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ACS CAN Colorado State and Local Advocacy Accomplishments 2010-2017     2010 As supported by ACS CAN, the Colorado Legislature passed a bill that requires health insurance companies who provide coverage for intravenous chemotherapy to also provide coverage for newer types of oral chemotherapy agents, furthermore requiring that insurance policies provide those benefits at an out-of-pocket cost to the patient that is no costlier than IV chemotherapy under that patient’s policy. 2011 ACS CAN successfully advocated for the adoption of ...

... I attended on Capitol Hill with IBM and MD Anderson about how technology innovation could help end cancer. Technology is changing every aspect of our lives, and in the field of medicine that is especially true in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. Technology allowed ... applying technology in unprecedented ways. Watson is a groundbreaking example of how the synthesis of big data into new forms of intelligence can teach us more about diseases, treatments and patients themselves. Watson has the potential to revolutionize oncology research with its ability ... Š—– and one that can be replicated by different doctors in similar patients wherever they are. The promise is better quality care and lower cost. A cognitive technology platform like Watson can hold that kind of potential. An estimated 1.6 million people in America will be diagnosed ...

... Warwick Beacon ·  Tuesday,  December 5, 2017 To the Editor: As a volunteer with the American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) I learned at our last meeting that the tobacco industry is, finally, being forced to broadcast the harms of their products. They will be running ads on prime time, on major television networks telling the truth—their products are addictive and they ... in major newspapers across the United States. I have lost several family members to cancer caused by tobacco. Years ago, no one knew the dangers of tobacco. Tobacco products were advertised everywhere, on giant billboards, magazines and on television. If you smoked, you were cool. Women ...

... Basalt voters passed Ballot Question A on the April 3 ballot, which will increase the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack and institute a local tax of 40 percent on the sales price of other tobacco products. RJ Ours, Colorado government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement: "ACS CAN applauds Basalt voters for putting the health of the community over Big Tobacco profits and passing ...