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9-8-11 Affordable Care Act Update
Litigation The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed two challenges to the Affordable Care Act. In Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius , the case brought by Virginia’s ... assistance and lowering out-of-pocket costs. The extent to which it will help will depend on the choice of plans, benefit design and health care cost trends. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families. Christopher W. Hansen President American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) 9-8-11 Affordable Care Act Update ...
Press Release: CTGetting Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... and death from cancer, but failing when it comes to funding state tobacco control and prevention programs. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality , Connecticut 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). “We’ve made tremendous progress in the way we diagnose and treat cancer across the country. But to leverage this progress, Connecticut ...
Connecticut Lawmakers Fund $12 Million to Fight Tobacco Use
... control programs help prevent youth from starting to use tobacco products and support and promote cessation among current tobacco users. ACS CAN recommends that states dedicate a portion of tobacco tax and other tobacco-related revenue for tobacco control. However Connecticut is falling short, providing ZERO funding in the current ... budget. The Numbers: $2.03 Billion - Annual health care costs directly caused by smoking $473.2 million - Amount of tobacco revenue and tobacco settlement funds CT receives annually $55.9 million -Estimated amount the tobacco industry spends on marketing ...
8-25-11 Affordable Care Act Update
Affordable Care Act and the Budget While Congress remains in recess until after Labor Day, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or what has commonly come to be known as the "super committee," have already begun discussions in preparation for the work that lies ahead. While traditionally at ACS CAN we have associated the budget and appropriations process mostly with funding for cancer research and programs, we know that because of the ... employer-sponsored health insurance have not filled prescriptions, did not get recommended tests, or avoided seeing a doctor because of the high cost barrier. Although continuing health coverage through COBRA is an option for the unemployed, the expense prohibits many from purchasing it. ...
Legislature Prioritizing Removing Barriers to Precision Treatments
... Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s specific type of cancer. “Biomarker testing made a huge difference in my life,” said Erin Nielson, a cancer survivor in Bethel, CT. “I was diagnosed with ... that my cancer’s DNA would not benefit from chemotherapy. In previous years, chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation would have been the standard of care for my type of cancer.” This legislation will help address a significant barrier and bring the promise of precision medicine to more people, no matter their race or where they live. Personalized treatments based on a patient’s biomarkers can provide many benefits, including better outcomes, improved quality of life, and, in some cases, like Erin’s, reduced costs from bypassing ...
U.S. Senate Begins Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation
... care reform legislation. With the Senate having begun pivotal floor debate Monday, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) is working with lawmakers from both parties to ensure that the bill takes important steps to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits , reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age . As the leading voice of patients in the ...
Important Message From John Seffrin
... to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our broken health care system for cancer patients and their families is entering its ... clear in recent days that it wants Congress to move forward with a final effort to pass health care reform legislation. As the leading voice of patients in the debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) has been working with lawmakers from both parties to produce legislation that 1. Increases the emphasis on disease prevention , such ...
Letter to the Editor: Cancer fight top priority from Higganum to D.C.
The following letter was published in the Middletown Press on October 11, 2018. Recently, I had the honor of representing Connecticut on Capitol Hill by traveling to Washington, D.C., with nearly 700 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... for their support in increasing federal funding for cancer research, backing legislation to improve patient quality of life and removing cost barriers to colorectal cancer screenings for seniors. Cancer is nonpartisan; and Congress should seize the opportunity to pass critical legislation that can help end cancer as we know it. When I met with Joe Dunn, senior policy advisor to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), I thanked the senator for ...
The Future of Cancer Care: The Role of Biomarkers in Advancing Personalized Medicine
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is the nation’s leading cancer advocacy organization working every day to make ... tools and training they need to be heard. ACS CAN’s public policy priorities are focused on the actions that elected leaders at all levels of government can take to accelerate the ability to save lives and win the fight against cancer. ACS CAN is hosting our 4 th annual Connecticut ...
New NIH Funding for Cancer Research
... September 30, 2009 – “President Obama today announced $5 billion in medical research grants that are critically important to the discovery of new and more effective treatments and prevention measures for life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer. The grants, part of the American ... not only creating jobs and stimulating local economies, but also furthering important medical research. “Cancer and other chronic diseases cost our economy $1 trillion a year in lost workdays and lower employee productivity. Investing in medical research has a dual benefit of ... and dying from the disease. If our nation makes the necessary investment in medical research, prevention, early detection and treatment, we can defeat cancer once and for all. The grants announced today are another step forward in that investment in medical research, yet there is still ...