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MEDIA ADVISORY – PRESS CONFERENCE: Buffalo Community Leaders Rally around Governor Hochul’s Tobacco Proposals, Moved by Data Showing Link between Tobacco Use & Cancer Deaths
BUFFALO, NY –MARCH 11, 2023 – As budget discussions among state legislators pick up speed at the Capitol, Erie County religious, health and community leaders are set to rally alongside cancer patients and survivors on Monday, March 13. Following the American Cancer Society ... that media arrive at 9:45am Attendees will hear from representatives of the Delevan Grider Community Center, CAI Global, Buffalo Center for Health Equity, the Buffalo Branch of the NAACP, Roswell Park Cancer Institute as well as cancer survivors and health advocates. Participating ... importance of the proposed legislation in the fight to end all suffering and death from cancer and the health inequities that permeate cancer care. ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for policymakers at every level ...
ACS CAN Praises Legislators and Governor for Cancer Programs in New Budget
... Food and Healthy Communities Program which helps provide access to healthy foods for those in underserved neighborhoods. Also called for is a health care facility transformation fund which allocates $200 million to support projects that replace facilities that are outdated or inefficient as part ... the following statement. “We applaud Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie as well as Senate Health Chair Kemp Hannon and Assembly Health Chair Richard Gottfried for supporting these programs that can literally saves lives and protect the ...
ACS CAN Names Davoli Senior New York State Government Relations Director
... a top priority in New York State by advocating for evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. Davoli has served as Metro New York government relations director for 5 years and is currently serving as New York City and New ... ACS CAN Davoli served as State Legislative Representative for the United Federation of Teachers. “New York State currently is facing crucial health care issues, including the availability of lifesaving cancer screenings to the underinsured in all communities, the health threats caused by the ...
2024 New York State Legislative Priorities
... with the New York State Legislature and other state leaders on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening and prevention programs, and enact ... cancer screening and treatment program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women and men administered by the New York State Department of Health. The increase would bring the total annual appropriation to $23,790,000 . Comprehensive Cancer Control Program: ACS CAN will advocate ... for all insurance plans, including traditional Medicaid, to provide a comprehensive benefit for evidence-based prostate cancer preventive care and screenings, without cost sharing. HPV: ACS CAN will advocate for legislation to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine including ...
Statement of ACSCAN on Governor Cuomo's Proposed 2014-2015 Budget
... of the Surgeon General Luther Terry’s landmark report in 1964 that linked cigarette smoking to cancer. Our country’s political and public health leadership can derive great satisfaction from the achievements which have followed from a three-part strategy that has included: a) raising ... declined from 42% in 1964 to 18% nationally and 16% in New York State. We are not content with this success though and we join with other public health organizations in working toward a goal of reducing nationwide smoking rates to 12% by 2020 and 10% in the next ten years. This is especially ... recent years from $29.5 million to $24.8 million. This program provides screenings for persons without health insurance. Though the Affordable Care Act will help, there will remain nearly one million New Yorkers without health insurance who need these screenings for prostate, cervical, ...
Let's Screen NY Campaign Homepage
... they are found, they will be at more advanced stages. Indeed, cancer-related mortality rates have also increased during the pandemic. While health care professionals across the state are working overtime to get people back to regular screening, we need policymakers to do their part too. What is the Let's Screen NY Campaign? Let’s #ScreenNY is a statewide coalition of patient advocacy groups, health systems, community organizations, individuals, policymakers, and others who are committed to helping ensure that all New Yorkers get back to ...
ACS CAN Publishes Op-ed on "Dangers in the food deserts"
... PM (UPDATED FEB 26, 2019) In his annual State of the City address earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out a plan to provide affordable health care to all New Yorkers. “Health care is a human right, not a privilege reserved for those who can afford it,” said the Mayor. While we could not agree more with the ...
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Health care reform, tobacco taxes, massive budget cuts to cancer-fighting programs. There's never been a more important time to let your voice be ...
Patient Advocates Rally in Times Square for New Yorkers’ Access to Precision Medicine, Urge Governor Hochul to Sign Biomarker Testing Legislation
NEW YORK, NY – November 16, 2023 – Earlier today, cancer survivors gathered in Times Square alongside health care providers and patient advocates to emphasize the importance of biomarker testing for the health of New York State, its people and its potential for an equitable, hope-filled future. Attendees of the rally called on Governor Hochul to ...
Patient Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Improve Paid Family & Medical Leave in New York
... programs through Senate Bill 2821A / Assembly Bill 4053A. “Millions of New Yorkers rely on the state's Temporary Disability Program to take care of their own serious health needs. Unfortunately, without allowing for intermittent leave, the program is not meeting the needs of patients—cancer and beyond—each ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in ...