Priscilla Cabral-Pérez
@prisvscancer.bsky.social
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) regional multicultural media advocacy associate director
After losing his brother Ronil to an aggressive brain cancer, @acscan.bsky.social Sahil Mehta began advocating for stronger support for childhood cancer research. Read his story here: bit.ly/3Ka2QTb
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November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
After losing his brother Ronil to an aggressive brain cancer, @acscan.bsky.social Sahil Mehta began advocating for stronger support for childhood cancer research. Read his story here: bit.ly/3Ka2QTb
November is Lung & Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among AAPI men; and death rates in NHPI people are three times higher for stomach cancer compared to White people? Learn more at cancer.org/getscreened
#GetScreened @acscan.bsky.social
#GetScreened @acscan.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
November is Lung & Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among AAPI men; and death rates in NHPI people are three times higher for stomach cancer compared to White people? Learn more at cancer.org/getscreened
#GetScreened @acscan.bsky.social
#GetScreened @acscan.bsky.social
ACS CAN’s ACSí Se Puede Hispanic/Latino Advocacy Alliance is celebrating our roots, culture & voices. Lifesaving cancer research and prevention programs promise hope for tomorrow. Join us by sending a message to Congress: bit.ly/4nJu4OK. Urge them to protect #ProtectCancerCures. @acscan.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
ACS CAN’s ACSí Se Puede Hispanic/Latino Advocacy Alliance is celebrating our roots, culture & voices. Lifesaving cancer research and prevention programs promise hope for tomorrow. Join us by sending a message to Congress: bit.ly/4nJu4OK. Urge them to protect #ProtectCancerCures. @acscan.bsky.social
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The House just passed a bill that makes the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history & kicks millions off health coverage.
This will have a lasting impact on the fight against cancer. Health care costs will increase & those who need cancer screening & preventive care could have to go without. (1/2)
This will have a lasting impact on the fight against cancer. Health care costs will increase & those who need cancer screening & preventive care could have to go without. (1/2)
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The House just passed a bill that makes the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history & kicks millions off health coverage.
This will have a lasting impact on the fight against cancer. Health care costs will increase & those who need cancer screening & preventive care could have to go without. (1/2)
This will have a lasting impact on the fight against cancer. Health care costs will increase & those who need cancer screening & preventive care could have to go without. (1/2)
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In a victory for the fight against cancer, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ACA's provision that requires most private insurers cover lifesaving preventive care services without cost sharing. ACS CAN led 32 partner organizations in applauding the decision: www.fightcancer.org/releases/mor...
June 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In a victory for the fight against cancer, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ACA's provision that requires most private insurers cover lifesaving preventive care services without cost sharing. ACS CAN led 32 partner organizations in applauding the decision: www.fightcancer.org/releases/mor...
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⚠️The Senate will soon begin debating a bill that includes the largest cut to #Medicaid in history & will kick nearly 11 million off health insurance.
Send a message to your members of Congress & urge them to vote NO.
Pressure from constituents (that’s you!) is the only way to change minds & votes.
Send a message to your members of Congress & urge them to vote NO.
Pressure from constituents (that’s you!) is the only way to change minds & votes.
The U.S. Senate will vote any day now on a bill that will kick millions off #Medicaid and increase health care costs for everyone.
This could come down to just one or two votes.
Send a message to them now urging them to vote NO on these devastating cuts:
This could come down to just one or two votes.
Send a message to them now urging them to vote NO on these devastating cuts:
Now is the time: tell your senators to vote NO on cuts to Medicaid and affordable health care
ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚠️The Senate will soon begin debating a bill that includes the largest cut to #Medicaid in history & will kick nearly 11 million off health insurance.
Send a message to your members of Congress & urge them to vote NO.
Pressure from constituents (that’s you!) is the only way to change minds & votes.
Send a message to your members of Congress & urge them to vote NO.
Pressure from constituents (that’s you!) is the only way to change minds & votes.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized the 2025 Marketplace Integrity Rule, making it harder to access affordable, comprehensive health coverage.
Up to 1.8 million people could lose coverage as a result, including cancer patients, survivors & those at risk of developing the disease.
Up to 1.8 million people could lose coverage as a result, including cancer patients, survivors & those at risk of developing the disease.
