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ACS CAN Missouri 2019 State Legislative Priorities
... Legislative Priorities Victory in the fight against cancer requires public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Missourians touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2019, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Missouri General Assembly in support of the following priorities: Skin Cancer Prevention Indoor Tanning Devices: Skin ...
Missouri bill recommends outlawing use of tanning beds for young teens
JEFFERSON CITY — One state representative hopes to outlaw the use of tanning beds by younger teenagers. O'Fallon Republican Rep. Nick Schroer said parental consent simply is not good enough. It's been almost five ... Messerli lost her 36-year-old husband, Kelly, to melanoma skin cancer. She said he was a tanning bed user as a teenager. "Kelly was the father of three children," Emily Messerli said. "He was my husband. He was a son, a brother, an uncle and friends to many, many people." Medical experts ... sunlight. They said 10 minutes in a tanning bed is equivalent to an hour under the sun. The UV produced by tanning beds adds to the damage that can lead to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) the second-most common form of skin cancer, according to SkinCancer.org . One instance of such exposure ...
Patients in Missouri Urge Passage of New Bill to Ensure All Copays Count
... for introducing legislation that would require more health insurance plans to count all prescription drug copayments made by or on behalf of Missourians. The important health policy reform would prevent an increasingly common practice used by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit ... many more, access to effective treatment is often made possible through copay assistance. “Many cancer patients have difficulty affording the cost of their prescription drugs and copay accumulator adjustments undercut tools that help them. Missourians who have heard the words ‘you have ... National Eczema Association National Multiple Sclerosis Society Spondylitis Association of America Susan G. Komen ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for policymakers at every level of ...
Carthage cervical cancer survivor advocates for the end of the disease worldwide
... was diagnosed with stage 2A cervical cancer. She was 25 years old at the time. Over the next few months, Phillips went through five rounds of chemotherapy, 25 rounds of radiation and five rounds of internal radiation. Her treatments finished in April, but by August, the cancer had returned, this time on her left ... to eliminate deaths from cervical cancer worldwide. “The biggest work that we’re doing is to eliminate it completely,” Phillips said. ACS CAN Last week, ACS CAN released a report called “Saving Women’s Lives: Accelerating Action to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Globally.” The report ...
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Cancer can be costly. Krin is a cancer patient receiving copay assistance to help with the cost of her medication. However, her insurance company ...
Proposed Legislation Gives Cancer Patients Improved Access to Treatments
Missouri Coalition for Cancer Treatment Access, Wednesday, January 15, 2014: On behalf of thousands of Missouri cancer patients, survivors and their families, the Missouri Coalition for Cancer Treatment Access, applauds the proposed ... of life for our patients and their caregivers, including the convenience of not having to travel several times a week for IV infusions that can take several hours each time,” said Debbie Kersting, Executive Director, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Gateway Chapter. This ... because oral cancer drugs in Missouri are covered as a pharmacy benefit, patients can be charged high co-insurances, up to 50 percent of the cost of the therapy, even if the oral drugs are the only treatment available. This can result in out-of-pocket costs of hundreds to thousands of ...
Medicaid Expansion: Improving Access to Coverage, Detecting Cancers, Early, Saving More Lives.
... to provide nearly 260,000 working, low-income Missourians a path to affordable health care coverage. Right now, the Missouri General Assembly can take action to accept billions of dollars of federal money to assure that more hard-working Missouri families have access to affordable health care Coverage, including quality cancer care, ...
National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
... country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more by shining the spotlight on Florida, which has cut its high school smoking ... key findings for Missouri include: Missouri is spending $70,788 this year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 0.1 percent of the $72.9 million recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Missouri will collect $231.2 million in this year from ... costing the nation at least $289 billion in health care bills and lost productivity each year. The full report and Missouri-specific information can be found at: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/microsites/statereport2015/missouri.html National Report: Missouri Ranks 50th in Protecting Kids ...
Governor Nixon Signs Legislation Benefiting Cancer Patients in Missouri
Governor Nixon Signs Legislation Benefiting Cancer Patients in Missouri ACS CAN Volunteers & Advocates Applaud Efforts KANSAS CITY, MO – March 19, 2014 Surrounded by volunteers, advocates, cancer patients and ... which was proposed earlier this year by Representative Sheila Solon and Senator Ryan Silvey, brings insurance coverage to both forms of chemotherapy- intravenous (IV) and pill (oral) form requiring plans to have similar out-of-pocket costs for oral chemotherapy products if traditional chemotherapies are already covered. “Missouri patients will no longer be forced to ...
140 Cancer Survivors, Caregivers Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Patients
... today and called on the General Assembly to prioritize the 34,270 Missourians who will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) annual Day at the Capitol, which brought cancer advocates together to urge lawmakers to help improve cancer patients’ quality of life, protect funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings and reduce Missouri’s tobacco burden. “Missouri has come a long way in ...