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American Cancer Society Joins Organizations In Support Of The Affordable Health Care for America Act

November 5, 2009
Blog Post
This morning, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) announced support for the Affordable Health Care for America Act saying:

The House bill takes a number of steps to improve health care for cancer patients and their families by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention, ending the practice of denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions, limiting the cost burden on families by providing care that covers more and costs less and emphasizing patients' quality of life.

They join the following groups representing millions of Americans in support of the House legislation to reduce health care costs, protect and increase consumers' choices, and guarantee access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans:

Advocates for Youth

AFL-CIO

AFSCME

Alliance for Children and Families

Alliance for Retired Americans

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

American Association of Pastoral Counselors

American Art Therapy Association

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

American College of Physicians

American College of Surgeons

American Counseling Association

American Group Psychotherapy Association

American Medical Student Association

American Mental Health Counselors Association

American Nurses Association

American Osteopathic Association

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

American Psychoanalytic Association

American Psychotherapy Association

American Public Health Association

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

Arc of the United States

Association for the Advancement of Psychology

Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Association of American Medical Colleges

Black Youth Vote

California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)

Campus Progress

Center for Clinical Social Work/ABE

Center for Community Change

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Child Welfare League of America

Choice USA

Clinical Social Work Association

Clinical Social Work Guild 49, OPEIU

Consumers Union

Corporation for Supportive Housing

CWA

Demos

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Doctors for America

Easter Seals

Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action

Families USA

Family Voices

Federation of American Hospitals

Forward Montana

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Generational Alliance

Health Access California

Health Care for America NOW

Health Care for America NOW -- Southern Oregon Coalition

Main Street Alliance

Mental Health America

NAACP

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders-ANAD

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

National Association of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils

National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

National Association of Social Workers

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

National Breast Cancer Coalition

National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

National Disability Rights Network

National Education Association (NEA)

National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

National Foundation for Mental Health

National Patient Advocate Foundation

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Rock the Vote

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Small Business Majority

Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, a Division of AFSP

Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc,

UAW

United Cerebral Palsy

United Methodist Church -- General Board of Church and Society

United Neighborhood Centers of America

United Spinal Association

USAction

U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association

U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)

U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

Virginia Organizing Project

Voto Latino

Washington Community Action Network

Witness Justice

Young Democrats of America

Young Invincibles

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