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2025 Oklahoma Legislative Session Summary

... Session Summary Victory in the fight against 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 Oklahomans impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2025 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) worked with the Oklahoma Legislature in support of the following priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care Genetic Testing Access : The ... Legislature approved legislation that will require health plans to provide coverage for genetic testing for inherited cancer risk and eliminate cost-sharing requirements for clinically appropriate genetic testing and guideline recommended cancer imaging for those at high-risk of developing ...

TSET/Tobacco Settlement Trust

Unfunding TSET Will Hurt Progress in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Research in Oklahoma   ACS CAN opposes the proposed cuts to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) in HJR 1017 which would decrease funding for vital TSET programs ... and research.  Proposes to end future funding for TSET from the annual tobacco Master Settlement Agreement payments received by the State of Oklahoma. The proposed discontinuation of new funding for TSET will result in the reduction or elimination of vital cancer prevention, research, ... $264 million that Oklahoma’s Medicaid program spends each year to treat smoking-related diseases.[v] Smoking-caused productivity losses cost the state an additional $2.1 billion annually.[vi] To reduce the devastating health impact of cancer and other tobacco-related disease, we ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation ... have incorrectly concluded that Medicaid offers substandard care because of evidence showing that survival rates for cancer patients in Medicaid can be poorer than for those outside the program. This conclusion is seriously misleading. What is often not reported is that cancer patients more ... responsibility or coverage when the exchanges go into effect. The brief describes four policy challenges related to such changes in coverage and cost:          Adjusting premium and cost-sharing subsidies when incomes change;        Coordinating eligibility for premium credits, ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation ... have incorrectly concluded that Medicaid offers substandard care because of evidence showing that survival rates for cancer patients in Medicaid can be poorer than for those outside the program. This conclusion is seriously misleading. What is often not reported is that cancer patients more ... responsibility or coverage when the exchanges go into effect. The brief describes four policy challenges related to such changes in coverage and cost:          Adjusting premium and cost-sharing subsidies when incomes change;        Coordinating eligibility for premium credits, ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation ... have incorrectly concluded that Medicaid offers substandard care because of evidence showing that survival rates for cancer patients in Medicaid can be poorer than for those outside the program. This conclusion is seriously misleading. What is often not reported is that cancer patients more ... responsibility or coverage when the exchanges go into effect. The brief describes four policy challenges related to such changes in coverage and cost:          Adjusting premium and cost-sharing subsidies when incomes change;        Coordinating eligibility for premium credits, ...

Senate Finance Committee Approves Cigarette Tax Increase

Statement of Daniel E. Smith, President, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 18, 2007 -- "Today’s approval by the Senate Finance Committee of a 61-cent increase in the federal cigarette tax to ... at a mere 39 cents. "In 1955, the federal cigarette tax was 36 percent of the price of cigarettes, but today it is less than 10 percent of the cost per pack. We must do more to prevent children from beginning to smoke and help current smokers quit. "We know that raising the price of ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally Legislators Virtually Due to COVID-19

SPRINGFIELD, IL – The unpredictable and dynamic nature of COVID-19 is no match for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) volunteers’ steadfast commitment. When the elevated risk for those with compromised immune systems became a roadblock for the annual Cancer ... As a cancer advocate, I let my lawmakers know if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Illinois, this goal must be top of mind for our legislature,” said Roger Crawford, ACS CAN Illinois state lead ambassador. “By improving access to care, we can reduce ...

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 ...

New Mexico and Utah Tobacco Tax Increases Are Big Wins for Public Health

Washington, D.C. – March 8, 2010 – New Mexico and Utah took major steps forward to save lives and protect children when both of the states’ legislatures voted to increase their tobacco taxes. New Mexico passed a 75-cent tobacco tax increase late in the evening on March ... passed a $1.005 increase March 5 bringing the state’s cigarette tax to $1.70. Both state taxes are now well above the current national average of $1.34 per pack. The governors from both states are expected to sign the measures into law in the coming days and both will go into effect July ... health victories will save lives in New Mexico and Utah,” said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Raising tobacco taxes protects public health by reducing smoking and helps to boost the economy by generating revenue and long-term health ...

Cancer Survivors Go To Montpelier for Cancer Action Day

David Cranmer of Shelburne was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 1999. "This is the first time that I've been able to talk about somebody about my cancer," Cranmer said. He says he felt alone during treatment. "Bone marrow transplants takes about a year to recover, and much of that year is spent in isolation because you have no immune system," Cranmer said. Cranmer ended up joining a group to talk to another survivor ... of life for cancer survivors. The Cancer Action Network’s Jill Sudhoff-Guerin says costs are a big issue for many Vermonters. "When people can't see what their prescription drug costs are then they're kind of going blindly into purchasing a plan," Sudhoff-Guerin said. She’s also ...

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