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Senate Unanimously Passes Legislation Improving New Yorkers’ Access to Lung Cancer Screening; Coalition Backing Bill Applauds Senators & Calls on Assembly to Follow Suit
This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured through a state-regulated health plan, including Medicaid. Senate Bill 2000, sponsored by Senator Joseph Addabbo, received sweeping, bipartisan support and the backing of a coalition of patient advocates, medical leaders and public health organizations. Lung cancer is the number one cancer leading to death and is ... with lung cancer, and the five-year lung cancer survival rate in New York is only 32.1%. Fortunately, the ability to detect lung cancer early can have a dramatic effect on survival. For example, in the case of non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common lung cancer, the 5-year ...
New York Patient Navigation Campaign
Welcome! To improve cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs overall, ACS CAN has launched a campaign to expand access to patient navigation services in New York State. Patient navigators have been shown to help ... navigation? Patient navigation can help eliminate health disparities and reduce costs across the cancer care continuum by addressing the needs of people who have been historically marginalized and excluded as well as those living in under resourced communities. Navigating the health ... Navigation Coverage Yet to date, patient navigation services are still absent or limited in many cancer programs and hospital settings due to cost concerns and lack of clinical reimbursement. Throughout the U.S., a patchwork of coverage exists depending on the where patients live and ...
Statement from Donald Distasio on NY Tobacco Taxes
... 2009 COLLECTING THE TOBACCO TAX WILL SAVE LIVES, GENERATE NEEDED DOLLARS Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding NYS Senate public hearing on tobacco tax evasion on Indian reservations. “It’s a simple formula – the higher the cost of cigarettes, the more people who will quit smoking. But if there’s a way to avoid paying a higher cost, people will. Access to less ... granted them 15 years ago to collect the tax on tobacco sales made on Indian reservations? Already, there are uninsured men and women who can’t get cancer screenings due to budget cuts, with more cuts threatened. The dollars being lost to tax evasion could literally be a lifesaver ...
New York Lawmakers Remove Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening, Passing A1195-A / S2000-A
... New Yorkers to detect and treat lung cancer. S2000-A / A1195-A ensures comprehensive insurance coverage for lung cancer screening and eliminates cost sharing for recommended lung cancer screening, follow-up scans and diagnostic tests for asymptomatic individuals by all payers in the state. ... a a statement from Michael Davoli, senior government relations director in New York for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), on the final passage of S2000-A / A1195-A. “Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in New York State. In 2025 alone, more than 12,000 New Yorkers will be ...
New Study Highlights Need for New York Lawmakers to Prioritize Efforts to Reduce Medical Debt
ALBANY, NY – February 14, 2024 – Protecting free preventive cancer screenings and reducing the burden of medical debt are the top issues of concern for cancer patients and survivors today, according to a new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) that asked participants to select their leading policy priorities for the year. Over half of (51%) of survey participants noted that ...
Let's Screen NY Campaign Homepage
Cancer screenings save lives! Like going to the dentist or changing the oil in your car, cancer screening should be a regular part of your life. Screening tests are used before a person has any symptoms to help find cancer early, when it may be easier to treat. Print this ... public policy proposals, all of them are committed to removing barriers to cancer screening. Join the 2022 Let's #ScreenNY Campaign Today! ACS CAN NY has launched the Let’s Screen NY Campaign . The goal of the campaign is to mobilize federal, state, and local policymakers around an ... offers a critically important service to men and women who lack health insurance – screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer at no cost to the patient. Detected early, these cancers are more effectively treated. Failing to have these cancers detected early can lead to deadly ...
Drug Formulary Bill Passes Assembly
... will stop health insurers from changing their drug formularies during the health plan year. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director Julie Hart released the following statement: “A cancer diagnosis is scary enough without having to worry if you can afford your medication. Cancer patients pick their health plan after carefully considering the coverage and cost. It simply isn’t fair to patients when a health insurer turns around and increases the cost or drops coverage of medications during the health plan year. Increasing the price or eliminating coverage of a drug during the plan year could force patients to ...
Public Health Groups Condemn Paterson's Tobacco Cut
... yet DRP cuts lifesaving Tobacco Control Program by more than $10 million Today, Gov. David Paterson and the State Legislature put the health of all New Yorkers at risk by cutting the Tobacco Control Program (TCP) appropriation by $10 million and mandating a clawback of 12.5 percent of ... of mid-year budget cuts," said Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ. "Reducing tobacco use is a commitment, one that just can't be made when it's convenient and tossed aside when times are tough. This program saves the state money over the long haul, slashing it will cost taxpayers dollars and some New Yorkers will pay for these cuts with their lives." “New York has gone from being the nation’s leader in ...
15,300 New Yorkers’ Lives to Be Saved with Cigarette Tax Increase
... shepherding a tobacco-free generation in New York, leading public health organizations—the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (TFK)— released an analysis of the public health benefits & cost savings that New York can expect to see with a $1.00 per pack cigarette tax increase. In addition to saving New York State millions of dollars ...
NY Cancer Patients: ‘This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, We Need Governor Hochul to Ensure Access to Screening & Follow-up Care’
During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, cancer patients, survivors and volunteers with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in New York are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to take urgent action to reduce the state’s lung cancer burden by signing legislation that will eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screening and follow-up tests. As the advocates’ calls reach a fever pitch, new data, published in JAMA , has ... five-year survival rate is 65% when found at a localized stage but drops to 9% when discovered after it has spread. Despite the clear benefits of screening, uptake remains low, affirmed by the aforementioned study in JAMA, as well as additional, local data that indicates only 21.8% of ...