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Forums to Focus on Court, State Legislature

The legislative forum is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, AARP Montana and Montana Primary Care Association. All of Great Falls’ candidates for state Legislature were invited to participate in the nonpartisan event in which they can outline positions on issues related to disease prevention and access to affordable health care. (read more...) Forums to Focus on Court, State Legislature ...

Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer in Missouri

... this legislative session, ACS CAN continues to urge the legislature to allocate the necessary federal funding to ensure Missourians can access health care through the state’s recently expanded Medicaid program. Health care coverage through MO Healthnet helps improve access to primary care, preventive services, diagnostic testing and cancer treatment. ...

Yes on Prop 56 - Save Lives and Reduce Teen Smoking

... one cause of preventable death in California. This initiative will save lives by preventing kids from getting hooked on tobacco, improving health care, and fighting cancer and other tobacco-related diseases. Asks smokers to pay their fair share to improve health care and fight cancer. This is simply a user fee on those who continue to use tobacco. It will mean smokers help pay for cancer treatment, ...

Statement Following Judge’s Ruling Rejecting Arkansas’ Medicaid Work Requirements

... help ensure that cancer patients and other Arkansans who are at-risk for cancer will not be denied access to timely, appropriate and lifesaving health care and treatment services provided through the state’s Medicaid program. “Arkansas was a national leader in 2017 when the state expanded ... expansion through Arkansas Works brought much-needed healthcare to tens of thousands of our family, friends and neighbors. Providing access to health coverage is essential to Arkansans detecting, treating and surviving cancer, and any delays in treatment can mean the difference between a ...

ACS CAN Response to State of the Union

State of the Union to Illustrate Importance of Public-Private Partnership in Improving Public Health   Statement of Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)   WASHINGTON – January 20, 2015 – “In his address to Congress tonight, the president is expected to emphasize critical health priorities that each depend on public-private partnerships for success in  defeating life-threatening diseases such as cancer, which kills ... the body’s immune system that private sector innovation has continued to leverage to develop targeted treatments.   “Improving access to care is critical to get research advances in early detection and treatment from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside. Important ...

Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Granite Staters

... ease the burden of cancer on Granite Staters.   “In 2023, an estimated 8,080 Granite Staters will be diagnosed with cancer. We must protect health insurance coverage to ensure our citizens get the care they need. This is New Hampshire lawmakers’ opportunity to stand up for working families who deserve stable access to health care coverage,” said Mike Rollo, New Hampshire director of government relations for ACS CAN. “Some of the most critical cancer decisions ...

Tribal Leadership, Healthcare & Government Officials Examine Disparities Affecting Cancer Outcomes

OKLAHOMA CITY – Nov. 9, 2020 – Cancer patients and survivors continue to experience potentially serious health care delays during the pandemic, and tomorrow leadership across Oklahoma will shine a light on the disparities affecting Native Americans’ cancer ... (32%). WHO:                 Dr. Jessica W. Blanchard , the University of Oklahoma Tamela K. Cannady , Director of Preventative Health, Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority Dr. Mark P. Doescher , Stephenson Cancer Center Jacque Secondine Hensley , Director of American ...

ACS CAN Joins with Historic Montgomery Church to Host Film Screening to Call on Governor to Act

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has joined efforts with the historic St. Paul AME Church to call on Gov. Kay Ivey to extend life-saving health care coverage to 220,000 Alabamians. The church, where Rosa Parks once worshipped, will host a film screening of “Requiring Justice: Faith & the Coverage Gap” Sunday, August 6, at 12:30 p.m. The film discusses the faith community’s dedication to addressing the health care crisis in Alabama. The event comes as momentum builds in the state for Medicaid expansion to help people access preventive and ...

Wasserman Schultz, Florida Leaders Participate in Policy Forum on Cancer Costs

... U.S. cancer patients paid nearly $4 billion in out-of-pocket expenses in 2014 and the disease cost the country $87.8 billion in cancer-related health care spending. Access to quality health insurance is deemed essential to making cancer care affordable. “For cancer patients and their loved ones, the financial hardships related ...

Forum Highlights Tobacco’s Deadly Toll on Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –   Leaders and decision-makers in health care and higher education will gather Friday to take a closer look at the high cost of tobacco in Arkansas, where lung cancer is the deadliest type ... speakers and panel discussion. Media are welcomed to attend. WHO:             Dr. Joseph H. Bates , associate dean for Public Health Practice, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health          Shelly Brown , system director of respiratory care services, Baptist ...

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