June 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized the 2025 Marketplace Integrity Rule, making it harder to access affordable, comprehensive health coverage.
Up to 1.8 million people could lose coverage as a result, including cancer patients, survivors & those at risk of developing the disease.
Up to 1.8 million people could lose coverage as a result, including cancer patients, survivors & those at risk of developing the disease.
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Tens of thousands of @acscan.bsky.social advocates urged the House Energy & Commerce Committee to reconsider Medicaid cuts that impact millions of patients. Despite this, lawmakers who voted for these cuts chose to support the loss of health coverage for those with no other affordable options.
May 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tens of thousands of @acscan.bsky.social advocates urged the House Energy & Commerce Committee to reconsider Medicaid cuts that impact millions of patients. Despite this, lawmakers who voted for these cuts chose to support the loss of health coverage for those with no other affordable options.
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“These cuts pose a major threat to the ongoing fight against cancer, especially for research, prevention and screening services…if implemented, these cuts will deal a devastating blow to cancer patients and their families.” - @llacasseacscan.bsky.social #CancerResearch go.fightcancer.org/42YMv9c
May 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“These cuts pose a major threat to the ongoing fight against cancer, especially for research, prevention and screening services…if implemented, these cuts will deal a devastating blow to cancer patients and their families.” - @llacasseacscan.bsky.social #CancerResearch go.fightcancer.org/42YMv9c
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Today on Capitol Hill, ACS CAN cancer advocates from across the country attended the Senate Appropriations hearing, Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation, to emphasize the critical need for bipartisan support for medical research in the fight against cancer. #CancerResearch (1/3)
ACS CAN volunteers show support for cancer research
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April 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Today on Capitol Hill, ACS CAN cancer advocates from across the country attended the Senate Appropriations hearing, Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation, to emphasize the critical need for bipartisan support for medical research in the fight against cancer. #CancerResearch (1/3)
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Thank you to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Senator Collins and Vice Chair @murray.senate.gov, and LHHS Subcommittee Chair Senator Capito and Ranking Member @baldwin.senate.gov for today's biomedical research hearing. We look forward to attending to support #CancerResearch.
Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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April 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thank you to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Senator Collins and Vice Chair @murray.senate.gov, and LHHS Subcommittee Chair Senator Capito and Ranking Member @baldwin.senate.gov for today's biomedical research hearing. We look forward to attending to support #CancerResearch.
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Breaking: The House just passed a budget resolution that will lead to devastating cuts to #Medicaid.
Countless cancer patients rely on Medicaid for their care.
Experts agree there is no way to make cuts as massive as those proposed in this bill without causing real harm.
#MedicaidMatters (1/2)
Countless cancer patients rely on Medicaid for their care.
Experts agree there is no way to make cuts as massive as those proposed in this bill without causing real harm.
#MedicaidMatters (1/2)
April 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Breaking: The House just passed a budget resolution that will lead to devastating cuts to #Medicaid.
Countless cancer patients rely on Medicaid for their care.
Experts agree there is no way to make cuts as massive as those proposed in this bill without causing real harm.
#MedicaidMatters (1/2)
Countless cancer patients rely on Medicaid for their care.
Experts agree there is no way to make cuts as massive as those proposed in this bill without causing real harm.
#MedicaidMatters (1/2)
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Drastic cuts at HHS and changes in key federal agencies could disrupt operations and jeopardize programs that touch all points of the cancer continuum—from prevention to detection, to drug development, treatment and survivorship: www.fightcancer.org/releases/sig...
Significant HHS Workforce Reduction and Restructuring Threaten the Nation’s Fight Against Cancer
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will be cutting more than 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring that will impact operations at the U.S. Centers for Di...
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March 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Drastic cuts at HHS and changes in key federal agencies could disrupt operations and jeopardize programs that touch all points of the cancer continuum—from prevention to detection, to drug development, treatment and survivorship: www.fightcancer.org/releases/sig...
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Today the House introduced the #SCREENSForCancerAct! This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize the #NBCCEDP, which has provided critical breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic tests and treatment to underserved, limited-income, underinsured and uninsured communities nationwide.
Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Introduced in the House
The U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services for Cancer Act of 2025. The legislation would reauthorize the National Breast ...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today the House introduced the #SCREENSForCancerAct! This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize the #NBCCEDP, which has provided critical breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic tests and treatment to underserved, limited-income, underinsured and uninsured communities nationwide.
This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured through a state-regulated health plan, including Medicaid: www.fightcancer.org/releases/sen...
Senate Unanimously Passes Legislation Improving New Yorkers’ Access to Lung Cancer Screening; Coalition Backing Bill Applauds Senators & Calls on Assembly to Follow Suit
This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured through a...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured through a state-regulated health plan, including Medicaid: www.fightcancer.org/releases/sen...
El Senado de NY aprobó una legislación que eliminaría los costos compartidos para las pruebas de detección del cáncer de pulmón para las personas elegibles con un seguro médico regulado por el estado. Instamos a la Asamblea estatal a que haga lo mismo.
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El Senado de Nueva York aprueba unánimemente una legislación para ampliar el acceso a la detección del cáncer de pulmón; la coalición que respalda la propuesta aplaude a los senadores y pide a la Asam...
El Senado estatal aprobó unánimemente una legislación que eliminaría los costos compartidos para los exámenes de detección del cáncer de pulmón y las pruebas de seguimiento para las personas elegibles...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
El Senado de NY aprobó una legislación que eliminaría los costos compartidos para las pruebas de detección del cáncer de pulmón para las personas elegibles con un seguro médico regulado por el estado. Instamos a la Asamblea estatal a que haga lo mismo.
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Last week, Congress passed a budget bill that includes cuts to #CancerResearch.
Cuts to research funding, reductions in key staff & spending freezes all jeopardize progress in the fight against cancer.
Sign our new petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional—it’s essential.
Cuts to research funding, reductions in key staff & spending freezes all jeopardize progress in the fight against cancer.
Sign our new petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional—it’s essential.
Sign the petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional – it’s essential
ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.
act.fightcancer.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Last week, Congress passed a budget bill that includes cuts to #CancerResearch.
Cuts to research funding, reductions in key staff & spending freezes all jeopardize progress in the fight against cancer.
Sign our new petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional—it’s essential.
Cuts to research funding, reductions in key staff & spending freezes all jeopardize progress in the fight against cancer.
Sign our new petition to tell Congress cancer research funding isn't optional—it’s essential.
ACS CAN lamenta la muerte del Rep. Raúl Grijalva, un firme Defensor de la salud pública que abogó por la creación de nuevas clínicas de atención médica en el sur de Arizona, entre otras iniciativas para avanzar la lucha contra el cáncer. QDEP. Lee el comunicado aquí: bit.ly/3R8ebD7
March 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ACS CAN lamenta la muerte del Rep. Raúl Grijalva, un firme Defensor de la salud pública que abogó por la creación de nuevas clínicas de atención médica en el sur de Arizona, entre otras iniciativas para avanzar la lucha contra el cáncer. QDEP. Lee el comunicado aquí: bit.ly/3R8ebD7
The Fresno City Council “is planning a crackdown on some businesses that sell tobacco products... A strong, comprehensive tobacco retail licensing ordinance would be a more effective solution,” says ACS CAN volunteer Richard Navarro. Read his op-ed in the @fresnobee.com bit.ly/4kE8aeW
Fresno leaders must hold tobacco retailers accountable to protect vulnerable youth | Opinion
“Fresno is the largest jurisdiction in California without a tobacco retail licensing ordinance.”
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March 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Fresno City Council “is planning a crackdown on some businesses that sell tobacco products... A strong, comprehensive tobacco retail licensing ordinance would be a more effective solution,” says ACS CAN volunteer Richard Navarro. Read his op-ed in the @fresnobee.com bit.ly/4kE8aeW
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Today the House passed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations & Extensions Act. It contains no increases for federal #CancerResearch or prevention funding & significant cuts to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP): www.fightcancer.org/releases/us-... (1/3)
March 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today the House passed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations & Extensions Act. It contains no increases for federal #CancerResearch or prevention funding & significant cuts to Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP): www.fightcancer.org/releases/us-... (1/3)
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Now is not the time to halt progress in #CancerResearch & prevention.
