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Cancer Advocates Oppose Bill to Fund Cancer Research that Advances Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Agenda

... Tomorrow, the Arkansas House Rules Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 1565. While this bill’s stated purpose, funding for the pursuit of National Cancer Institute designation for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is laudable, it achieves this aim by undercutting effective tobacco control and implementing Big ... companies to phase in an increase in the age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) opposes this bill because it does not implement evidence based best practices that would reduce tobacco use and lead to lasting cancer ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Ensuring Everyone Has Access to Lifesaving Screenings

... Month, we reflect on our efforts to reduce the breast cancer burden nationwide and continue our commitment to fighting the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. An estimated 266,120 women in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018, ... as recommended, which in part contributes to only 62 percent of breast cancers being diagnosed at an early, local stage. Getting screened early can save lives from breast cancer, but lack of health insurance poses a major barrier to breast cancer screening. Millions of low-income, uninsured ... services. ACS CAN supports policies that require insurers to cover recommended breast cancer screenings beginning at age 40 without patient cost sharing. Disparities exist across the cancer continuum, and breast cancer is no exception. The ACS CAN report Cancer Disparities: A Chartbook ...

Palliative Care Bill a Win for South Dakota, Amendment F Looms as Possible Major Setback for Cancer Community

... allowed the state’s health care providers to better serve individuals with serious illnesses. Palliative care aims to provide better quality of life for cancer patients, those with other serious illnesses and their families by focusing on relieving the pain, stress and other symptoms ... definition to statute, allowing for improved access to and reimbursement for palliative care services as well as providing for the distribution of education materials on palliative care.  The bill was supported by the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, Avera Health, ... at diagnosis. SJR 501, passed with little in the way of discussion or specifics, will be placed on the November ballot as Amendment F. ACS CAN will be part of a broad coalition of health advocacy groups opposed as similar programs in other Medicaid Expansion states have accomplished ...

Cancer Advocates Hold Cancer Action Day at Capitol, Urging Lawmakers to Improve Access to Lung Cancer Screening & Paid Medical Leave, Ensure Privacy around Genetic Testing

... the state have come together at the State Capitol in Albany today to advocate for several legislative proposals that aim to address the needs of patients across the cancer continuum. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives people impacted by cancer a powerful voice with lawmakers by holding an annual Cancer Action Day.  Topping the list of priorities this ... Bill 8553-A in limiting barriers to screening. ACS CAN volunteer Jackie Nesbitt shared her story with stage III lung cancer and navigating cost-sharing around screening. She emphasized how these out-of-pocket expenses can act as a deterrent to seeking care. “We need to do better in ...

Statement: Tan Ban Passes NJ Senate

Keeping Teens Out of Tanning Beds Saves Lives Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President of Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Senate passage ...  “Indoor tanning is unnecessary.  In their quest for a summer glow, teenagers are needlessly exposing themselves to a carcinogen that may cost them their lives. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) puts tanning beds in the highest cancer risk category - group 1 - ... to humans.’ That’s the same class as arsenic, asbestos, benzene, dioxin, mustard gas, tobacco smoke and vinyl chloride. The machines can emit ultraviolet radiation at levels 10 to 15 times higher than the midday summer sun. According to the IARC, use of tanning beds before the ...

Cancer Advocates Detail Policies Necessary to Reach New Cancer Moonshot Goal

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Ahead of the president’s State of the Union Address, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is offering numerous policy suggestions for ways in which the ...

June 2017 State Update

State Updates ACS CAN Massachusetts will be focusing on the following issues in the 2017-2018 Legislative Session: Comprehensive Youth Tobacco Prevention: Comprehensive tobacco control legislation which would increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, prohibit sales of tobacco in pharmacies, add electronic-cigarettes to the state’s smoke-free ... Drug Formularies: As consumers are asked to be more savvy health care shoppers, they can only do so with accurate information.  While the cost of a drug varies significantly depending on the source, consumers who are increasingly facing co-insurance (rather than a fixed co-pay) must ...

Georgia Legislature Failing to Enact Proven Cancer-Fighting Policies

... evidence-based policies designed to fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Georgia earned a “green” rating in only two of nine categories examined in the annual How Do You Measure Up? report. Only six states achieved fewer top ratings. Recognizing that 56,920 ... from the disease, implementing the nine evidenced-based public health policies detailed in the report would curb the human and financial toll of cancer in the state. These policies are designed to tackle tobacco use, encourage healthy behaviors and improve access to health screenings and ...

Guest Post: A Governor's Perspective

Last week, I was invited to speak about the realities of MassachusettsŠ—'s health care reform at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkŠ—'s National Forum on the Future of Health Care in ... success. Today, more than 98% of MassachusettsŠ—'s residents have health care coverage, including 99.8% of children. No other state in America can touch that. People no longer have to fear having their insurance cancelled when they get sick, or that a serious illness will leave them ... such as a 36% decrease in cervical cancer in women. Our next big challenge is to make health care as affordable as it is accessible. Health care cost containment is a national challenge, neither caused by our reform nor unique to Massachusetts. We are pursuing a number of strategies to end ...

Congress Prioritizes Cancer Research with $2.5 Billion Increase for NIH and $408 Million for NCI in FY 2023 Budget

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Early this morning Congress released a proposed FY 2023 funding deal that includes an increase of $2.5 billion for biomedical research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $408 million more for cancer research at the National ... or improve access to palliative care.   A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: Cancer Research “Cancer research is one of the most promising fields of biomedical discovery and sustained year-over-year increases ... trials act which would address ancillary costs when enrollees must travel, such as transportation and lodging, which for too long have been cost barriers for participation.    “A five-year extension of additional federal funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico and a permanent extension ...

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