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... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... diseases to access legitimate pain care.   Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how Mississippi can work within the current federal health care law on state-based approaches to improve access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It ...

“Ensuring access to quality health care is essential in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer in Mississippi,” said Kimberly Hughes, Mississippi government relations director ... Action Network. “ACS CAN calls upon state senators to move a solution forward without delay that extends access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage to more than 200,000 hard-working Mississippians.” The advocacy organization's latest round of television advertising marks its ...

... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize proven tobacco control measures and access to care, both of which will ease the burden of cancer on Mississippi residents.  “Expanding Medicaid would ensure that more Mississippi residents ... Kimberly Hughes, ACS CAN government relations director. “Healthcare coverage through expanded Medicaid would help improve access to primary care, preventive services, diagnostic testing and cancer treatment.” ACS CAN is also advocating for a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 per pack, ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to ...

... state legislature’s failure to protect teens from the dangers of tanning beds :   “This is the third year in a row that we and many other health groups and individuals have asked Mississippi’s legislature to protect teens from the dangers of indoor tanning devices but they simply won’t budge. It is extremely disappointing to see how little they care for the health of Mississippi’s youth.   “Our legislators heard testimony from women who used tanning beds as teens, later developed melanoma, and ...