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Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally at Capitol for Increased Access to Innovative Testing and Lifesaving Treatments

... – found in blood, tissues or other biospecimens. "Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and save lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s individual condition. This legislation will help dismantle cost barriers and bring the promise of precision ... are less likely to receive biomarker testing. Improving coverage for and access to biomarker testing across insurance types is key to reducing health disparities. The House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 2144, which aims to enable more Arizonans to benefit from biomarker ... and urge the Senate to follow suit in taking action to expand coverage and access to biomarker testing. This is a critical step towards reducing health inequities and improving cancer outcomes," said Melissa Norred, ACS CAN state lead ambassador. Additionally, the group advocated to pass ...

Governor Ducey Signs Legislation to Increase Access to Innovative Testing that Can Match Patients with Most Effective Treatments

... life enhancing tool,” said Michael, from Tucson. “Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and save lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s individual disease,” said Brian Hummell, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer ... of cancer clinical trials that involve biomarkers has grown significantly.” Despite its benefits and increasingly important role in cancer care, access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation and advancements in treatment. One significant barrier for patients is lack of coverage by private health insurance and Medicaid programs for appropriate testing. Currently, communities that have been under-resourced, including communities of ...

New Report: Arizona Has Room to Improve Its Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... tobacco use.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs, cessation ... helped defeat Senate Bill 1147, which would have raised the legal age of sale for tobacco to 21 but done little to sincerely protect public health. It did not define electronic cigarettes as a product of Big Tobacco, and the bill explicitly prohibited municipalities from establishing ...

Arizona House of Representatives Passes Legislation to Increase Access to Innovative Testing and Lifesaving Treatments

... access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation due to several factors, including lack of coverage by private health insurance and Medicaid programs for appropriate testing. The following is a statement from Brian Hummell, government relations director for ... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Arizona: “Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and save lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s individual condition. This legislation will help dismantle cost barriers and bring the promise of precision ... thanks the Arizona House for approving this legislation and urges the Senate to follow suit and also take this critical step towards reducing health inequities and improving cancer outcomes.” For more information on precision medicine, cancer biomarkers, current barriers to biomarker ...

Arizonans Traveling to D.C. to Help Honor McCain, Press Lawmakers to Prioritize Cancer

... fight. Specifically, the Arizonan delegation will ask their members of Congress to: Increase funding for research at the National Institutes of Health by $2 billion for fiscal year 2019. Support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) , which will greatly improve the quality of life for cancer patients. Support the Removing ...

Arizona Cancer Advocates Applaud Governor’s Plan to Relieve Medical Debt

... treatment. Sometimes medical debt can’t be prevented. We recognize this and aim to minimize the negative impact debt has on a patient’s health and quality of life. This is why we proudly stand with Governor Hobbs and her plan to help alleviate this debt for many Arizonans.”  New findings led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows medical debt was associated with more days of poor physical and mental health, more years of life lost, and higher mortality rates for all-cause and leading causes of death at the county level in the United States. The ... that nearly three-quarters of cancer patients and survivors say they are worried about affording the cost of their current or future cancer care. roughly half of cancer survivors carried medical debt related to their treatment. Among those with medical debt, more than half said they had ...

Meet the Team

... for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Brian has also led or been a part of coalitions responsible for a number of access to care wins for patients at the state level including Biomarker Testing Coverage legislation in both Arizona and New Mexico and Medicaid Expansion in ... can truly make a difference in the lives of those who have been touched by cancer. Taking action to help make real change to increase access to care, improve health equity and support cancer research is my personal mission so that all people who hear the words, “You have cancer”, have hope.   Amy ...

2018 Arizona Legislative Session Summary

... two legislative priorities did not fare as well. The proposal to raise the purchase age for tobacco products to 21 did make it through the House Health committee again this year, but was once again denied a hearing in the Commerce Committee, killing the effort. The legislation to prohibit ... earlier this year to restrict access to opioids for many patients. ACS CAN was successful in ensuring that cancer, hospice and palliative care patients would still have access to appropriate pain medications . None of this progress would happen without the actions of our members and ...

Arizonans to urge national lawmakers to take action in fight against cancer

... months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. In addition to requesting a funding increase of at least $2 billion for National Institutes of Health cancer research, the Arizona delegation will seek support for two bills. One, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, would improve the quality of life for cancer patients. The other, the Removing Barriers to Colorectal ...

Sorority president spends time lobbying in Washington D.C.

... to meet with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Sen. Martha McSally and her Congressional District Rep. Greg Stanton and gain their support.  The FY Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies bill demanded increased funding for cancer research with the National Institute of Health.  The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019 was a bill that promoted more accessible screening and treatment for patients suffering from colon cancer and rectal cancer.  The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act promoted more training for doctors and caregivers so they could provide better treatment options and ...

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