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Governor Murphy Sets Sights on Affordability Concerns in 2025, Advocates Applaud & Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Patients across Cancer Continuum

... This is the case for patients across the cancer continuum. New Jerseyans are looking for state leaders to intervene and prevent the costs of care from trending upward and potentially trapping them in a lifetime of medical debt. Cancer patients and survivors throughout the state were ... and stripping them of a right that has been granted to every other employee in New Jersey: a smoke-free workplace. “Putting in jeopardy the health and wellbeing of a key group of New Jersey’s workforce not only exposes the workers to preventable illness and the accompanying cost burden, but it also costs casinos and the state through increased health, life and fire insurance premiums, workers compensation payments, higher worker absenteeism and lower productivity. We can prevent disease ...

35 Patient and Provider Advocacy Groups Deliver Letter in Support of Step Therapy Reform Legislation (A4815/S3051)

... would ensure that when step therapy is used in New Jersey it is safe for patients, clinically grounded, and, transparent to patients and health care providers. Step therapy policies, also known as fail first, are used by health insurers to force patients to try medications that insurance companies choose, requiring the patient to “fail first” before gaining ...

Breaking: NJ Voters Say State Should Use Fed Funds for Uninsured

... Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in New Jersey want the state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid, a move that would provide more than 233,000 currently uninsured people in the state with access to lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The poll, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Lake Research Partners and GS Strategy Group, indicates public support for New Jersey to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by the Affordable ...

New Jersey Receives Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

New Jersey Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   TRENTON, NJ – August 3, 2017 – New Jersey is falling short when it comes to ... 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 smoke-free ... approach to pain medications. Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how New Jersey can work within the current federal health care law on a state-based approach to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It ...

2021 New Jersey Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. In 2021, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with Governor Murphy and the New Jersey Legislature in support ... Tobacco Control Programs: A well-funded tobacco control program will not only produce long-term savings but can have an immediate benefit on the health of New Jerseyans. With nearly 12,000 New Jerseyans losing their lives to smoking each year New Jersey needs to continue investing in tobacco ...

2019 Tri-State Policy Forum

... 13, 2019. This event will bring together key leaders and decision makers in government, research and academia to discuss emerging oncology and health care policy issues that affect the physical and economic health of Americans.   Thank you to our sponsors: 0 ...

New Jersey Legislative Priorities Announced

... floors continue to be polluted by second hand smoke, because of state and local exemptions to the state’s Clean Indoor Air law.  Closing that health hazard loophole, and protecting employees and customers alike is a top priority.  The 75% no smoking standard is ineffective. Restore ... the obesity epidemic in New Jersey.  We are serving on workgroups to implement the plan, including policy initiatives to follow. Access to Health Care for NJ Residents New Jersey is a leader in addressing needs of the uninsured, and the American Cancer Society strongly supported state and ...

State Senate Passes Bill Aiming to Expand New Jerseyans’ Access to Colorectal Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Screenings

... by a vote of 37-0, the legislation heads to Governor Murphy’s desk for final approval. If signed by Governor Murphy, New Jersey will require health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminate cost-sharing ... for required follow-up colonoscopies following a positive stool-based test. “There should be no correlation between a person’s access to care and where they live, who they love, the color of their skin nor their insurance status. Today, the New Jersey State Senate voted to remove a critical barrier to accessing to quality health care for colorectal cancer screenings,” said Jade Bechelli, New Jersey Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society ...

New Jersey Step Therapy Reform Action Center

... Send an email today to the committee members by clicking here. PATIENT STORIES We are actively seeking stories from patients, caregivers, health care professionals and others. Stories collected will be used at different times during this campaign. We will follow up with each story submitted. ... and other organizations concerned about patient access to care are invited to sign on to the letter to the legislature by clicking here.   HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL SIGN-ON (Read the letter here) All medical professionals (doctors, nurses, PA's, hospital administrators, and other ...

Breaking: NJ Cancer Patients, Survivors Laud Gov's Medicaid Expansion

... leadership in the fight against cancer.  His proposal, if enacted, has the potential to eliminate barriers to proper diagnosis, treatment and care for those with cancer - a disease that claims the lives of more than 16,410 New Jerseyans annually." "The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports the Governor's choice to leverage federal dollars to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid for low-income individuals and families. Improving access to Medicaid coverage in New Jersey will save lives and reduce health care costs. "Increasing access to the Medicaid program would provide lifesaving coverage to more than 233,000 currently uninsured New Jersey ...

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