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... 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 ...

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 ...

... pays for certain prescription drugs. The “Most Favored Nation” policy would tie Medicare drug reimbursement for certain drugs to that of prices paid in select foreign countries.   A statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows:  “ACS CAN agrees with the need to make prescription drugs more affordable. However, the countries included through the Most ... not yet approved or have declined to pay for these drugs. It is also unclear if these changes would actually save patients money or result in cost shifting onto patients with private insurance.     “Dramatic changes to Medicare’s drug coverage should only be undertaken with ...

... Legislature closed business last week having again failed to take meaningful action to address the state’s ongoing health care crisis. As one of only 10 states refusing to enact Medicaid expansion, tens of thousands of Wyoming residents remain in the coverage gap, working jobs where they ... toward that goal. Wyoming residents should not have to settle for less than their neighbors in Utah and South Dakota when there is a clear and cost-effective solution.” In Idaho and Montana, roughly 100,000 residents in each state who normally could not afford a marketplace plan have ... debt. This year some 3,580 Wyomingites will be diagnosed with cancer and too many were uninsured when they received the devastating news. ACS CAN encourages individuals, businesses and organizations that are interested in getting involved in the fight against cancer to visit ...