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ACS CAN Calls on New York City Council To Adopt Comprehensive Tobacco Control Package
... today, Michael Davoli, ACS CAN Director of Government Relations in Metro New York testified in front of the New York City Council Committee on Health in support of the comprehensive tobacco control package of bills announced ealier in the month by Mayor de Blasio. Read the full testimony ... Testimony of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to the New York City Council Committee on Health April 27, 2017 • New York, NY Chair Johnson, members of the health committees, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name ... This includes lung, bronchus, esophagus, oral and pharynx. The impact of tobacco use goes beyond the public health toll. The annual health care cost in government expenditures in New York State directly caused by smoking is $10.39 billion. Lower income New Yorkers who smoke suffer ...
Advocates Set Sights on Cancer Prevention & Detection in 2024, Respond to Governor’s Budget with Avenues to Reduce Cancer Burden in NY
... (ACS CAN) Senior Government Relations Director Michael Davoli: “In 2023, New York State delivered for its residents, prioritizing access to care with the passage of the biomarker testing bill. This legislation will equip countless New Yorkers who have received a cancer diagnosis with ... to programs that provide year-after-year benefits to low-income New Yorkers prohibits our state from achieving sustainable improvements in health equity. ACS CAN urges Governor Hochul to commit to a sustained increase in annual CSP funding equivalent to last year’s increase and forgo ...
Request for Proposals for ACS CAN NYS Lobbying and Legislative Consultant
... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary ... are tobacco free; Increasing the purchase age for tobacco to 21. Including e-cigarettes in the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act. Access to Care - Improving access to needed medications by allowing for substitution of interchangeable biosimilar drugs, permitting less expensive versions ... by providing limitations on fail first (Step Therapy) policies; Allowing pharmacists to administer the HPV Vaccine; Expanding palliative care programs and education. 2.0 RFP Goals and Objectives The primary objective of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals ...