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Connecticut House Passes Budget with Historic Tobacco Control Funding
Hartford, Conn.—Last night, the Connecticut House passed the state’s budget, which allocates $12 million for the state Tobacco Control and Health Trust Fund to fund critical tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. This budget investment comes after years of spending no money on ... use tobacco products. Smoking also causes over 25% of Connecticut’s cancer deaths, while costing the state more than $2 billion in annual health care costs. "For decades, Big Tobacco has targeted our youth and wreaked havoc in our communities, and this funding is a huge step forward in our ...
The Future of Health Care: The Promise of Clinical Trials in Advancing Cancer Care
... host, in virtual format , our 5th annual forum in Connecticut to examine the current impact and future potential of clinical trials in cancer care, with a focus on disparities and barriers for patient participation. Focus of the Forum This event will examine the importance of cancer ... benefit all patients. Forum participants will include key stakeholders throughout the oncology community, including leaders in life sciences, health care systems, academia, provider groups, patient advocacy, public policy, business, and others. ACS CAN will use this event to help ... closed. You may register day of the event at acscan.windrosemedia.com Speakers Andrea Silber, MD - Assistant Clinical Director for Health Equity and Diversity, Yale Cancer Center Jose DeJesus - Community Health Educator, Yale School of Public Health Pratheesh Sathyan, PhD ...
October 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update
... to the disease. In addition, Green Party challenger Ed Scharf spoke with volunteers at the Eat and Greet held in San Antonio. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT The outcome of the election will also have a big impact on the future of many key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that impact cancer ... wins the election, ACS CAN will work to retain these and other protections, and to sustain the emphasis on disease prevention. Read the Kaiser Health News story: " How the Health Law Might Be Changed by the Next President ." Essential Health Benefits As of October 22, 26 states have submitted a benchmark essential ...
Cancer Survivors Convene in Hartford, Urge Lawmakers to Expand Access to Biomarker Testing
... in who is benefiting from biomarker testing and biomarker-informed treatment. “Biomarker testing is essential to high-quality, personalized care for many conditions and can be a real gamechanger for many patients, but unfortunately, not everyone who can benefit from biomarker testing is getting it,” said Bryte Johnson, ACS CAN Connecticut director of government relations. “There are significant disparities in health outcomes for Connecticut patients by race, income, and insurance type. Without addressing barriers to care, breakthroughs in personalized treatments could increase these disparities in health outcomes. Already, 20 states have passed similar laws to increase access to comprehensive biomarker testing—and it’s time for ...
2025 Connecticut Legislative Priorities
... 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 Connecticut citizens impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating ... (ACS CAN) will work with the Connecticut General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate appropriations funding for lifesaving cancer screening programs, and enact ...
Connecticut 2025 Policy Forum
... a national leader in innovation. Participants will include diverse stakeholders in our communities – patients, patient advocates, payors, health systems, business leaders, lawmakers and others. View More Information Here! ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... facing cancer patients a national and state priority. Whether it is increasing cancer research and prevention funding or improving access to health coverage, ACS CAN protects the needs of patients and families, working to ensure that our innovation ecosystem remains strong and everyone has the access to care they need to prevent, detect and fight cancer. 0 ...
The Future of Lung Cancer Prevention and Treatment
... 8th Annual ACS CAN Connecticut Policy Forum will focus on the challenges we continue to face, ensuring lung cancer screening becomes a public health priority and providing the public with safe opportunities to prevent cancer or detect it early to improve patient outcomes. Efforts to ... screening prevalence must be at the forefront. Participants will include diverse stakeholders in our communities – patient advocates, payors, health systems, business leaders, and lawmakers to discuss the health disparities in Connecticut and plan to bring policy change to begin to ... CAN protects the needs of patients and families, working to ensure that our innovation ecosystem remains strong and everyone has the access to care they need to prevent, detect and fight cancer. Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors! 0 ...
Legislature Prioritizing Removing Barriers to Precision Treatments
... medicine treatments, is covered by Medicaid. 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 ... 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, ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality, affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer ...
Letter to the Editor: Cancer fight top priority from Higganum to D.C.
... I met with Joe Dunn, senior policy advisor to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), I thanked the senator for being a co-sponsor of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. He is on the Health Education Labor Pensions Committee, and I urged him to persuade Chairman Lamar Alexander to schedule this for a vote. As a cancer survivor, I have benefited greatly from palliative care, and I think it should be available to all cancer patients and survivors. I also let our lawmakers know that the people of Connecticut, and ...
Press Release: ACS CAN Reacts to Governor's Budget
... CAN is extremely disappointed in Governor Malloy’s proposal to eliminate the annual $12 million transfer of funds to the state’s Tobacco & Health Trust Fund (THTF). If this proposal passes, 2016 will mark the third time in eight years that Connecticut will rank dead last in the US in ... costly and unnecessary road to take, and any short term savings are dwarfed by the staggering toll tobacco use takes on our economy and our health care. “In order to significantly reduce tobacco use, which is responsible for one-third of all cancer deaths, ACS CAN encourages Governor ...