La Legislatura de Illinois aprobó un proyecto de ley para incrementar el acceso a las pruebas de biomarcadores, una herramienta transformadora en la lucha contra el cáncer y otras enfermedades, y un paso esencial para acceder a tratamientos de precisión.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A last-minute amendment to Senate Bill 24, which was passed by the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, would allow smoking inside some retail cigar stores. The amendment creates an exemption to Alaska’s smoke-free workplace law, which passed in 2018.
The House and Senate unanimously passed a bill to make prostate cancer screenings more accessible this week, sending it to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry. SB 84 would make prostate cancer screenings more affordable for patients at high-risk for the disease by eliminating patient cost-sharing. “If passed, this law would have a significant impact on prostate cancer early detection in Louisiana,” said Louisiana Government Relation Director Alice Kline. “We are hopeful Gov. Landry will sign this bill into law.”
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was pleased to see the Louisiana Medical Debt Protections Act (SB 414) pass the House Committee on Commerce today. Recent polling data found that nearly 70% of Louisiana voters surveyed reported having current or past medical debt. Louisiana ranks in the top ten states for proportion of people with medical debt in collections, at 18.1%.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cancer survivors, researchers and advocates, including Dr.
Late Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for plan year 2027.
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Access to quality, affordable health care is crucial for all Alaskans to lead healthy and happy lives and Senate Bill 83 will be a step in assuring that access, especially for residents in the most rural parts of the state, putting telehealth rate fairness into