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New Hampshire 2024 Legislative Priorities
Victory in the fight against cancer requires bold new 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 Granite Staters impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2024 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the NH Legislature on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including ... plans. We will advocate for policies that ensure third party prescription drug copay assistance is counted toward patients’ out-of-pocket cost obligations. Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Breast and Cervical Cancer: ACS CAN will advocate to maintain funding of $171,000 for NH ...
Making Our Voices Heard in Washington
... priority! Advocates went to meetings on Capitol Hill to ask lawmakers to improve access to palliative care that improves patients’ quality of life, ensure seniors don’t face cost barriers to lifesaving colon cancer screenings, and increase federal investments in cancer research and prevention programs. But you don't need to fly to Washington to ask politicians where they stand on issues important to cancer patients and their families. Through ACS CAN's non-partisan Cancer Votes program , volunteers just like you are helping to make cancer an election issue here in the Granite State. Can we ...
For Immediate Release: Junk Food Marketing in Schools Bill Passes New Hampshire Senate
... 2 Wall Street, Manchester, NH 03101 CONCORD, NH (February 23, 2017) – Child health advocates today are applauding the passage in the NH Senate of a bill that would limit the advertising of certain foods and beverages in NH schools. Senate Bill 103, sponsored by Senator Bette Lasky (D-Nashua), passed the state Senate. The bill aligns the foods that are allowed to be marketed and advertised at schools with existing nutrition standards for foods that can be served or sold on school grounds during the day. Organizations working to pass the legislation include: the American Heart Association, ...
Amidst Youth E-cigarette Epidemic, Advocates Mark Great American Smokeout by Calling for Action to Prevent Tobacco Addiction
... American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 44th annual Great American Smokeout, taking place on Thursday, by calling on lawmakers to protect the health of New Hampshire residents by passing strong tobacco control legislation. Only by tackling tobacco use through a comprehensive approach can we effectively overcome the country’s tobacco use epidemic and prevent the more than 480,000 deaths each year caused by smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. The advocacy affiliate of ACS, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), supports evidence-based strategies proven to reduce tobacco use including ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2021 Legislative Session: Granite State Budget Opportunities
CONCORD, NH – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the 2021 legislative session particularly in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Mike Rollo, director of government relations for ACS CAN in New Hampshire, lawmakers have the opportunity ...
Expand Access to Biomarker Testing in New Hampshire
Biomarker testing helps connect patients with the right treatment at the right time. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more New Hampshire residents can benefit from this important testing. What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ biomarker ” is a sign of a normal biological process, disease or abnormal function that can be measured in blood, tissue or bodily fluid. Biomarker testing is the analysis of a patient’s tissue, blood or other biospecimen for the presence of a biomarker. Political action is needed to ensure more Granite Staters ...
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