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Proposed Opioid Legislation an Opportunity to Achieve Balance in Addressing Abuse and Maintaining Access to Legitimate Use of Pain Medication

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) marked up the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. Included in the proposal are several ... fighting pain from cancer and other serious illnesses. Specifically, ACS CAN supports measures that would empower the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on the development and approval of new, non-addictive pain treatments as well ... with safe disposal options for unused drugs. At the markup, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) filed an amendment that suggests adding palliative care legislation to the bill. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN, follows: “ACS CAN applauds the Senate HELP Committee for ...

A Show of Support

A nationwide text message just went out, asking folks to show their support for the patients and caregivers who are in DC today fighting for health care reform. Here are some of the first replies: I am with you in the fight! It's time to insure all Americans. We desperately need some drastic reform. Goodluck! Please continue 2 support funding 4 the fight against cancer. I support this. I support Health Care Reform...now! U guys are heros Here is my support! Lets find a cure! Health care reform now! Thx 4 ur efforts i wish i could be with u ...

Cancer Community Applauds Presidents Resolve to Fight Disease

WASHINGTON Š—– February 25, 2009 Š—– "President Obama could not have been more explicit in making cancer and health care top priorities for his administration. With extraordinary resolve, the President stated his goal to conquer cancer and to cure in our lifetime a disease that kills more than 560,000 people each year. He was also unequivocal in declaring that comprehensive health care reform must happen this year. On behalf of cancer patients and survivors across the country, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ...

Listen to the Coach (new video)

... that you're at a Final Four party or at the high school gym of a top recruit.ξ Last month though, they were in Washington, DC advocating for health care reform. Tubby Smith (Minnesota), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Oliver Purnell (Clemson), Ed DeCellis (Penn State) and John Thompson III (Georgetown) joined hundreds of ACS CAN volunteers last month to send a clear message to Congress - we need health care reform. Watch this great video of the coaches telling their cancer story and explaining why they are so passionate about health care ...

ACS CAN Victory in Quality of Life

As the leading patient voice in the health care reform debate, ACS CAN recently celebrated a quality of life victory for patients and survivors when Congressional leaders unanimously passed the National Pain Care Policy Act as an amendment to the health care reform bill pending in the Senate HELP Committee. This legislation, which already passed the House of Representatives, would help ...

ACS CAN Celebrates Pride

This summer, ACS CAN will participate in dozens of events across the country to celebrate Pride and raise awareness of damaging health care disparities that negatively impact cancer outcomes for those in the LGBTQ+ community. ACS CAN volunteers have already participated in events across the country from Washington to New Jersey. ACS CAN is committed to reducing the burden that health care disparities and other obstacles place on certain populations, including members of the LGTBQ+ community. These populations have ...

ACS CAN volunteer shares cancer story at U.S. Senate committee meeting

At 28, Stacy Cook was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had health insurance through her job, and got the treatment she needed. But when Stacy, an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer, was diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time eight years later, she wasnŠ—Èt so lucky. Although she had health insurance, it only covered a tiny fraction of her treatment. She would have to pay out of pocket for the mastectomies and hysterectomy she ... Fast forward to 2013. Stacy, who is still receiving treatment, testified at a hearing by the U.S. Senate committee that oversees the health care laws. After telling her cancer story, Stacy told Senators that although she received treatment that saved her life, it came at a cost. She is ...

Judge Halts Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirements

Washington, D.C., —Today a federal judge ruled the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) failed to adequately consider how Kentucky’s proposed Medicaid work rules would effect residents’ access to health care as required under federal law. The ruling halts implementation of the state’s proposal which would have required Medicaid recipients to ...

ACS CAN Wins Major State Ballot Initiatives Across the Country

Voters across the country last week approved important state ballot measures that will expand access to health care for hundreds of thousands of Americans and reduce the spread of tobacco products. Thanks to the hard work of ACS CAN and its volunteers, these ... of cancer in our country. Where you live, shouldn’t determine your ability to prevent or fight diseases like cancer, yet access to affordable health care still varies widely depending on what state you live in. But thanks to ballot wins, 300,000 more people in Idaho, Nebraska and Utah ...

Cancer Advocates Strongly Urge Congress and Administration to Permanently Close Medicaid Coverage Gap

Washington, DC – October 20, 2021 – As lawmakers deliberate which health care priorities to include in the budget reconciliation package, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is strongly urging ... adults in the 12 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid are now in the “coverage gap,” uninsured and unable to qualify for affordable health insurance. Included in the reconciliation legislation passed by the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees is a provision ...

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