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House Stimulus Package Would Expand Access to Health Coverage, Increase Medicaid Funding and Eliminate Medicare Patients’ COVID Costs
Washington, D.C.—T he U.S. House of Representatives will vote tonight on a package of legislative proposals aimed at addressing numerous pandemic-related health, research ... support cash-strapped states meet their residents’ growing need for health coverage. It also ensures Medicare enrollees will not face any cost sharing for COVID-19 related health expenses and provides funding for the National Institutes of Health to restart essential medical ... with more than 12 million workers. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), follows: “Urgent action is needed to help millions of Americans, including many who have a history of cancer, obtain and ...
600 Advocates Meet with Lawmakers at Annual ACS CAN Lobby Day
... 600 cancer patients, survivors, caretakers, volunteers and staff from across the country convened recently in Washington, DC for the annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Constituents from all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam) and nearly every congressional district met with their lawmakers, urging Congress to support lifesaving policies ... asked their representatives to co-sponsor bipartisan legislation that would make palliative care more available to patients who need it. Remove cost barriers to colorectal cancer screenings . While the Affordable Care Act waives co-pays for screenings for colorectal cancer, Medicare ...
2025 ACS CAN Hawaii Cancer Action Day Training
... you for joining us to fight for lifesaving laws that will prevent cancer and protect survivors and their families. Your involvement in ACS CAN Hawaii Cancer Action Day will help improve the lives of thousands of families across our state. We're planning an impactful day and want to make sure you have all the materials you need to be ... Priorities Hawaii Biomarker Testing Fact Sheet Natalie's Biomarker Story Colorectal Cancer Fact Sheet New Revenues, Public Health Benefits & Cost Savings From a $1 Cigarette Tax Increase in Hawaii * Team Meeting Assignments *: (In progress) Capitol Map Legislative Profiles - ...
ACS CAN Releases 13th Annual How Do You Measure Up Report
... would prevent cancer, reduce youth smoking, improve access to cancer care and significantly reduce health care costs. Those are the conclusions of ACS CAN's 13th annual How Do You Measure Up Report. The report, released at the recent National Conference of State Legislatures annual meeting, is intended to provide state lawmakers with accurate, evidence-based information policy approaches that can ...
New ACS CAN report takes a closer look at the barriers patients face to join cancer clinical trials
Clinical trials are a critical part of cancer research. They allow cancer researchers to test and study new treatments with the goal of improving cancer care. For a clinical trial to ... in clinical research, but that only a small fraction of them end up enrolling in clinical trials due to various enrollment barriers. ACS CAN released a report this month at the organization’s annual National Policy Forum that identifies enrollment barriers and proposes ways they ... in the institution where they are being treated. Patients that do have access to a clinical trial cited other barriers to joining – including cost and logistical issues of participating and fear over medical side effects. At the National Policy Forum, ACS CAN was joined by a wide range of ...
Improving the Nation’s Health Care System Should Be Top Priority in State of the Union Address
Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020 — Cancer patients, survivors and caregivers will tune into the president’s State of the Union address tonight, watching to see if the president will commit to improving the nation’s health care system by preserving access to ... the issue of surprise bills and affordability of prescription drugs, as well as investing in life-saving cancer research and prevention. ACS CAN Delaware volunteer and cancer survivor Jan White will be following the speech in person, as a guest of Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt-Rochester. A ... in Medicare. Cancer is a disease more common with age and can be very expensive to treat. For Medicare enrollees who currently face unlimited cost sharing for some of their prescription drugs, the financial burden can be overwhelming. We urge the president to aggressively pursue ...
Health Insurance Marketplaces Open on First Day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. October 1, 2013 Today marks both the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the opening of health insurance marketplaces in every state that enable people with breast cancer and other ... of their health status or medical history. The health care law, known as the Affordable Care Act, provides that beginning next year, no one can be denied coverage or charged astronomical rates because of a pre-existing condition such as cancer, and patients cannot have their plans ... starting at age 40, and BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing and counseling for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, all at no cost to patients. The law also bans lifetime dollar limits on coverage and restricts annual dollar limits, protections that begin next year. Even ...
ACS CAN Says Cancer Should be a Top Priority for Supercommittee
WASHINGTON – September 13, 2011 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the deficit "supercommittee" to make cancer a top priority during negotiations over a deficit reduction package. ACS CAN President Christopher W. Hansen sent a letter today to the 12 members of the supercommittee and other members of Congress calling on them to help to ensure additional progress in the fight against cancer, which kills 1,500 people in America each day. "When ...
One Year Anniversary of Cancer Moonshot Reignition Brings Progress and Opportunity
WASHINGTON, DC – February 2, 2023 – On the one-year anniversary of the reignited Cancer Moonshot, the White House looked back on a year of progress and announced several public and private commitments to ... shared by the administration, the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), are highlighted for ongoing work across the enterprise to support the Moonshot’s five key priority areas: (1) close the screening gap, (2) ... a number of legislative and policy developments over the past year, including improved cancer care affordability thanks to out-of-pocket cost caps in Medicare Part D; the creation and funding of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) with $2.5B already ...
Strengthening Nation’s Health Care System Should Be a Priority in State of the Union Address
Washington, D.C.—February 5, 2019—Cancer patients, survivors and caregivers will tune into the president’s State of the Union address tonight, watching to see if the president will commit to strengthening the nation’s health care system by preserving access ... and affordable health care coverage, support life-saving medical research through increased federal research funding and improve patient quality of life with increased access to palliative care. ACS CAN Maryland State Lead Ambassador Jacqueline Beale, a 17-year breast cancer survivor, has been invited to attend the State of the Union by House ...