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New York City Paid Time Off For Cancer Screening Campaign

Welcome! To improve cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs overall, ACS CAN has launched a campaign to expand access to paid time off for cancer screening in New York City. Join The Statewide Coalition Today New Yorkers ... for cancers such as breast, cervical, and colorectal. In New York City (and statewide) public employees are already provided with four hours of paid time off for any cancer screenings. This time off for cancer screening benefit is in addition to any sick, vacation, or other personal ... costly diseases in the United States: it leads to substantial work loss, number of workdays lost, and absenteeism costs. Cancer is estimated to cost a business more than $1,600 in lost productivity per year for each employee diagnosed. Public Support For Paid Leave For Cancer Screenings ...

Wyoming Must Pass Medicaid Expansion

... oncologists explain why Medicaid expansion is critical in the fight against cancer. Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., FACS, FASCO, is the chair of the board of the Association for Clinical Oncology and board member for the American Cancer Society. A Wyoming native, Dr. Bertagnolli is also a cattle ... Access to health insurance is critical to prevent and catch cancer early when it is easier and less costly to treat. Too many Wyoming residents can’t access the care they need.      Dr. Symington treats many uninsured cancer patients in rural Wyoming. Expanding Medicaid will help ...

New York State Patient Navigation Campaign

Welcome! To improve cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health care costs overall, ACS CAN has launched a campaign to expand access to patient navigation services in New York State.  Patient navigators have been shown to help ... navigation? Patient navigation can help eliminate health disparities and reduce costs across the cancer care continuum by addressing the needs of people who have been historically marginalized and excluded as well as those living in under resourced communities.   Navigating the health ... Navigation Coverage To date, patient navigation services are still absent or limited in many cancer programs and hospital settings due to cost concerns and lack of clinical reimbursement. Throughout the U.S., a patchwork of coverage exists depending  on where patients live and the ...

Prescription Drug Affordability in Michigan

ACS CAN supports legislation that restricts the use of so-called copay accumulator adjustments in health insurance plans.  We advocate for policies that ensure third party prescription drug copay assistance is counted toward patients’ out-of-pocket cost obligations.  Prescription drug affordability safegaurds that patients and their families can care for themselves while reducing the burden ...

Frequently Asked Questions About Biologic and Biosimilar Drugs

Q. What is a biologic?  Answer: Biologics are a class of drugs that are produced using a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or animal cell. Like all drugs, biologics are regulated by ... as the reference product. A biosimilar must have no clinical differences to the reference product. This means that a patient using a biosimilar can expect the same physical responses to the biosimilar as they would to the reference product. A biosimilar is considered highly similar to the ... of biosimilars. In 2010, FDA was given the authority to approve versions of biologic products that would provide competition and likely lower cost alternatives to “brand name” biologics.  The biosimilar pathway depends on a head-to-head comparison of the proposed biosimilar to a ...

Valeria: Fresno, CA

... has had severe chronic asthma. The town where she was born outside Fresno, California was surrounded by industries that emitted high levels of pollution. Many other members of her community -- which was mostly made up of low-income families -- also suffered from chronic asthma. While ... daily, as well as allergy medicines and an inhaler and that help alleviate her asthma. Besides a small co-pay, her health insurance covers the cost of the medications and Valeria is able to go about her daily life.    But in the past Valeria has been unable to access affordable health ... go to the emergency room for care. "It felt like my lungs were working at half capacity," she said. "Everything is affected in your life if you can't breathe."   For Valeria, access to her medication is absolutely critical, and when cost or other barriers get in the way, it can be ...

Let's Screen NY Campaign Homepage

Cancer screenings save lives!  Like going to the dentist or changing the oil in your car, cancer screening should be a regular part of your life. Screening tests are used before a person has any symptoms to help find cancer early, when it may be easier to treat.  Print this ... public policy proposals, all of them are committed to removing barriers to cancer screening. Join the 2022 Let's #ScreenNY Campaign Today! ACS CAN NY has launched the  Let’s Screen NY Campaign . The goal of the campaign is to mobilize federal, state, and local policymakers around an ... offers a critically important service to men and women who lack health insurance – screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer at no cost to the patient. Detected early, these cancers are more effectively treated. Failing to have these cancers detected early can lead to deadly ...

ACSí Se Puede Hispanic/Latino Advocacy Alliance Health Disparities Information

... Figures for Hispanic/Latino People, 2021-2023 The most recent data on cancer data for Hispanic/Latino people, published in a peer-review journal of the American Cancer Society. Facts on Our Fight: Cancer Disparities in the Hispanic/Latinx Community A data brief that talks about cancer disparities in the Hispanic/Latinx community and the work ACS and ACS CAN are doing with communities to advance health equity. The Costs of Cancer in the Hispanic/Latino Community Hispanic/Latino people facing cancer and survivors experience high costs, and are more likely than White ...

Improving Access to Colorectal Cancer Screenings

... When given the choice by a provider, many average-risk patients prefer a stool-based test over colonoscopy and, nationally, about 10 percent of eligible patients opt for stool-based testing.  The new law – which covers about 2.5 million covered lives in private insurance plans – ... guidance on coverage of follow-up colonoscopies, will ensure that more Hoosiers who opt for stool-based testing and receive an abnormal result can also complete a follow-up colonoscopy without facing burdensome cost-sharing.  By the Numbers: Colorectal Cancer in Indiana 3,000 Number of Hoosiers diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2021 1,160 Number of ...

Medicaid Expansion: Improving Access to Coverage, Detecting Cancers, Early, Saving More Lives - Learn More

Medicaid is a vital part of our state's health care system. Many of Missouri's poorest and sickest patients, including many with cancer, gain access to necessary care and ... that participation in the Medicaid expansion would bring $5 billion to Missouri and provide health coverage to 260,000 Missourians at no cost to the state. Learn More About Why Improving Access to Health Care Coverage Through Medicaid Matters to ACS CAN Policy Resources The Missouri Medicaid Expansion: Good for All Missourians   In rural Missouri, expanding access to affordable health care ...

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