Iowans, so I can’t understand why Ashley Hinson is talking about cutting Medicaid. Our state’s cancer rates are the fastest rising, and with this crisis, health coverage is so important."

kansascity.com/opinion/reader… "Future cancer cures are in jeopardy because of dramatic and unprecedented proposed reductions in research funding, staff eliminations and policy shifts at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute."

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kcur.org/health/2025-07… "Now, more than ever, we need increased efforts on cancer research for better treatments in cancer prevention,” Chen said. “Because cancer can affect anybody.”