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Reintroducing a Critical Bill During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death for men and women combined in our country – a fact that’s difficult to accept given that it’s one of a limited number of cancers that can be prevented through screening. Yet, more than 145,600 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2019 and approximately 51,000 will ... screening, putting them at risk for a later-stage diagnosis that can often be more expensive to treat and harder to survive. The same coding and cost issue has already been addressed for those with private insurance. The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act would make things ...
Promoting Progress: Eliminating Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment
Clinical trials are an essential part of advancing new cancer treatments and reducing suffering and death from the disease. However, a significant percentage of cancer clinical trials never get off the ground because not enough patients enroll. We at ACS CAN are eager to better understand the barriers to clinical trial enrollment. So our policy experts spent the last year delving deep into patient ... decline to participate, most said they were afraid of side effects, losing control of their treatment or that they would encounter logistical or cost issues with enrolling. Clearly the cancer community needs to do more to expand the reach of available trials and make sure trials are designed ...
Guest Post: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening
... was found and repaired (with no input from you), and you now owe $250. How would you take this news? This is the predicament that a number of people face every day due to an oversight in existing Medicare regulations. Colorectal cancer remains the third leading cause of cancer death in ... tools in our fight against the disease, since colorectal cancer screening not only helps find cancer in early, more treatable stages, but can actually prevent cancer altogether. Detection of precancerous polyps is a frequent occurrence during screening exams, occurring in ... to the steady fall in colorectal cancer cases and deaths over the past 15 years. Colorectal cancer screening has also been proven to be highly cost-effective. An important provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act makes a number of proven preventive services, including ...
Guest Post: Celebrating My Father this Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. represents the 10th Congressional District of New Jersey. One year ago today, I lost my father, the venerated Congressman Donald M. Payne, Sr, to colon cancer. To many, he is remembered as a ... with the disease, but treatment of colon cancer is also a growing economic concern since medical expenditures related to colorectal cancer cost about $14 billion annually. The good news is colon cancer is very treatable if it is detected early. In fact, if Americans received regular screenings for colon cancer, half of all colon cancer deaths could be prevented. For every $1 spent on colorectal cancer screenings, $3 can be saved on treatment costs. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to or can afford these lifesaving screenings, or people choose to forgo ...
Ruling Extinguishes Latest Industry Effort to Undermine Tobacco Control
... aren't able to beat back strong public health policy the way they have in the past. Public health is prevailing with greater frequency in spite of a relentless industry foe. The latest example of this David versus Goliath outcome will directly benefit the citizens of Uruguay, and have far ... countries considering similar public health measures. In a decision late last week, an arbitration tribunal of the World Bank ruled Uruguay can require graphic warning labels covering 80 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs. The tribunal also ruled Uruguay can limit ... or promoting tobacco products. The Australia case was dismissed on procedural grounds but the defense in this dispute is reported to have cost $35 million. While the victories are cause for celebration, the lengthy disputes have both direct economic costs for the countries involved ...
Open Enrollment: Time for Cancer Patients and Survivors to Get Covered and Stay Covered
Fall is the season when millions of people nationwide enroll or re-enroll in health coverage through their jobs. For the next three months, people without health coverage through work or Medicare can purchase a health insurance plan by visiting HealthCare.gov . Thanks to key provisions of the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act, ... access to the most accurate financial assistance available. Many people with cancer or at risk for cancer still worry that health coverage will cost more than they can afford. They should be aware that financial assistance is available to many low- and middle-income families to make health ...
Conquering Cervical Cancer Worldwide
We can end deaths from cervical cancer. It’s a simple, but perhaps unknown fact that cervical cancer can be prevent ed and treated successfully at a very low cost. Yet, an estimated 528,000 women develop cervical cancer globally each year, and nearly 266,000 women die from the disease. Cervical cancer is the fourth most-common cancer in women worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in 38 low- and middle-income countries. In fact, about 87 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in less-developed ...
Fighting for Prevention Funds
The phrase "an ounce of prevention saves lives and money" means a lot to me and my family. My wife and I are diligent about talking with our doctors and ensuring we are ... activity, support tobacco-free living and improve prevention services in low-income and underserved communities. The fact is prevention is a cost saving measure. By focusing on the health of people before they get sick, we can actually save money because we won't be treating their diseases at later stages. The fund has been threatened numerous times by the White House ...
How Does Your State Measure Up on Policies to Fight Cancer?
Unfortunately, for most of you the answer to the question above is not well. According to a new edition of the ACS CAN report How Do You Measure Up? released today, many state legislatures are missing opportunities to enact laws and policies that ...
Nationwide Tobacco Control Efforts Mark Great American Smokeout
... the Great American Smokeout , we've made tremendous progress in reducing smoking rates and saving lives from tobacco use. Yet, 18 percent of adults in the United States still smoke, many teens are using multiple tobacco products and the majority of tobacco products remain unregulated. Our work certainly isn't finished. There are numerous ACS CAN-led activities happening in state capitols and city halls across the country today to commemorate the Great American Smokeout by calling for ... smokers, save about 400,000 adult lives from premature smoking-caused death and save the system more than $55 billion in long-term health care cost savings. It's a win-win-win that Congress has yet to take action on. Tobacco use remains the largest cause of preventable death in our ...