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West Virginia Budget Bills Fail to Address the State’s Tobacco Crisis

... help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help people already addicted quit. “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks forward to working with the West Virginia legislature to include funding in the final appropriations bill. ACS CAN will continue ... West Virginia has the country’s highest high school and adult tobacco use rates. Furthermore, tobacco use is our state’s leading cause of preventable death, killing 4,300 West Virginia residents yearly. West Virginia can and must do better.”  ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for policymakers at every level of government. ACS CAN empowers volunteers across the country to make their voices heard to influence evidence-based public policy change that ...

Increasing Access to Treatment Options Through Biosimilar Legislation

Access to quality care has long been one of our top priority issues. To increase access to potentially lifesaving treatments, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates for legislation that enhances access to biosimilar drugs, which offer safe and effective treatment options for cancer patients. This week, ACS CAN released new materials aimed at educating cancer patients, lawmakers and advocates on the benefits of biosimilars and highlighting ACS CAN’s continued work to advance policies that increase access to treatment options.   Biosimilars are close ...

Gov. Bevin Signs Palliative Care Legislation Into Law

Frankfort, KY.–March 26, 2019– The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commends Sen. Julie Raque Adams, the Kentucky general assembly and Gov. Matt Bevin for supporting legislation that will improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through palliative care legislation. The legislation authored by Sen. Raque Adams and supported by Sen. Ralph ...

2025 Kansas Legislative Priorities

... people in the United States die from cancer each year because they lack access to affordable, adequate, quality care and treatment, and millions of others are forced to skip lifesaving care or spend their savings to pay for it. Medicaid Expansion : ACS CAN will advocate for low-income individuals and families to have access to comprehensive health insurance coverage and non-emergent medical ... Environment. Reducing the Toll of Tobacco Tobacco use is the leading cause of cancer death and disease in the United States. In 2024, the annual cost of health care in Kansas directly linked to smoking is $1.31billion. Effective tobacco control policies are necessary to reduce tobacco use in ...

American Cancer Society Expert Testifies About Proposed Health Insurance Market Changes

Washington, D.C., February 2, 2017—Requiring people to maintain continuous health insurance coverage or risk the imposition of higher premiums could pose significant burdens to cancer patients and survivors, according to Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer ... individuals for losing their health insurance coverage—particularly at a time when they have also lost their employment—imposes an undue cost burden on individuals,” says Lichtenfeld. “Moreover, once an individual with a cancer history is no longer protected from the pre-existing ... unlikely that he/she will be able to purchase insurance coverage at all.” On behalf of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Lichtenfeld urged committee members to consider the impact of potential changes to the health care law on cancer patients and survivors. ...

January 2018 Federal Update

Tax Bill’s Repeal of Health Mandate Threatens Patient Access On Dec. 20, Congress approved a final tax bill that repeals the individual mandate – the provision in ... rare conditions, including many cancers. It also preserves the medical expense deduction for those who incur high medical costs.  ACS CAN Submits Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicaid 1115 Demonstration Waivers Over the past year, several states have ... Unfortunately, funding for FQHCs comes from the Prevention and Public Health Fund which provides critical public health dollars to CDC at a cost of $750 million. ACS CAN will continue to call on Congress to come to an agreement on a budget deal, increase funding for the National ...

Patient Groups Urge HHS Secretary Azar to Reject Idaho Bulletin; Uphold Patient Protections in Health Care Law

WASHINGTON, DC – February 14, 2018 – ACS CAN joined more than a dozen patient groups to send a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today urging the Secretary to ... to be sold on the individual market that would essentially discriminate against older and sicker individuals would violate numerous requirements of the health care law that provide essential protections to individuals and families. The groups who represent millions of patients facing serious, acute, and chronic health conditions across the country note, “Idaho’s action—if it is permitted to stand—would ...

Governor Walz Addresses Minnesota’s Health Crisis

... and the administration addressed the youth tobacco-use crisis and announced an aggressive campaign to combat it. In response to the announcement of this campaign, Emily Myatt, Minnesota government relations director for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement.  “ACS CAN is deeply concerned about Minnesota’s dramatic increase in youth e-cigarette use and is ... “Every year 2,584 Minnesotans die from smoking-attributable cancer. The tobacco industry has targeted Minnesota’s kids, communities of color and the LGBTQ+ community. Minnesota’s legislature has an opportunity to pass bold policies that protect Minnesotans from the ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Capitol to Rally Legislators

COLUMBUS, OHIO – After two years of virtual Cancer Action Days due to the pandemic, cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across the state traveled to the Capitol in Columbus yesterday to meet in person with their elected officials. They let their lawmakers know that they can and must do better to prevent and treat cancer. Advocates asked lawmakers to provide better access to care by passing co-pay accumulator legislation (HB 135). Co-pay assistance does not count toward the patients’ out-of-pocket costs in a co-pay accumulator program. Passing legislation will require that all payments made by patients, directly or on their behalf, ...

Senate Committee Vote Continues Momentum for Funding for Cancer Research

Further Investment is Critical to Sustain Past Progress and Spur Future Innovation Washington, D.C. – July 29, 2010 – Members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations showed their support for increased funding for cancer research despite a tough economic environment with ... making cancer research funding a priority,” said Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “However, if we want to fully realize our potential for progress in the fight to eliminate death and suffering related to cancer, our elected officials need to consistently fund cancer research to keep up with the growing cost of doing business.” An estimated 1.5 million people in America will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 569,000 will die from the ...

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