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Cancer Advocates Urge Gov. Kelly to Veto Legislation that Leaves Patients Vulnerable to Inadequate Health Plans, Higher Expenses

Topeka, Kansas – March 29, 2022 – Today, the Kansas Senate passed Senate Bill 199, which would expand access to inadequate health plans that can avoid patient protections required by federal law. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) opposes increasing the availability of short-term limited duration (STLD) health plans because they often deny coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions -- including COVID-19 --, choose to not cover services ... out-of-pocket expenses, can have higher deductibles and may not cover essential health benefits such as prescription medication and maternity care. The following is a statement from Megan Word, government relations director for ACS CAN in Kansas: “Everyone deserves access to quality 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ACS CAN to Congress: Cancer Patients and Survivors Are Counting on You to Protect Their Access to Health Coverage

... Office (CBO), would result in $1 trillion cuts to Medicaid and cause nearly 12 million people to become uninsured with no other affordable health insurance options. In addition to the largest Medicaid cuts in history, the bill weakens protections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace and makes it more difficult and expensive to obtain and keep health insurance coverage. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS ...

ACS CAN Volunteers Rally to Tell Congress that Affordable Cancer Care is Past Due

... cancer is past due. In Wisconsin, volunteers gathered at a local dairy farm to share their personal stories about being unable to afford cancer care and the incredibly high cost of prescription drugs for cancer survivors. In New York City, ACS CAN volunteers rallied outside of Senator Chuck ... dedicate so much time to this very important issue: after all, 2.2 million low-income Americans currently lack access to quality, affordable health insurance. That’s because 12 states refuse to expand Medicaid, despite research that links Medicaid expansion to improved cancer outcomes, reduction of health inequities, and access to early detection services. The negotiations currently underway in Congress have the potential to save lives – and ...

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 ...

Patient and Medical Professional Organizations Applaud Administration’s Decision to Defend Access to Preventive Health Services in US Supreme Court Braidwood Case

... brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Braidwood Management v. Kennedy , outlining its intention to defend the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires most private insurers to cover preventive services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) without cost sharing by patients. Organizations representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of health care professionals applaud the administration’s decision to continue to defend the vital provision of the ACA. Research has proven that ...

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 ...

Cancer Research, Prevention and Access to Care Prioritized in Proposed FY 2014 Senate LHHS Spending Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 11, 2013 The Senate Appropriations Committee today is expected to consider an FY 2014ξξLabor, Health and Human Services spending bill that would increase funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $300 million over pre-sequester levels, boost the tobacco control program budget by six percent above pre-sequester spending and ... women offered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The bill also would fund critical provisions of the Affordable Care Act to help provide access to care for families affected by cancer and other chronic diseases. Following is a statement from ACS CAN, the ...

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