We call on Congress to prioritize the fight against cancer by pivoting to a short-term CR to fund the gov’t while drafting full appropriations bills that include robust investments in cancer: www.fightcancer.org/releases/acs...
We call on Congress to prioritize the fight against cancer by pivoting to a short-term CR to fund the gov’t while drafting full appropriations bills that include robust investments in cancer: www.fightcancer.org/releases/acs...
March 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Now is not the time to halt progress in #CancerResearch & prevention.
We call on Congress to prioritize the fight against cancer by pivoting to a short-term CR to fund the gov’t while drafting full appropriations bills that include robust investments in cancer: www.fightcancer.org/releases/acs...
We call on Congress to prioritize the fight against cancer by pivoting to a short-term CR to fund the gov’t while drafting full appropriations bills that include robust investments in cancer: www.fightcancer.org/releases/acs...
Actualmente, los trabajadores de NY que enfrentan una enfermedad crónica pueden recibir un máximo de $170 por semana a través del Programa de Seguro por Discapacidad Temporal, una cantidad que no ha cambiado desde 1989. #ACSCANNY #LegislaturadeNY #NYleg #JuntosContraElCancer
Pacientes con cáncer que fueron despedidos tras su diagnóstico instan a los legisladores de Nueva York a que amplíen el acceso a la baja médica y familiar remunerada
Mientras los legisladores estatales realizaban una audiencia sobre el presupuesto relacionado con la fuerza laboral, voluntarios de ACS CAN los instaron a que amplien el acceso a la baja médica y fami...
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February 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Actualmente, los trabajadores de NY que enfrentan una enfermedad crónica pueden recibir un máximo de $170 por semana a través del Programa de Seguro por Discapacidad Temporal, una cantidad que no ha cambiado desde 1989. #ACSCANNY #LegislaturadeNY #NYleg #JuntosContraElCancer
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🚨The House is expected to vote on a bill this week that would decimate #Medicaid, which provides lifesaving health coverage to 80 million people in America, including cancer patients & survivors.
Urge your Representative to vote NO on these drastic cuts:
Urge your Representative to vote NO on these drastic cuts:
Urge your U.S. House Representative to vote NO on a bill that would drastically cut Medicaid
ACS CAN is the leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority.
act.fightcancer.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨The House is expected to vote on a bill this week that would decimate #Medicaid, which provides lifesaving health coverage to 80 million people in America, including cancer patients & survivors.
Urge your Representative to vote NO on these drastic cuts:
Urge your Representative to vote NO on these drastic cuts:
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"Cuts to the HHS workforce have the potential to dismantle the critical government infrastructure that has played a pivotal role in cancer survivorship for 18 million individuals who are alive today in the U.S. resulting in more suffering from cancer nationwide." - @llacasseacscan.bsky.social
Significant Reduction in Workforce at Critical Health Agencies Puts the Nation’s Leadership in the Fight Against Cancer at Risk
“Government has a responsibility to continually assess the best application of national resources; however, indiscriminate cuts to our nation’s health and research infrastructure funding significantly...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"Cuts to the HHS workforce have the potential to dismantle the critical government infrastructure that has played a pivotal role in cancer survivorship for 18 million individuals who are alive today in the U.S. resulting in more suffering from cancer nationwide." - @llacasseacscan.bsky.social
Ayer, los representantes Dunn y Clarke presentaron ante la Cámara Baja una propuesta bipartidista que busca eliminar los costos compartidos asociados a la detección del cáncer de próstata para hombres con mayor riesgo de desarrollar la enfermedad, centrándose en aquellos con antecedentes familiares.
Propuesta de ley en el Congreso eliminaría las barreras económicas para obtener pruebas de detección del cáncer de próstata
Los representantes Neal Dunn, M.D. (R-FL) e Yvette Clarke (D-NY) presentaron ante la Cámara Baja el proyecto de ley llamado Ley sobre las Pruebas de Antígeno Prostático Específico para Hombres en Alto...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ayer, los representantes Dunn y Clarke presentaron ante la Cámara Baja una propuesta bipartidista que busca eliminar los costos compartidos asociados a la detección del cáncer de próstata para hombres con mayor riesgo de desarrollar la enfermedad, centrándose en aquellos con antecedentes familiares.