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Time for Mills to Bring Precision Medicine to all Mainers

... chambers earlier this month with broad bipartisan support, would increase access to  biomarker testing  for Mainers who need it, ensuring they can receive the right treatment at the right time for their disease. The following can be attributed to Julia McDonald, Maine director of government relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “We were thrilled that Maine lawmakers have put patients ... eliminate unnecessary and costly treatments for some patients. “Now, we’re down to the wire and it’s time to look ahead. After two years of advocacy by public health groups, providers and patients across Maine, the only thing that stands between ensuring insurance coverage of this ...

Hartford Courant: It's Time To Raise The Age For Buying Tobacco And E-Cigarettes

Op-Ed by ACS CAN Connecticut Volunteers Dr. Andrew Salner & Jose Ortiz While the financial costs are astounding, the real price we pay from tobacco use is with our health: heart disease, cancer, lung disease — to name only a few of the terrible, life altering diseases that smoking causes directly. Without action to reduce smoking among young people, 56,000 kids now under 18 ...

Tobacco 21 in Texas

Nearly 95 percent of smokers start before the age of 21, when the developing brain is highly vulnerable to the addictive effects of nicotine. In Texas, 13,700 kids become daily smokers every year, ... to $185 million in reduced healthcare expenditures and productivity costs over five years.   During the 2017 Texas Legislative session, ACS CAN advocates and volunteers gained momentum for the 2019 session with strong bipartisan support for a “Tobacco 21” bill to raise the age of ...

Faye: Sinking Springs, PA

As a stage III melanoma cancer survivor, Faye has experienced the dangers of delays in access to tests and treatment firsthand. After she was diagnosed in 2012, Faye’s health insurer repeatedly denied the scans her ... are already fighting for our lives. We cannot afford to wait on insurers to approve tests or treatments ordered by doctors—as those delays can cost us precious, lifesaving time.”   Read More Stories About Barriers to Care     Faye: Sinking Springs, PA ...

2019 North Carolina Day at the Capitol

Join passionate volunteers from across the state of North Carolina for an action-packed day as we converge on the capitol to represent our communities in the fight for a world free of cancer. ... with your state lawmakers and network with other cancer-fighting activists from all across the state.  At the Day at the State Capitol, ACS CAN volunteers will advocate for increasing access to affordable healthcare in communities across North Carolina, as well as other crucial ... part so that all North Carolinians have access to the tools that help support a healthier life.  Training & meals will be provided at no cost to participants.  No experience is required.  You must register to attend. For questions, please contact [email protected]  or ...

Tobacco Industry Exploits Trade Agreements

There was a lot of coverage of the State of the Union last week; but, one thing you probably didn't hear a lot of talk about was President Obama's declaration to ... and make it more difficult for low- and middle-income countries to grow in the face of suppressed worker productivity and the escalating cost and toll of tobacco-related disease and death. There is overwhelming international consensus on what needs to be done to address the global ... to be offered in negotiations of the TPP free trade agreement, which promises to be one of the largest trade agreements in recent years. ACS CAN is working to ensure that negotiations will create an improved opportunity for our trade partners to also be good public health partners when ...

6-22-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... it is expected that their term will end for their summer recess, therefore, the Court is expected to release all remaining decisions by the end of the week. As previously mentioned, ACS CAN will notify the recipients of this email as soon as there is a ruling, and follow up as soon as possible with information on the specifics of ... of ACA provisions, including the requirement that Medicare and new private health insurance plans cover preventive services with no cost-sharing for patients and an option for increased federal matching funds for state Medicaid programs that cover all preventive services with ...

6-22-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... it is expected that their term will end for their summer recess, therefore, the Court is expected to release all remaining decisions by the end of the week. As previously mentioned, ACS CAN will notify the recipients of this email as soon as there is a ruling, and follow up as soon as possible with information on the specifics of ... of ACA provisions, including the requirement that Medicare and new private health insurance plans cover preventive services with no cost-sharing for patients and an option for increased federal matching funds for state Medicaid programs that cover all preventive services with ...

6-22-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... it is expected that their term will end for their summer recess, therefore, the Court is expected to release all remaining decisions by the end of the week. As previously mentioned, ACS CAN will notify the recipients of this email as soon as there is a ruling, and follow up as soon as possible with information on the specifics of ... of ACA provisions, including the requirement that Medicare and new private health insurance plans cover preventive services with no cost-sharing for patients and an option for increased federal matching funds for state Medicaid programs that cover all preventive services with ...

Senator Durbin's Bill to Close Tobacco Tax Loopholes Will Save Lives By Stopping Tax Avoidance

... today by U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) to close loopholes in federal tobacco tax rates that have harmed public health by encouraging use of lower-taxed tobacco products and cost governments more than a billion dollars in revenue since 2009. This bill to equalize tax rates on all tobacco products, including pipe ... in health care expenditures annually. Senator Durbin today has taken important action to reduce tobacco's terrible toll on our nation. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

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