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Advocates to Gov. Ferguson: Cancer Can’t Be Acceptable Outcome of State Budget-cutting Process
... Wash. -– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network advocates call on Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to refuse to allow the long-term health of Washington residents to become collateral damage to the state’s current budget crisis. The state’s cancer prevention programs are one of the ... constituents as possible have access to screening for three of the state’s most prevalent forms of cancer. The following statement can be attributed to Audrey Miller Garcia, Government Relations Director for ACS CAN Washington: “The potential for budget cuts to do serious ... and cessation or the Breast, Cervical, and Colon Screening Program will damage Washington families well beyond their bank accounts. The cost will be the health of our children and lives of our loved ones. This is not political posturing. It’s based in data and is not a possibility ...
The Columbian - Letter to the Editor: Remove Barriers to Screening
The following letter to the editor was published in The Columbian regarding ACS CAN's effort to close the colorectal cancer screening loophole for Medicare recipients. By Jennifer Kampsula Wong, Vancouver Published: April ... great grandmother and two great aunts. Currently Medicare, like private insurance, fully pays for routine colonoscopies for the purpose of screening. But, unlike private insurance, if a polyp is found and removed during the procedure, the colonoscopy is categorized as diagnostic exam, and the Medicare patient must pay a share of the cost. This Medicare loophole can leave patients with a surprise bill up to $300. As an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer ...