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Can Tech Innovation Help End Cancer?

... 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 ...

TPP Tobacco Provision Big Win For ACS CAN & Global Health

... has been carved out in a trade agreement as many countries now see the heavy health and economic costs associated with tobacco use. Several of the Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, are actively fighting the extremely litigious tobacco industry in legal battles as the countries try to implement policies aimed at reducing death and disease from tobacco use. These lawsuits have cost countries millions of dollars in legal fees and in some cases have prevented them from trying to enact lifesaving public health measures. ... from tobacco use is a huge global economic burden, costing one trillion dollars globally and more than $300 billion in the U.S. every year. ACS CAN has been actively working for several years to lay the groundwork for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and all future trade deals to include ...

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

What is the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)?  Created by Texans, CPRIT’s goal is to expedite innovation in cancer research and product development, and to enhance access ... in output and 201,911 jobs in 2023.     Moreover, the Institute’s efforts to improve outcomes related to cancer prevention and treatment can lead to a significant reduction in cancer incidence and severity over time and be a catalyst to biomedical development in Texas. It is far less ... also morbidity and mortality losses are reduced.     Every $1 spent through CPRIT for screening and prevention leads to $27.82 in treatment cost savings and resulting economic benefits through earlier detection.  Texas can and must continue this historic cost and life-saving ...

2025 ACS CAN Minnesota Legislative Priorities

In 2025, more than 37,000 Minnesotans will hear the words ‘you have cancer.’ The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is committed to making sure all Minnesotans have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer. In 2025, ACS CAN will work with the Minnesota state legislature in support of the following priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care Fertility Preservation: Some cancer treatments can cause infertility, and as a result, ... many life altering decisions in a short amount of time. One of those decisions included fertility preservation. I was completely unaware of the cost, whether or not my insurance would cover it, and if I even had time to successfully complete the process. If my insurance would have covered ...

World No Tobacco Day. ACS CAN: The State Legislature Can do Better to Protect West Virginians from Big Tobacco

... is a statement from Juliana Frederick Curry, West Virginia government relations director for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network would like to take today, World No Tobacco Day, to remind the state legislature that they need to do better when it comes to reducing the toll of tobacco on West Virginians.  “Tobacco is a big problem for our state, both in the human toll and the financial cost. Tobacco products are addictive and deadly. In West Virginia, nearly 25 percent of adults still smoke, and more than 1,000 kids under 18 ...

Maryland Ambassador feauured in new ACS CAN ad

A huge thank you to Jacqueline Beale for being in a new ACS CAN ad to share her story.  Jacqueline, is a two-time cancer survivor and one of our very own Ambassador Leads in Maryland. The ad emphasizes that we can’t afford to let promising cancer research at the National Cancer Institute go to waste due to a lack of funding, while 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their life time, and cancer costing our economy more than $216 ...

ACS CAN Comments on DACA proposed rule

Access to care for those who are uninsured not only ensures that serious diseases like cancer can be detected and treated earlier but also often means better patient outcomes and less costs to the individual and the larger health care system. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. However, despite these coverage gains, thirteen years after the law was enacted approximately 31 million people in the United States remain uninsured with data showing that noncitizens are more likely to be uninsured. In 2021, 25% of lawfully present individuals and 46% of undocumented immigrants were uninsured, compared to only 8 percent of U.S. citizens. [1] Deferred Action ...

Federal Judge Rules Against Expansion of Inadequate Association Health Plans

Washington, D.C.—A federal judge has blocked a rule change that would have expanded the availability of Association Health Plans (AHP). These plans often leave beneficiaries underinsured because they are exempt from covering the essential health benefits required under the health care law, including prescription drug coverage, and can also cap coverage based on the number of hospital days or cost of services and cover less than 60 percent of a patient’s medical costs. Although this makes the plans less expensive and more attractive to ...

600 Advocates Meet with Lawmakers at Annual ACS CAN Lobby Day

... 600 cancer patients, survivors, caretakers, volunteers and staff from across the country convened recently in Washington, DC for the annual ACS CAN Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Constituents from all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam) and nearly every congressional district met with their lawmakers, urging Congress to support lifesaving policies ... asked their representatives to co-sponsor bipartisan legislation that would make palliative care more available to patients who need it. Remove cost barriers to colorectal cancer screenings . While the Affordable Care Act waives co-pays for screenings for colorectal cancer, Medicare ...

ACS CAN Testimony: Cancer patients need better access to all chemo options

This week ACS CAN participated in a chemotherapy informational hearing at the State Capitol on the unequal cost cancer patients incur for oral (pill and liquid) ... state-based health care plans.   As targeted oral chemotherapy advances, it is apparent that the most effective or, in some cases, only form of treatment will also come with an increased price tag. State Director, Luke Cavener, shared that ACS CAN is committed to finding a solution so ...

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