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Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program ACS CAN will advocate to maintain funding for Tennessee Breast and Cervical Screening Program, the state breast and cervical cancer screening program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women administered by the Tennessee Department of Health. Colorectal Cancer ACS CAN will work to establish funding for colorectal cancer screening, treatment, and patient navigation programs. ... provide a comprehensive benefit for lung cancer screening including all follow-up testing according to recommended guidelines, without enrollee cost sharing or other barriers. PREVENTION ...

Health Care Reform Blog Surviving the System Lobby Day T-2 days

One of the patients traveling to the "Surviving the System" lobby day is Roseanne Nabhan from Indiana. Doctors diagnosed Roseanne Nabhan with a ... $3,000. RoseanneŠ—Ès employer offers insurance but the price of the plan would exceed her earnings as a waitress. Meanwhile, it would cost $268 per month to add her to her husband's employer-sponsored insurance, an expense the couple cannot afford. Recently, the hospital were ... We are looking forward to meeting with our Representatives and Senators and just seeing Washington D.C., it's our first visit. Everyone at ACS CAN has been so wonderful to us both, we are truly grateful. Blessings, Roseanne Health Care Reform Blog Surviving the System Lobby Day T-2 days ...

New FDA Ad Campaign Targets Teens

... Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a national anti-tobacco advertising campaign geared at teenagers. The new campaign is a result of legislation that ACS CAN and its volunteers helped pass in 2009. Called Š—“The Real CostŠ— campaign, the television, print and online ads will focus on what smoking can do to a teenagerŠ—Ès appearance, and how tobacco can ...

General Assembly Reaches Consensus on Copay Accumulator Reform, Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature

... House Bill 1246 would require all prescription drug copayments made by patients, directly or on their behalf, to count toward their overall out-of-pocket maximum or deductible, making cancer treatment more affordable and saving more Marylanders from potential medical debt.  A 2022 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) study found 31% of cancer patients and providers noted paying for prescriptions as a challenge and 20% indicated that financial considerations ... one hardship after another. First, the hardships are physical. Then, very quickly, they are emotional. And all the while they are financial, the cost burden weighing heavily on patient and family alike. Fortunately, there are avenues for patients to lighten their financial load through copay ...

TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CONTROL

T obacco Prevention and Cessation Funding:   ACS CAN will work to increase funding for fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs to $13 million. This is especially important ... cancer deaths. Increasing funding to $13 million will allow more individuals to quit smoking and prevent children from ever starting a lifetime of addiction to tobacco. Access to Tobacco Cessation: Access to Tobacco Cessation: ACS CAN will advocate for all insurance plans, including the ... cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care.   TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CONTROL ...

New Report: Failure by Southeastern State Legislators on Tobacco Policies Leads to Higher Tobacco Use, Greater Cancer Burden

... policies to reduce and prevent tobacco use, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The result of this inaction has led to some of the highest tobacco use rates in the country and contributed to cancer death rates that are significantly above the national average. The ...

Ohio Senate Turning Its Back on Ohio’s Youth

... Cancer Action Network Government Relations Director Leo Almeida COLUMBUS, OHIO – “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the Senate to change course regarding tobacco control funding in the budget. In the Senate’s budget substitute bill released last week, tobacco prevention and cessation funding was cut in half from the current year funding level of $14.5 million to $7.5 million yearly, which would have a devastating impact on our state's health and economic well-being.  “Here in Ohio, 36.7% of high school students use tobacco products, including 29.8% who use electronic cigarettes. Action is needed to reverse these trends. In fact, if ...

Over 100 Patient Groups Join to Raise Alarm Over Proposed Insurance Rule

Washington, D.C.—April 23, 2018—More than 100 organizations representing millions of patients, providers and consumers joined together in letters and formal comments to Congressional leadership and federal agencies urging the withdrawal of a proposed rule on short-term, limited duration insurance plans (STLD). The groups warn that the proposed rule would likely divide the ... Public comments on the rule are due to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor today. The joint comment letter can be viewed here . The letter to the Secretaries of HHS, Treasury and Labor can be viewed here . The letter to Congressional Leaders can be ...

NEW REPORT: Failure by Southeastern State Legislators on Tobacco Policies Leads to Higher Tobacco Use, Greater Cancer Burden

... policies to reduce and prevent tobacco use, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The result of this inaction has led to some of the highest tobacco use rates in the country and contributed to cancer death rates that are significantly above the national average. The ...

New Report: Failure by Southeastern State Legislators on Tobacco Policies Leads to Higher Tobacco Use, Greater Cancer Burden

... policies to reduce and prevent tobacco use, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The result of this inaction has led to some of the highest tobacco use rates in the country and contributed to cancer death rates that are significantly above the national average. The ...

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