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... dedicated to reducing suffering and death from cancer, ACS CAN is pleased that lawmakers prioritized cancer prevention and access to care, particularly during the pandemic. The legislature increased funding for tobacco prevention and cessation and maintained funding for Women’s ... we struggle with an epidemic of young people using e-cigarettes.   "The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of access to health care, and by maintaining funding for Women’s Way and the colorectal cancer screening program, the state can reduce the number of people ... to potentially lifesaving mammograms, Pap tests and colon cancer screenings. "Finally, reauthorizing Medicaid funding will preserve access to health care coverage for more than 20,000 North Dakotans, including cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for the disease through July 31, ...

... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Advocates met with lawmakers and urged them to support policies that increase access to quality health care and prevent tobacco use.  According to the American Cancer Society , in 2025, more than 42,000 Arizona residents will be newly diagnosed with ... cancers (lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate), but more likely to develop cancer in the liver, stomach, and cervix.  “Access to quality health care and enacting proven tobacco control policies are two ways we can lessen the burden of this disease,” said Brian Hummell, ACS CAN ...

... director for ACS CAN in New York, outlines each of those opportunities in the following statement: “We’re coming off a turbulent 2025 where health care affordability dominated headlines, yet--even under the spotlight--patients’ access to care eroded. Deep Medicaid cuts from H.R.1, coupled with uncertainty around enhanced premium tax credits for Marketplace plans, have created a looming health care cliff. We’re no longer looking over the edge. We’re bracing for impact. Now is the time for leaders in Albany to act and soften the ...

... year. In his budget address, Governor Shapiro proposed to maintain funding for key cancer prevention and detection programs and acknowledged health care costs and price transparency as a continued area of interest, which secured high praise from patient advocates concerned over the role cancer ... plays in limiting Pennsylvanians’ financial mobility. Advocates are hopeful that the budget negotiation process yields progress on additional health care affordability issues, including Pennsylvanians’ access to paid leave, medical debt relief and lifesaving medications. “Concerns ...