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... treatment. Volunteers asked their representatives to restore this critical funding. Improve patientsŠ—È quality of life through palliative care . Palliative care, an extra layer of support for patients with serious chronic diseases, ensures that health care providers are treating the disease while also ensuring the best possible quality of life for the patient. Advocates asked their ...

... to save more lives from cancer, and many of those solutions are policy solutions. By encouraging prevention, guaranteeing access to affordable health care, curbing tobacco use and focusing on patientsŠ—' quality of life lawmakers can help fight cancer. These measures have been proven to ... did not meet the benchmark on any of the seven issues. In most cases, small upfront investments by a state can save millions of dollars in health care costs in the long run. In fact, we know we could prevent roughly half of all cancer deaths in the United States if everyone in America ...

... an organization dedicated to reducing suffering and death from cancer, ACS CAN is pleased to see the governor taking steps to address public health initiatives in his budget. In his proposed budget, Gov. Pritzker maintained funding for tobacco prevention and tobacco cessation, and the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, both administered by the Department of Public Health.  “Tobacco prevention and cessation funding ensure evidence-based strategies are implemented to reduce tobacco use, the number one cause ... progress made stall and we are facing skyrocketing youth tobacco use.  “The Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program helps fill the health care coverage gap by providing low-income, uninsured and underinsured women access to mammograms and cervical cancer screenings. The impacts of ...

... ACS CAN knows that comprehensive, adequately funded tobacco prevention programs reduce tobacco use and related disease, resulting in lower health care costs. In fiscal year 2021, Nevada dedicated just 11.5% of the $30 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We know the economy is tight and lawmakers have tough decisions to make, but cutting funding for public health in the middle of a pandemic is dangerous," said Brook Carlisle, ACS CAN government relations director. "Nevada’s tobacco control program ...