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ACS CAN Releases End of Session Priorities
ALBANY, NY – Before the New York State Legislature adjourns for the year, the American Cancer Society 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 ... 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 other bill, commonly referred to as ...
New Report: Cancer Survivors in New York Face High Costs of Care and Debt Years After Treatment
ALBANY , NY – DECEMBER 15, 2022 – The costs of being diagnosed with cancer last long after the diagnosis and initial treatment putting cancer survivors at increased risk for lifelong financial hardship, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The report, The Costs of Cancer Survivorship , examines several of the long-term expenses cancer survivors face in the years after they ... The report details several policies that should be enacted to help patients and survivors afford their care, including eliminating unexpected cost-sharing for cancer screenings and ensuring payment or financial products offered to patients to pay their medical bills are not predatory. In ...
Health Organizations Ask New York Assembly to Help Patients Struggling with Medication Costs
... bill has not received a vote in the Assembly. Some patients rely on financial assistance programs, such as a copay coupon or card, to reduce the cost of their medication. But insurers are using a new tactic – called a copay accumulator adjustment, to undermine these financial assistance ... “We need to put patients first. Copay accumulators are unfair for patients,” said American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director, Julie Hart. “It’s especially challenging for patients with high deductibles or high ...
Cancer Society on State of State Address
... Times, State Must Continue Commitment to Anti-tobacco, Cancer Screening Programs Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, in response to Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address. “Health care is a huge drain on New York State’s wallet, but some ... he’s committed to trimming the state budget to the bone to ensure a solvent future, but he must realize that cuts should not be made that will cost the state money, and the lives of its citizens, in the long run. We understand that New York’s fiscal situation is dire and drastic steps ... But as soon as the state started cutting the program’s budget, the smoking rate started back up. NYS Cancer Services Program: Many New Yorkers can’t afford recommended cancer screenings. The CSP offers no cost breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings to uninsured New Yorkers and, ...
ACS CAN Applauds NYC Comprehensive Tobacco Control Package
Statement by Michele Bonan, New York City Advocacy Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) New York, NY - March 18, 2013 - "Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Farley, and the New York City Council deserve credit for once again taking on ... Big Tobacco. "In 2013, it is estimated that more than 11,000 New Yorkers will die from cancers caused by smoking, making it the leading cause of cancer deaths. Each day more than 3,500 kids under the age of 18 try their first cigarette, and more than 900 become established smokers. ... that one of the most powerful tools to help adults quit and keeps kids from starting -a high tobacco tax-remains impactful. In sum, high cost tobacco means fewer users, and fewer users means less illness and premature death from diseases like cancer. "These proposals, in addition to ...
Review of New York's 2009 Legislative Session
New York's Year by Peter Slocum Vice President of Advocacy American Cancer Society staff and volunteers took aim at key budget and policy goals in Albany this year, looking to protect ... working adults to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (which amounts to $22,000 for a single person). If the federal government approves, this can offer very solid insurance to tens of thousands of working New Yorkers who cannot afford private insurance on their own. Also, the ... a partial solution, by allowing young people to continue on a parent's family plan until the age of 29. The family will have to pay the full cost, but it will still be approximately half the cost of an individual policy. Almost one-third of uninsured New Yorkers fall in this age group. ...
ACS CAN calls on legislative leaders to include colorectal cancer screening in state budget
ALBANY, NY – A coalition of more than 65 patient and provider groups, cancer centers, and other public health organizations delivered a letter to state legislative leaders ... in support of legislation that would require insurance plans to cover colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 45 and eliminate all patient cost-sharing for a follow up colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of death for men and women in New York. In 2022, an ... as the next step in the preventive screening process and therefore should be covered by health insurers with no patient out-of-pocket cost. ACS CAN is calling on state leaders to include S906-B sponsored by Senators Sanders and Kennedy and A2085-A sponsored by Assemblymember Dinowitz—the ...
ACS CAN Reacts to Governor's Budget
... ACS CAN Reacts to Hochul Budget Asks for Increased Cancer Screenings ALBANY, NY – New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has released her proposed ... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director Michael Davoli, released the following statement: “On behalf of the 1.6 million cancer survivors in New York, I applaud Gov. Hochul’s efforts on her new budget. I ask that she follows up this package with ... 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 ...
Donald Distasio on Toll of Cuts to Cancer Programs
... Angela Pause Smith – 518.454.4039 (office) or 518.339.6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2009 TOLL OF MID-YEAR BUDGET CUTS WILL BE LIVES OF NEW YORKERS, HIGHER COSTS TO TAXPAYERS Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding ... Program will result in fewer mammograms, higher smoking rates and more preventable deaths. These are not extravagant, expendable programs that can be raided during a cash shortfall. These programs make a difference – just ask a woman whose breast cancer was found early or a smoker who ...
ACS CAN and Other Organizations Ask State Assembly to Act on Tobacco Tax Increase
March 4, 2021 The Honorable Carl Heastie Speaker of the New York State Assembly New York State Assembly Albany, NY 12248 Dear Speaker Heastie, As public health and leading civic organizations ... healthcare costs. The projected health care savings of increasing the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack in New York include: 5-Year health care cost savings from fewer smoking-caused lung cancer cases: $10.81 million 5-Year health care cost savings from fewer smoking-affected pregnancies & ... after the rate increase and from fewer sales to smokers or smugglers from other states, including sales on tribal lands. For ways that the state can protect and increase its tobacco tax revenues and prevent and reduce contraband trafficking and other tobacco tax evasion, see the Campaign for ...