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ACS CAN Wisconsin Volunteer Letter Published

June 2, 2017
Wisconsin

Wisconsin volunteer, Kathi Hansen, writes a letter to the Green Bay Press Gazette about critical policy supporting health care and cancer research.

Twenty-five organizations have joined forces to protect kids from cheap tobacco and close the little cigar tax loophole in Wisconsin

May 12, 2017
Wisconsin

Read the memo here. As the Joint Finance Committee finalizes Wisconsin’s biennial budget, twenty-five organizations urge the committee to preserve the provision in the Assembly GOP tax and transportation package that closes a loophole in current law which allows cigarette-like little cigars to be taxed less than cigarettes.

Advocates pen reminder to Speaker Paul Ryan, published in local paper

May 3, 2017
Wisconsin

ACS CAN volunteers David and Kari Reilly shared with us a letter they submitted to the Janesville Gazette newspaper, describing the importance of reliable health insurance for their family. It reads: "Insurance coverage and patient protections are crucial to our family. David was diagnosed with and treated for cancer 20

Wisconsin Advocate's Letter Published

March 16, 2017
Wisconsin

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocate, Kay Lock, said it so well in her recent letter to the editor, “I am the parent of a cancer survivor, and my plate is pretty full. I worry about reoccurrence. I worry about his future. I worry about what’s to come for all my children.

Wisconsin Advocate Featured on CNN

March 9, 2017
Wisconsin

For Tiffany Koehler, ACS CAN Wisconsin advocate, Medicaid was her lifeline to lifesaving treatment after being diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She’s not alone. More than a million cancer patients and survivors rely on Medicaid for their care, and the current health care proposal in Congress could put access

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates meet with Speaker Paul Ryan

March 2, 2017
Wisconsin

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates, Nikki Payne, David Reilly, and Kari Reilly, recently met with Speaker Paul Ryan David was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 20 years ago on his 29 th birthday. After months of chemotherapy and radiation, he was cancer free. But the treatments that saved his life also severely

Thank You Letter from ACS CAN Volunteers to Speaker Ryan Published in Janesville Gazette

February 21, 2017
Wisconsin

"Thank you, Speaker Ryan, for your leadership in getting 21 st Century Cures passed to fund more medical research. The next step is to make sure we will all be able to access those breakthroughs. Please support legislation that will keep us covered."

Wisconsin lawmakers introduce legislation to curb youth tobacco use

February 13, 2017
Wisconsin

Rep. Jeffrey Mursau (R-Crivitz), Rep. Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) and Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) introduced legislation last week to ensure “other tobacco products,” such as cigars and e-cigarettes, are not given preferential treatment over cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

ACS CAN reacts to Governor Walker’s budget proposal

February 10, 2017
Wisconsin

Sara Sahli, Wisconsin government relations director for ACS CAN, issued a media statement in reaction to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget released on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.