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Why We Need a Palliative Care Council in Delaware
Palliative care is specialized medical care that works to treat the whole person, not just their disease, by giving patients more control and helping to take ... Care focuses on treating the disease while also ensuring the best possible quality of life for the patient. It's provided by a team of health care professionals, including doctors and nurses, all working together to control the patient's pain, fatigue, anxiety, loss of appetite and ... of palliative care. The Council would have two key components: 1) establishes an advisory council to bring together experts – including health care providers and patients – to address barriers to palliative care and identify innovative solutions 2) creates a consumer and ...
Don’t Weaken Health Insurance Marketplaces (Letter to the Editor, News Journal, 3/28/18)
Don’t weaken health insurance marketplaces I am a cancer survivor, and my health coverage is my lifeline. Access to timely treatment, affordable medications and regular screenings and doctor visits are essential and the reason I am alive today. Breaks in coverage could mean delayed care and dire consequences for my health. That’s why I’m so concerned to see that Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar proposed a ...
2022 Delaware 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 Delaware residents touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... leave through the State’s paid leave trust fund for a qualifying event, including for the following: 1) to address a worker’s own serious health condition, 2) to care for a family member with a serious health condition, 3) bond with a new child, 4) to handle safety matters for victims ...
2025 Delaware Legislative Session Summary
... 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 Delawareans impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... Ensuring Access to Quality Care Guaranteeing Cost-Free Preventive Services: HB 209 codifies cost-free preventive services and essential health benefits as found under the Affordable Care Act as of January 1, 2025. The bill has passed both houses of the General Assembly and awaits ...
2023 Delaware 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 Delaware impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Delaware Legislature 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 ...
2021 Delaware 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 Delawareans touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... and cervical cancer screening and treatment program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women administered by the Delaware Department of Health. Reducing the Toll of Tobacco Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Funding: ACS CAN will work to fund and sustain evidence-based, ...
2022 Delaware Session Summary
... 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 Delaware residents touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... payments made by patients—directly or on their behalf - be counted toward their overall out-of-pocket maximum payment or deductible. Requiring health insurance carriers to do so will protect cancer patients from surprise bills and treatment delays as well as allowing individuals to utilize ...
Governor Signs Bill Increasing Access to Cancer Screening for High-Risk Delawareans
... men. The bill eliminates costs for certain patients to get these lifesaving screenings, thus reducing barriers and increasing access to care for men over 40 with certain risk factors. It’s estimated that over 1,300 Delawareans will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in ... that the legislation received. “Thank you, Governor Carney and the Delaware legislature for making this bold move to prioritize men’s health,” said Ali Manson, ZERO Prostate Cancer’s Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy. “Delaware is now one of only eight states ... barriers to screenings for men at the highest risk. Together, we are paving the way for other states to make this kind of investment in men’s health.” ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates for evidence-based public policies to reduce the ...
Delaware Making Progress on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.” How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... Passing and implementing the policy recommendations in the report would not only save lives in Delaware, but also save millions in long-term health care costs. A color-coded system classifies how well a state is doing in each issue. Green shows that a state has adopted evidence-based ...
ACS CAN Supports Measure to Protect Delaware’s Young People from the Dangers of Tobacco
... who are alive now that will die prematurely due to smoking-related disease. It is the single largest preventable cause of death. The annual health care costs in Delaware directly caused by smoking are $532 million. “Increasing the sale age for tobacco products to 21, or Tobacco 21, is a ... thank Governor Carney and bill sponsor Townsend for their support and look forward to working with our leaders to save lives and protect the health of Delaware’s young people.” 0 ACS CAN Supports Measure to Protect Delaware’s Young People from the Dangers of Tobacco ...