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2017 End of Session Report
Volunteers from across the state attended our 2017 ACS CAN Day at the Capitol on January 30th. As a result, we saw easy passage of the Idaho Med-Synchronization Rule , which allows Idahoans to ... Fund for the American Cancer Society to provide public outreach about cancer screening services in rural parts of our state at low to no cost. ACS CAN supported a coalition that landed a key hearing on a proposal to increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, which ...
ACS CAN Testimony: Cancer patients need better access to all chemo options
This week ACS CAN participated in a chemotherapy informational hearing at the State Capitol on the unequal cost cancer patients incur for oral (pill and liquid) ... state-based health care plans. As targeted oral chemotherapy advances, it is apparent that the most effective or, in some cases, only form of treatment will also come with an increased price tag. State Director, Luke Cavener, shared that ACS CAN is committed to finding a solution so ...
Idaho Falling Short in Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation
... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho measured up to policy recommendations in only one of the eight evaluated issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which is the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. The 17th edition of the report highlights what we must do more to reduce ...