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New Report Highlights Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Attempts to Co-opt Promising Public Health Policies to Serve Their Own Agenda

... In fact, 51 out of the 88 age of sale bills introduced in 2019 included provisions that advance tobacco industry interests rather than public health . “It is critical that our lawmakers act to end the youth e-cigarette epidemic and protect our kids from all tobacco products that ... must live up to their responsibility to protect our kids by ensuring that the tobacco 21 policies they pass are designed according to public health best practices and are not being used as a stalking horse to advance the tobacco industry’s interests.” The special section, Tobacco 21: ... to health coverage. The report grades states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to health care coverage through Medicaid, passage of quality of life (palliative care) policies, implementation of balanced pain control policies, smoke-free ...

Letter From ACS CAN Nebraska Volunteer on Access to Care In Lincoln Journal Star

Before the Affordable Care Act, accessing health coverage could be like playing Russian roulette for cancer patients. Insurance companies could cancel a patient’s ... before the ACA. Cancer patients can’t face the possibility of not being able to purchase coverage. Let’s not play politics with people’s health. I’m asking Congress to compromise on improvements to the existing law. Don’t repeal what’s working and send us back to uncertainty ...

100 Cancer Survivors, Caregivers Urge Lawmakers to Improve Access to Care, Tobacco Prevention

... becoming addicted to tobacco and prevent 37,200 premature, tobacco-related deaths. It would also save the state nearly $3 billion in long-term health-care costs and generate more than $287 million in new revenue. Fully fund state cancer prevention programs. Michigan brings in $1.2 billion in ... ACS CAN is the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

Oral Parity Bill Will Help Limit the Out-of-Pocket Costs of Cancer Care

... equalize patient out-of-pocket costs for cancer drugs taken orally, and cancer treatments delivered intravenously. The legislation would require health insurance plans that cover traditional chemotherapy to provide equally favorable coverage for orally-administered anticancer ... advancements during the past several years have increased the availability and effectiveness of oral medications for cancer treatment, but health plans have often required higher cost-sharing for cancer treatments taken by mouth rather than administered intravenously by a doctor. This ... 202-661-5711 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] 0 Oral Parity Bill Will Help Limit the Out-of-Pocket Costs of Cancer Care ...

Wisconsin Legislature Prioritizes Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, Misses Opportunity to Increase Access to Care

... by important wins for cancer prevention and early detection, as well as battles against unwarranted efforts to create barriers to accessing care. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commends the Legislature for maintaining funding for the Tobacco Prevention and ... Program and the Well Woman Program. However, ACS CAN regrets lawmakers’ support for legislation that will unnecessarily hinder access to health care coverage for limited-income Wisconsinites. The following is a statement is from ACS CAN Wisconsin Government Relations Director Sara ... from becoming addicted to dangerous tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and help adults quit. It is also vital to reduce the burden and health disparities that stem from tobacco use. While smoking rates have declined in Wisconsin over the last decade, we’re seeing that progress ...

Kansas Cancer Advocates Rally at Capitol for Increased Access to Needed Care and Cancer Screenings

... from across the state gathered at the State Capitol on Wednesday to press lawmakers to address several critical issues affecting access to health care for tens of thousands of Kansans, particularly those in need of cancer screening and treatment. The meetings were part of Kansas Cancer Action ... higher costs or barriers to needed screenings and treatments.  "We are deeply disappointed that legislators are prioritizing politics over the health of our family, friends and neighbors. Proposals to freeze changes to Medicaid -- and potentially limit access to cutting-edge screening and ...

Colorado Survivors, Patients Highlight Tobacco Prevention and Access to Care with State Lawmakers

... by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Volunteer advocates met with lawmakers and discussed supporting access to care and sustaining funding for tobacco prevention and cessation.  During meetings with lawmakers, volunteers touted the 20 years of progress ... to programs to prevent teens from starting to use tobacco and help those who are addicted, quit.  Funds collected from the tax also go towards health services like the Women’s Wellness Connection which provides free breast and cervical cancer screenings for women who qualify. The program ... can improve quality of life and survivorship.  Colorado lawmakers passed a bill during the 2024 session to require state-regulated private health insurance to cover biomarker testing when supported by scientific and medical evidence. The bill, however, did not include Medicaid, so ...

Murkowski Amendment to Health Reform Bill Would Not Ensure Access to Lifesaving Cancer Screenings for Women

WASHINGTON, DC -- December 3, 2009 -- "Cancer patients and survivors are opposing the amendment to health care reform legislation offered by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) because it would not ensure no-cost preventive services for women. "Eliminating ... services by making the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force more transparent and accountable to the public, and by giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to consider evidence-based guidelines developed by other groups as the basis for coverage of preventive ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on Lifetime and Annual Limits Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

... D.C. – August 27, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the interim final rule that bans lifetime and annual limits in the Affordable Care Act. The comments build on an already strong rule in an effort to define what essential benefits will apply to the ban on monetary limits; ... individual market plans who exceeded plan limits in effect prior to the law’s passage have the same right to regain benefits as those in group health plans.  ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and ...

N.J. Health Committee Gears up for Long-Awaited Hearing on Smoke-free Casino Loophole

... enabling patrons to smoke inside the Atlantic City establishments despite the established risks associated with secondhand smoking. Public health and labor groups have mobilized around the issue—with casino workers at the forefront, 100 of whom will be in attendance on Monday to ... providing testimony on the impact this legislation can have in preventing cancer diagnoses and deaths. The National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) and the U.S. Surgeon General have found that occupational exposure to secondhand smoke increases workers’ risk of lung ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

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