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New Report Shows Majority of States Missing Opportunities to Reduce Toll of Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 6, 2015 A majority of states are not measuring up on legislative solutions that prevent and fight cancer, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality rates states on the strength of proven policies that help to prevent a disease that kills more than 1,600 people a day nationwide and will cost the country an estimated $216 billion in health care costs this year alone. The report, which was released at the National Conference of State ...

Reducing the Toll of Tobacco

... still making a killing off New Jerseyans.  While we have made substantial progress, the fact remains that smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in New Jersey.  Each year more than 480,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use. This means each year smoking causes about 1 out of 5 deaths in the US. We can change these grim statistics.  Smoking not only causes cancer. It can damage nearly every organ in the body, including the lungs, heart, blood ...

Patient Groups Urge Fifth Circuit to Maintain Access to No-Cost Preventive Care in Braidwood Case Amicus Brief

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 27, 2023 – Today, patient groups representing millions of individuals with serious health conditions filed an amicus curiae (or friend-of-the-court) brief in the case of Braidwood v. Becerra in the U.S. ... of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions requiring private insurers provide coverage of certain evidence-based preventive services without cost-sharing. The amicus brief provides extensive scientific data to the appeals court demonstrating that preventive services save lives and are ... particularly in reducing costs to the individual and the U.S. healthcare system as a whole.   “Research has proven that any cost-sharing can be a deterrent to accessing proven prevention and early detection and recent survey data has shown that even motivated cancer survivors would ...

Cancer Society on State of State Address

... Times, State Must Continue Commitment to Anti-tobacco, Cancer Screening Programs Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, in response to Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address. “Health care is a huge drain on New York State’s wallet, but some ... he’s committed to trimming the state budget to the bone to ensure a solvent future, but he must realize that cuts should not be made that will cost the state money, and the lives of its citizens, in the long run. We understand that New York’s fiscal situation is dire and drastic steps ... But as soon as the state started cutting the program’s budget, the smoking rate started back up. NYS Cancer Services Program: Many New Yorkers can’t afford recommended cancer screenings.  The CSP offers no cost breast, cervical and colon cancer screenings to uninsured New Yorkers and, ...

Reducing the Toll of Tobacco

Tobacco is an addictive and deadly product. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body and remains the number one cause of preventable death. In Ohio: 18.0% of adults smoke cigarettes. 36.7% of high school students use tobacco products including 4.9% who smoke cigarettes, 29.8% who use e-cigarettes, ... by smoking. If nothing is done to reduce smoking rates, 259,000 Ohio kids currently under 18 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking. Ohio can and must do better. To learn more about the impact of  tobacco in Ohio and the need to invest in tobacco control to reduce taxpayers costs, ...

ACS CAN Comments on March-In Rights Framework

In response to a request from the National Institute of Starndards and Technology (NIST), ACS CAN has offered comments on the use of march-in rights to address drug costs.  ACS CAN Comments on March-In Rights Framework ...

Idaho Cancer Advocates Host Virtual Week of Action in Support of Increasing Tobacco Taxes

... advocates from across Idaho will meet virtually this week with state lawmakers for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Cancer Week of Action. During the virtual meetings, the advocates will urge their lawmakers to support a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 per pack with an equal tax increase on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes. Currently, Idaho has one of the lowest cigarette ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on Health Premium Subsidies

... would receive subsidies to help pay their premiums. The ACA makes the premium subsidy available to people whose family income is 100-400 percent of the federal poverty level who do not have access to minimum essential coverage. The provision applies specifically to people who pay more than 9.5 percent of household income for employer coverage. The proposed rule ties the employee contribution to the cost of an individual plan, raising concerns that people buying a more expensive family plan could pay more than 9.5 percent of household income for coverage but be ineligible for premium subsidies. ACS CAN is urging that eligibility for premium subsidies be based on the coverage -- individual or family -- sought by the employee, not merely the ...

ACS CAN Supports the Find It Early Act (H.R.3086)

Background Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer among women in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer death among women after lung cancer. In 2023, an estimated 297,790 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and ... Black women are more likely to experience longer intervals between mammograms and between abnormal results and follow-up. Some insurers apply cost sharing when initial breast cancer screening requires additional follow-on testing to determine whether an individual has cancer, or if dense ... and diagnostic services include but are not limited to 2D or 3D mammograms, breast ultrasounds, or breast magnetic resonance imaging.    ACS CAN’s Position ACS CAN supports H.R. 3086 to increase access to no cost breast cancer screening, diagnostic and follow-up testing. ACS CAN ...

2017 End of Session Report

Volunteers from across the state attended our 2017 ACS CAN Day at the Capitol on January 30th. As a result, we saw easy passage of the Idaho Med-Synchronization Rule , which allows Idahoans to ... Fund for the American Cancer Society to provide public outreach about cancer screening services in rural parts of our state at low to no cost. ACS CAN supported a coalition that landed a key hearing on a proposal to increase the age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21, which ...

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