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Alabama Governor should close the Medicaid coverage gap to protect veterans

... and alcohol addiction; my work looks at ways to improve care options for those battling addiction. I also know the personal health toll cancer can take, having lost my mom, stepdad, aunt and two uncles to the disease and from receiving my own cancer diagnosis in 2015. Our lawmakers need to ... are  not eligible for  or cannot access care at the VA hospital. In fact, a  congressional study  done in 2014 found only 40 percent of veterans were enrolled in the VA health system. Some veterans have privacy concerns with VA services or don’t want to feel like a ... the VA where I work in Tuscaloosa doesn’t offer comprehensive cancer treatment. Additionally, the VA can always cut special programs due to cost and budgetary needs. While I don’t claim to represent the VA, I am in a unique position as an employee to have seen some of these issues ...

Cancer Survivors Thank New Mexico State Lawmakers for Passing Biomarker Testing Bill

SANTE FE – MARCH 20, 2023 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds members of the New Mexico State Legislature for passing House Bill 73 as the 2023 legislative session ended. With the signature of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, the bill will expand access to biomarker testing statewide, helping to revolutionize cancer care in New ...

Senate Budget Fails to Protect Ohio Kids

... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Government Relations Director Leo Almeida COLUMBUS, OHIO  – “Today, the Senate passed its version of the budget, which slashes funding for tobacco control nearly in half, fails to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored tobacco products and takes control away from local governments to protect the health of their ... use rates in the country and Big Tobacco has been working hard to addict future generations with e-cigarettes and other tobacco products. Ohio can and must do better now.  “With Big Tobacco spending nearly $429.8 million marketing their deadly and addictive products in our state ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregonians to Vote Yes on Measure 108

PORTLAND, Ore.— As ballots are mailed out today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges Oregonians to vote yes on Measure 108. Measure 108 will raise the state’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack and tax e-cigarettes for the first time in Oregon. Jamie Dunphy, Oregon government relations director for ACS CAN, released the following statement in support of Measure 108:  "Oregonians have an opportunity to save thousands of lives, protect our kids from Big Tobacco and a lifetime of addiction, and help fund critical health care programs at a time when access to care ...

Illinois Makes Progress on Tobacco Control, Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... made progress when it comes to passing legislation that prevents and reduces suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Illinois measured up to policy recommendations in two of four areas of tobacco control. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network released the report today.   The 17 th edition of the report ... is why our lawmakers worked hard this year to address our tobacco epidemic,” said Shana Crews, Illinois government relations director for ACS CAN. “Regular and significant tobacco tax increases, comprehensive smoke-free air laws and fully funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs ...

Support continues to build in NY for Tobacco 21

... • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids • The Children’s Agenda • Children’s Defense Fund-New York • Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York • Community Health Care Association of New York State • Healthcare Association of New York State • March of Dimes • Medical Society of the State of New York • Memorial Sloan ... containing nicotine in any form among youth, including in e-cigarettes, is unsafe. The report also noted nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction and can harm the developing adolescent brain.   To protect our children and combat the tobacco industry’s efforts will ...

Oregon Voters Pass Tobacco Tax Increase that Will Save Lives, Protect Kids from Lifetime Addiction and Fund Health Care Programs

... raise the cigarette tax by $2 per pack and tax e-cigarettes for the first time in Oregon. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was one of the leading health care organizations working as part of the Yes on 108 campaign. Jamie Dunphy, Oregon government relations director for ACS CAN, released the following statement: "This is a great ...

House Committees Pass Stimulus Package With Focus on Access to Health Care, Wellness and Cancer Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- January 23, 2009 -- The economic stimulus package this week was passed out of the House Appropriations, Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees. The legislation contains a significant funding boost for public ... organizations, NIH research, and health information technology. Following is a statement on the stimulus package from Daniel E. Smith, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “At a time when unemployment is rising, employer-sponsored health insurance is shrinking and more families are having increasing ...

New Youth Tobacco Data Highlights Critical Need for Continued CDC Tobacco Prevention and Control Funding

... used tobacco product among this age group. A statement about the survey results from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), follows: “It’s great news to see a decrease in both conventional and electronic cigarette use among our nation’s youth. This progress demonstrates the critical importance of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), which leads federal efforts to reduce tobacco-related death and disease, including essential ... is promising, it remains that nearly 4 million youth used at least one tobacco product last year. Proposals in Congress to eliminate OSH and its cost-effective public health programs, including state prevention programs, tobacco quit lines and the Tips from Former Smokers media campaign, ...

Mississippi Leaders Unite to Ignite Action to Change State’s Dire Ranking on Cancer-Fighting Policies Nationwide

... passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer, according to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) How Do You Measure Up? 2019 Report. Federal lawmakers, leading business executives and community leaders are uniting to change the narrative, ... screenings. “COVID-19 has revealed real health inequities, partly things we already knew about, but the pandemic has really uncovered a lot of the issues that we have been struggling with that we need to continue to address to look at,” noted Jimmie Wells, an oncology nurse at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital who has been working on the frontlines of the pandemic. Mississippi’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Program serves more than 4,000 uninsured and underinsured women annually with breast ...

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