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Missouri Legislative Session Ends with Mixed Record on Cancer Policy

Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Missouri Government Relations Director Emily Kalmer   JEFFERSON CITY, M o.  – “As lawmakers close the 2024 legislative session, their ... additional investments for tobacco cessation and prevention. Smoking is responsible for 11,000 deaths in our state each year, including 34.4% of cancer deaths. Smoking remains the number one cause of preventable death. We know what works to stop these needless deaths. Investing in programs to prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help ...

Survivor Views Survey Informed Consent Statement

Purpose of this study: You have been invited to join the Survivor Views research study. If you join, you will receive a set of surveys.  These surveys will help us better understand your thoughts and experiences as a cancer survivor. The surveys may ask questions about access to care, cost of treatment, different types of cancer treatments, pain management, and healthy living.  Process: Today’s survey should take less than 10 ... detect, and treat cancer, and to improve the lives of cancer survivors.  Compensation: There is no compensation for taking this survey.  ACS CAN may provide items of small value to thank you for your time, such as gift cards or notebooks.  Use of study findings: The survey results may ...

What will it take for palliative care to be mainstream?

"Palliative care suffers from an identity problem." That's the first line of an important article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today. In all of ACS CAN's work on the issue of palliative care, we've come to know too well that palliative care is misunderstood. Individuals often mistake palliative ... and economic perspective: Providing palliative care at early stages meets the important aims of better health and improved care, all at lower cost. It's no surprise we're seeing growing bipartisan support for two pieces of legislation  introduced in Congress earlier this year that would ...

Cancer Patients Need Access to Comprehensive Health Insurance

Consumers need access to health insurance policies that cover a full range of evidence-based health care services – including prevention and primary care – necessary to maintain health, avoid disease, overcome acute ... Important to Cancer Patients? Individuals with cancer and cancer survivors have unique health care needs and require access to a wide range of products and services, including oncology services, chemotherapy, radiation, prescription drugs and hospital services.  Consumers who enroll in ... Providing coverage of essential health benefits like preventive services such as cancer screenings helps to prevent some forms of cancer and can help detect other cancers at an earlier stage when the individual has a higher likelihood of more treatment options and a better overall health ...

Understanding Biologic and Biosimilar Drugs

  Biologics basics Biological drugs, commonly referred to as biologics, are a class of drugs that are produced using a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or animal cell. Like all drugs, biologics are regulated by ... Biologics have been a part of medical treatment for a long time and have been used for treating cancer since the 1980s. Biologics can be used to treat cancer in a variety of ways. One way, immunotherapy, helps the body’s own immune system fight cancer cells.  Other ... were introduced Biosimilars were introduced to the market in an effort to increase competition and reduce drug costs. In general, biologics cost more to develop and manufacture than small molecule drugs. They also take a longer time to bring to market (10 to 15 years versus 7 to 10 ...

Local Cancer Survivor Traveled to Nation’s Capital to Urge Congress to Make Cancer a Top Priority

... cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones from all 50 states and almost every congressional district united in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day (LSLD). ACS CAN volunteers were some of the first people back in the Capitol to meet with lawmakers since the pandemic, urging Congress to take specific steps to make cancer a national ...

Congress Misses Critical Opportunity to Prioritize Cancer Prevention and Access to Care

... for Cancer Act, which are key priorities for cancer patients and their families.  The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) reacting to Congress’ inability to pass a bipartisan year-end health care package:     “This week, Congress missed a tremendous ... Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) through 2028 based on language from the bipartisan SCREENS for Cancer Act. The NBCCEDP provides free and low-cost critical breast and cervical cancer screenings, follow-up, diagnosis and treatment referral services to people who need them the most. Early ...

House Passes South Dakota Senate Bill 54, Holds the Door Open for Big Tobacco

PIERRE, S.D. –– The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Wednesday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota as it strips ... State teens are particularly at risk as they use highly addictive e-cigarettes at nearly double the national average. The following statement can be attributed in full or part to ACS CAN South Dakota Government Relations Director Ben Hanson: “This cut acts as a door wedge for Big Tobacco to enter our middle and high schools. ...

Maine: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...

Massachusetts: 12-4-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

... new and important phase in the historic attempt to pass health care reform legislation. As the Senate began its pivotal floor debate Monday, ACS CAN continued to work with lawmakers from both parties to attempt to amend the bill to remove cost barriers to care by ending arbitrary lifetime caps on benefits, reducing or eliminating co-pays for preventive services including mammograms and colonoscopies, and limiting the ability of insurance companies to charge more for coverage based on an applicant’s health status or age.   Access to, and coverage for, screenings and ...

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