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Memo in Support of Tobacco Efforts
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Governor’s Tobacco Use Prevention Budget: A Public Health Jackpot for New York Tobacco kills nearly 25,000 New Yorkers every year and cause over $8 billion dollars per year in health-care costs, of which $5.4 billion dollars is paid by Medicaid. If their price actually reflected the burden they impose on society in terms of ...
New York Biomarker Testing Campaign
... What is biomarker testing? Biomarker testing helps get the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. Progress in improving health outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, ... of a patient’s tissue, blood, or fluid biospecimen for the presence of a biomarker. Biomarker testing is increasingly important for cancer care – and for the treatment of other diseases. Thirty-seven of the 62 oncology drugs launched in the past five years require or recommend ... biomarker testing when medically appropriate. Improving access to biomarker testing and thereby access to targeted therapies will help reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for cancer patients. Expanding access to biomarker testing will also increase patient diversity in clinical ...
2.1.15: ACS CAN Criticizes Governor for Cuts to Life Saving Cancer Services
... time to be cutting this life-saving program,” said Sherman. “Detecting cancer at its earlier, more treatable stage can save lives as well as health care dollars, and CSP funds are critical to achieving this goal.” The CSP provides the opportunity for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings to hundreds of thousands of low income women and men who do not have health insurance, or who have health insurance that does not cover the cost of these cancer screenings. ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the ...
Higher Cig Tax is Good Public Policy
... “Say the word ‘tax’ and people cringe. But a higher tax on cigarettes is one tax New Yorkers can feel good about. A proven public health strategy, it will raise money targeted for health care programs and reduce health care costs by increasing the numbers of smokers who decide to ditch the cancer sticks for good. Critics ...
Patient Advocates Applaud NYC Program Alleviating Burden of Medical Debt for Half a Million, Look to State to Continue Progress
NEW YORK, NY—TUESDAY, JANUARY 23— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joins patient advocates and public health organizations across the state in applauding NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement that the city will invest $18 million in an effort to ... concerns around medical debt associated with the cost of cancer, 73% reported concern over their ability to pay current or future costs of their care, and 70% noted their worry about incurring medical debt due to their cancer treatment. More recently in 2023, a national poll on the impact of ... heartened to see New York take steps to stop this destructive cycle where patients are forced to make impossible decisions for their financial health which weigh on their mental health and undermine their physical health. We look forward to seeing Albany continue this progress,” said ...
ACS CAN Applauds Gov. Hochul for Enacting Legislation Allowing Pharmacists to Administer an Increased List of Vaccines
... on this issue and look forward to working with Governor Hochul and the state legislature to pass and enact more legislation that will make health care more accessible to all New Yorkers.” ### About ACS CAN at 20 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever ...
Governor Hochul Sets Sights on a Tobacco-free Generation
... taxes and ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored tobacco products will reduce the tobacco burden, improving public health, limiting health care costs and generating revenue in New York. With approximately 12.8% of New York adults still smoking and 22,290 New Yorkers projected to die ...
Fact Sheet: Cigarette Tax Evasion
... lives. Ending untaxed sales from reservations will encourage at least 100,000 adult smokers to quit, saving 25,000 lives 1 Tobacco’s Impact on Health and Health Care Costs Adult Smoking Rate, New York – 18% (2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey) Number of Adult Smokers, New York – 2.6 million Deaths ...
Lawmakers can improve the odds in New Yorkers' battles against cancer
... received the three lifechanging words “you have cancer” and around 32,230 died from the disease. Innovation in early detection and cancer care are changing how we detect and treat cancer, but these staggering incidence and mortality rates suggest that many New Yorkers aren’t ... increasingly important for the treatment of other diseases, including arthritis, other autoimmune conditions and rare diseases. Currently, many health insurance plans in New York, including Medicaid, may not cover the most appropriate biomarker testing for all patients who could benefit, ... tested for certain guideline-indicated biomarkers. With biomarker testing increasingly becoming a standard of care in oncology, it’s time that health insurance plans keep up with innovations in testing and treatment. Improving access to biomarker is a simple way for legislators in Albany ...
ACS CAN Releases End of Session Priorities
... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is asking lawmakers to act on two pieces of legislation that will help save lives and provide access to needed care. One bill (S.906-A Sanders/A.2805-A Dinowitz), would assure that if a colonoscopy is needed as a follow-up to a home-based screening test, it should be considered as the next step in the preventive screening process and covered by health insurers with no additional cost sharing. The legislation is currently in Assembly Ways and Means; and the Senate Insurance Committee. The ... from using a copay card or coupon to cover their out-of-pocket expenses. Under this practice, when a patient uses a copay coupon or card, the health plan receives the payment from the card or coupon, yet the amount of the support provided by the coupon/card does NOT count toward the ...