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Senate & House Leaders to Hear Legislation Aimed at Improving Access to Care
... (D - HD 45, Cumberland, Lincoln) and Senator Robert Britto (D – SD 18, East Providence, Pawtucket) (H8041 / S2720) that would restrict the use of co-pay accumulator adjustment programs and ensure Rhode Islanders receive the total value of prescription drug assistance to afford their ... spot of having to choose between their health and paying their bills. This legislation would help relieve some financial pressure so patients can focus on their recovery. I am proud to reintroduce this legislation to ensure Rhode Islanders get the help they need to afford their ... Relations Director Ryan Strik: “Many cancer patients and individuals living with chronic medical conditions have difficulty affording the cost of their prescription drugs. This is especially true for newer drugs – including cancer drugs – that do not yet have a generic equivalent. ...
McKee Takes Final Step to Ensure Affordable Colorectal Cancer Screenings for Rhode Islanders
... RI – Today, Gov. Daniel McKee will sign into law The Maryellen Goodwin Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, which ensures Rhode Islanders can access affordable preventative colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 45. It does this by eliminating cost-sharing for all preventative colorectal cancer screening tests for people 45 and older, even if they are performed as a follow up to a positive less invasive screening. A broad coalition of public health groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC), have spent ...
Rhode Island Legislator Ambassador Homepage
New Ambassadors: Welcome to the ACS CAN Team! Here you will find all the information you'll need to be successful in your volunteer role, whether you've been here for five days, or ... you started here are some actions you can take: Review our Legislative Ambassador Welcome Training Video on the roles and responsibilities of ACS CAN ambassadors. You may have viewed this as part of your orientation, this is here as a refresher for those that would like it. ... Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Resources 2026 Cancer Action Day Resources: Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Imaging Eliminating Cost Sharing for Lung Cancer Screening Protecting Access to Patient Assistance Legislative Priorties Pre-CAD Training Presentation Volunter ...
Rhode Island Getting Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Rhode Island measured up to policy recommendations in five of the nine issue areas ranked. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 15 th edition of the report shows just how far we’ve come in the last decade and a half passing policies proven to reduce ...
2026 Rhode Island Legislative Priorities
... Rhode Island Victory in the fight against cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Rhode ... their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2026 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Rhode Island General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health ... advocate for policies that ensure third party prescription drug copay assistance is counted toward patients’ out-of-pocket cost obligations. Reduce Patient Medical Debt: ACS CAN will advocate for policies that prevent the occurrence of medical debt and reduce ...
Rhode Island Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing
... right patient, at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a critical role in improving cancer outcomes – biomarker testing being one of the ways we can achieve these outcomes by allowing doctors to understand and target unique markers in a patient’s cancer cells. Despite its benefits, access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation due in part to lack of coverage by private health insurance and Medicaid for needed testing. Senate Bill 2201 aims to enable more ...
Rhode Island Getting Mixed Reviews on Cancer Fighting Public Policies
... it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Rhode Island measured up to policy recommendations in just six of the ten issue areas ranked. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). "We've made tremendous progress in the way we diagnose and treat cancer across the country. But to leverage this progress, Rhode Island ...
8th Annual Rhode Island Research Breakfast Speaker Biographies
8 th Annual Rhode Island Research Breakfast Speakers Bernard A. Jackvony, JD Bernard A. Jackvony is of counsel to Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC. From 1997 to 1999, Bernie served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. He earned his undergraduate from Bryant University, his master's degree from Boston University, and his J.D. from Suffolk ... service on the Florida Division Board of Directors. In November 2011, he was elected to serve on the National Board of Directors for ACS CAN. Serving as the Research Breakfast Committee Chair for the past seven years, Bernie is not only responsible for the inception of the event, he ...
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