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New Report: Raising Cigarette Taxes Across the South Offers Relief for Regional Budget and Health Problems

... per pack would help ease the economic crisis that weighs heavily on the region and its hard-working families, and would also improve the health of its residents, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Community Catalyst. The report, “Big Benefits from $1: Raising Cigarette Taxes in the South to Boost Health and the Economy,” is supplemented by a new Web-based interactive tool that details state-by-state benefits of a $1 tax increase. www.fightcancer.org/southernstates In the current economic crisis, the Southern states have been particularly hard hit by ...

House & Senate Committee Hearings to Highlight Critical Need for Affordable Access to Lifesaving Medication

... the Maryland Senate Finance Committee will consider Senate Bill 595, which seeks to create more predictability for patients facing high out-of-pocket expenses for lifesaving medication. The following day, February 29, the House Health and Government Operations Committee will hold a ... so that a patient using copay assistance to fill a prescription for a lifesaving medication may incur hefty unexpected medical bills—a result of insurers or pharmacy benefit managers not applying copay assistance payments to a patient’s deductible. Senate Bill 595/House Bill 879 will ... around medication expenses. Lance Kilpatrick, Maryland Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), will testify at the hearing to make the case to enact these patient protections for Marylanders, following the lead of nineteen other states. ...

Passage Urged for Budget Amendment for Public Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 11, 2004 – An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) proposal to increase the budget for public health while substantially reducing the national debt by increasing the federal tobacco tax to one ... which may come as early as today. “This Amendment is good fiscal policy and good for public health,” said Gary J. Streit, a member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors. “Raising the federal tobacco tax will generate ample new revenue for public health, including cancer research ... is with us and we plan to let them know whether their Senators are with us too.” Tobacco related illnesses kill 440,000 people a year and cost the economy more than $155 billion in direct health care costs and lost productivity, yet the current federal tobacco tax is just 39 cents. ...

Cancer advocates meet with US Rep Andy Harris

... Meet With U.S. Rep. Andy Harris: “Don’t Cut Our Lifeline” About a dozen volunteer advocates hold onto life-preservers in support of Affordable Care Act protections SALSIBURY, Md. – March 7, 2017 – About a dozen cancer patients, survivors and volunteers rallied outside the ... medical debt,” said Julienne Edwards, a colon cancer survivor and volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Congress needs to know exactly what they're taking away from people like me. If there is a treatment that can save our lives, we ... Critical protections include: • enabling young adults to stay on their parents' health plan until age 26; • providing patients no- or low-cost life-saving screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopies; • preventing patients from having their coverage canceled when they get sick; ...

Polling: Public Wants States to Use Federal Funds to Cover Uninsured Through Medicaid

WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 23, 2013 Public opinion pollingŒ  released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in key states want their state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid, a move that would enable millions of currently uninsured people nationwide to get lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The polls, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Lake Research Partners and GS Strategy Group, were fielded in in Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, and ...

Comprehensive Tobacco Control

FULLY FUNDED TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAM The tobacco prevention and cessation program is one of the smartest and most fiscally responsible investments that West Virginia can make. It not only helps current smokers quit but also prevents our children from ever starting a lifetime of addiction to tobacco. PROTECT ... like cancer. Significant increases to cigarette and tobacco taxes result in substantial revenue increases for states as well as health care cost savings. Comprehensive Tobacco Control ...

Week 2 - Legislative Session in Tallahssee Update

Week 2 Update   Friday, March 15, 2013   The 2013 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature has completed its second week, with seven more yet to go. The Capitol was abuzz with news surrounding the resignation of Florida’s Lieutenant Governor, Jennifer Carroll, but that certainly did not distract our team from working towards our goal of saving more ... the hearing, however, was the emergence of alternative proposals to increase access to quality health care for those currently without it. ACS CAN will continue to work with key decision makers on this issue to ensure the voice of the cancer patient is duly represented in the important ...

Breaking: NJ Voters Say State Should Use Fed Funds for Uninsured

... Through Medicaid [TRENTON, NJ] - Jan. 23, 2013 - Public opinion polling released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in New Jersey want the state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage ... state with access to lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The poll, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Lake Research Partners and GS Strategy Group, indicates public support for New Jersey to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by the Affordable Care Act. "New Jersey has an opportunity to provide thousands of currently uninsured ...

Tobacco Tax Victory in Nevada a Win for Public Health

Increasing the price of a pack of cigarettes is the most effective way to help people quit smoking and keep kids from starting the deadly habit. ThatŠ—'s why IŠ—'m ... adult smokers and prompting more than 15,400 adult smokers in Nevada to quit. This victory did not come easily, and I have the Nevada ACS CAN staff and volunteers to thank for their tireless efforts that were instrumental in getting the $1.00 per pack tax increase passed. While the ... on cigarettes is estimated to be more than $192 million in the first two years. Combined with at least $474 million in long-term health care cost savings from the cigarette tax, the increases are likely to have a tremendous positive impact both on the state budget and for reducing health ...

Cancer Community Calls on Senate to Move Forward on Meaningful Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 19, 2009 – After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on senators to invoke cloture and pass health care reform legislation this year so that House and Senate conferees can begin ... by refocusing the system to emphasize prevention; guaranteeing quality, affordable coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions; reducing the cost burden on families; eliminating lifetime coverage limits; covering routine health costs for those who enroll in clinical trials; and ...

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