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ACS CAN’s 2016 Pain Policy Report Card

... unrelieved pain. This is important because patients often face significant barriers to pain treatment. Pain is also a huge contributor to rising health care costs, which is already a substantial financial burden on the shoulders of individuals and families who are going through treatment. To track ... pain. The report analysis is evidence there is still much work to be done to ensure that any measures put in place to curb the public health crisis around opioid abuse and misuse also stress the need for balance, and improved pain policies are in fact reaching patients. States ...

2016 Rhode Island Legislative Session Update

... the Governor to urge that the proposal for a mere 25 cent tobacco tax increase be removed and replaced with a significant tax that would improve health for Ocean State residents with revenue dedicated back to tobacco control programs, cessation services, and enforcement. The governor ... prohibit food and beverage advertising of high calories and unhealthy foods to children on school grounds and buses. Ensuring Access to Quality Care Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: ACS CAN was the only organization that testified before both chambers of the Rhode Island Legislature ...

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