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Youth E-cigarette Epidemic Prompts American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to Seek Legislation Addressing Tobacco Addiction

ATLANTA, GA – January 17, 2020 – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is pursuing legislation that will ease the burden of cancer in Georgia. The latest edition of the ACS CAN’s How Do You Measure Up? report and Broken Promises report show that Georgia can do better when it comes to implementing ...

Monthly Advocacy Update

... legislation. After a small White House ceremony, the president spoke at an event before an audience that included George W.P. Atkins, chair of the American Cancer Society’s National Board, Alan Thorson, MD, FACP, president of the National Board, and John R. Seffrin, PhD, the chief executive officer of the Society and ACS CAN.   Later in the week, the House and Senate approved a smaller package of improvements that the president signed on Tuesday, March 30.   ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priority for 2021 Legislative Session

RALEIGH, NC – January 13, 2020 – As lawmakers dive into the first day of the 2021 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the new year.  All individuals deserve to live full, healthy ... cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to accessing care. Cancer patients, survivors and advocates look forward to meeting virtually with lawmakers over ...

2023 Oklahoma Cancer Action Day

... to locate all the necessary resources to prepare for your participation in successful lawmaker conversations on April 19th. We know that part of the magic that goes into an impactful Cancer Action Day is preparation, coordination, and resources - coupled with our pre-event ... Oklahoma Cancer Action Day Training Call 4.13.23 (Ends @ 1:01:30) Fact sheets Mentioned in the Pre-Training: biomarker_testing_costs_and_cost_savings.pdf acs_can_biomarker_testing_patient_profiles_final_0.pdf health_equity_in_biomarker_testing_and_targeted_therapy_.pdf biomarker_testing_faq_.pdf ...

TIME magzine cover story on the health care crisis and cancer

... Society and the Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS), a call service for patients who have questions pertaining to health insurance. One of the stories will be on the cover of this week's issue, which hits newsstands Friday, March 6. The Health-Care Crisis Hits Home By: Karen Tumulty When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of daily living. Looking back over the past three years, ...

Gov. Moore Approves Legislation to Expand Access to Biomarker Testing

... HB 1217 / SB 805—among many other bills—into law. This legislation will increase insurance coverage for biomarker testing, making this form of precision medicine available to more Marylanders. The signing ceremony will take place today at 12:00pm in the State House. “Today is a win ... and patients across Maryland,” said Lance Kilpatrick, Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Maryland. “This legislation will help expand access and bring the promise of precision medicine to patients dealing with cancer and other diseases, including arthritis, other autoimmune conditions and rare diseases, no ...

Kentucky Legislature Turning its Back on Cancer Patients

FRANKFORT, KY.  – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) opposes House bill 7, which would require a majority of adults enrolled in Medicaid to meet various work requirements as a condition of ... net in the fight against cancer. We urge the legislature to stop this dangerous legislation that would create barriers for cancer patients and cost lives.    ###   About ACS CAN at 20  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for ...

California Makes Major Strides Enacting Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... state in the country to meet cancer-fighting best practice policies as recommended by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).   According to the latest edition of ACS CAN’s How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, California measured up to policy recommendations in all but two of the nine issue areas ranked.   American Cancer Society and ACS CAN CEO Gary Reedy reached out directly to Governor Jerry Brown, Senate ...

New Legislation Aims to Increase Early Cancer Detection in Medicare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today aims to improve access to new and innovative cancer screenings among Medicare beneficiaries in order to increase early detection of more cancers for more Americans. The Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2020 would establish a Medicare benefit category for ... testing innovations. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Detecting cancer early can be the difference between life and death. When cancer is caught early, it is often easier and less costly to ...

Year-End Proposal Creates Barriers to Prevention and Affordable Care

Statement of Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON -- December 9, 2011 -- Families affected by cancer are disheartened by continued attempts by Congress to diminish the nation's ... significant step backward toward a health care system that waits to treat people until they are sick and puts coverage out of reach because the cost is too steep. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and ...

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