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Governor Murphy Sets Sights on Affordability Concerns in 2025, Advocates Applaud & Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Patients across Cancer Continuum
... This is the case for patients across the cancer continuum. New Jerseyans are looking for state leaders to intervene and prevent the costs of care from trending upward and potentially trapping them in a lifetime of medical debt. Cancer patients and survivors throughout the state were ... and stripping them of a right that has been granted to every other employee in New Jersey: a smoke-free workplace. “Putting in jeopardy the health and wellbeing of a key group of New Jersey’s workforce not only exposes the workers to preventable illness and the accompanying cost burden, but it also costs casinos and the state through increased health, life and fire insurance premiums, workers compensation payments, higher worker absenteeism and lower productivity. We can prevent disease ...
Mother, Daughter Survive Cancer & Send Message to Lawmakers: Reduce the Burden of Cancer in New Jersey
... making it less punitive for patients and easier for them to weather the financial storm of their illness. ACS CAN, along with the many public health and medical leaders who advocated for the passage of the proposal, see it as an opportunity to minimize the negative, cascading impacts of medical debt. This legislative session, the mother-daughter duo will join fellow patient advocates, medical leaders and public health allies in advancing legislation to improve access to biomarker testing, eliminate financial barriers to prostate cancer screening and end ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...