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ACS CAN's Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Lobby Day

Today is the start of ACS CAN's signature annual event: our Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. We'll be welcoming more than 600 cancer patients, advocates, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district to Washington, D.C. for more than three days of training, events, keynote presentations and meetings with lawmakers. It's one of my favorite events of the year. Tuesday, advocates will ...

Non-Medical Costs Associated with Clinical Trials Continue to be Barrier to Diverse Participation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was joined by 20 other organizations in proposing the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General adopt a new regulatory safe harbor from the Anti-kickback Statute that would allow clinical trial sponsors to financially ... clinical trial participation, such as travel, parking and lodging. The letter reads in part: “Although there are myriad reasons for the lack of diversity in clinical trials, one is straightforward: many diverse individuals simply cannot afford to participate in clinical trials. A ...

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 ...

New Report Shows Majority of States Missing Opportunities to Reduce Toll of Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 6, 2015 A majority of states are not measuring up on legislative solutions that prevent and fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality rates states on the strength of proven policies that help to prevent a disease that kills more than 1,600 people a day nationwide and will cost the country an estimated $216 billion in health care costs this year alone. The report, which was released at the National Conference of State ...

ACS CAN Supports the Clinical Trial Modernization Act (H.R. 8412)

Clinical trials are key to advancing new standards of care that can improve survival and quality of life for people with cancer. However, cost to trial participants is often a barrier to their enrollment. ...

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

What is the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)?  Created by Texans, CPRIT’s goal is to expedite innovation in cancer research and product development, and to enhance access ... in output and 201,911 jobs in 2023.     Moreover, the Institute’s efforts to improve outcomes related to cancer prevention and treatment can lead to a significant reduction in cancer incidence and severity over time and be a catalyst to biomedical development in Texas. It is far less ... also morbidity and mortality losses are reduced.     Every $1 spent through CPRIT for screening and prevention leads to $27.82 in treatment cost savings and resulting economic benefits through earlier detection.  Texas can and must continue this historic cost and life-saving ...

Can Tech Innovation Help End Cancer?

... I attended on Capitol Hill with IBM and MD Anderson about how technology innovation could help end cancer. Technology is changing every aspect of our lives, and in the field of medicine that is especially true in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. Technology allowed ... applying technology in unprecedented ways. Watson is a groundbreaking example of how the synthesis of big data into new forms of intelligence can teach us more about diseases, treatments and patients themselves. Watson has the potential to revolutionize oncology research with its ability ... Š—– and one that can be replicated by different doctors in similar patients wherever they are. The promise is better quality care and lower cost. A cognitive technology platform like Watson can hold that kind of potential. An estimated 1.6 million people in America will be diagnosed ...

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 ...

ACS CAN Advocates Head to Washington DC to Lobby for Cancer Research

Volunteers will be in Washington, D.C., representing Michigan with hundreds of cancer patients and survivors from across the country to call on Congress to make the fight against cancer a top priority. Volunteers are asking our lawmakers to do three things: Increase federal funding for cancer researche Support patient quality of life legislaiton Eliminate surprise costs for seniors getting colorectal cancer screenings. We know that Congress has tough decisions to make, ... kills nearly 600,000 Americans every year – or one person every minute of every day – should be high on the nation’s priority list. ACS CAN Advocates Head to Washington DC to Lobby for Cancer Research ...

Cancer Community Celebrates House Inclusion of Increased Funding for Cancer Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 17, 2009 -- “Today the cancer community is celebrating the House Appropriations Committee passage of the FY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that provides $30.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ... treatments for is a critical component of a comprehensive approach to defeating a disease that will kill thousands of Americans this year and cost the economy billions of dollars.” ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

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