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Cancer Prevention in your Community

... leaders, has a tremendous impact on our nation’s ability to build healthier communities and prevent and control cancer.  That’s why ACS CAN brought together cancer advocates, health care professionals, congressional staff and patients last week on Capitol Hill to address the ... speakers to describe how three CDC programs: the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) , National Program of Cancer Registries , and the CDC’s support of cancer survivors through programs like the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program – make a very personal impact.  Since its establishment in 1990, ...

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 ...

Feinstein-Mikulski-Collins Amendment Would Add $390 Million to Budget for Cancer Research and Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 16, 2006 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) is asking Senators to demonstrate their bipartisan commitment to the war against cancer and support budget amendments that would boost Cancer ... (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME), would provide an additional $390 million in cancer funding for Fiscal Year 2007 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The amendment addresses cancer specific research and programs with increases of $240 million for the NCI, $4.6 million for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and more than $117 million for cancer ...

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, ...

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 ...

Cancer Moonshot Panel Details Necessary Steps to Accelerate Cancer Research and Prevention

American Cancer Society’s advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN, calls on Congress to act to begin implementing recommendations with existing legislative proposals that would increase cancer research, ... report outlines 10 focus areas that bring together science, technology and advocacy. Among the recommendations, the panel suggests development of a large-scale patient network to gather information about tumor profiles and treatment outcomes to gain more precise knowledge about what works, ... control and cancer screening programs and to take action to close the Medicare loophole that forces seniors to weigh their health against the cost of a potentially lifesaving colorectal cancer screening. Bringing together research, prevention and improved patient care will go a long way ...

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 ...

Cancer Advocates Visit Rep. Lawler’s Office, Urge Him to Protect Medicaid for all New Yorkers

Today, advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) came from across the Lower Hudson Valley to deliver a message to Rep. Mike Lawler, urging him to protect Medicaid and highlighting how looming ... slashing up to $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. Such devastating cuts would put essential health services at risk for millions of people nationwide and for the more than 6.7 million New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid for lifesaving health care --including prescriptions for ... Or the diabetic veteran?” said Earle. “The proposed cuts to Medicaid mean taking away access to care, which, for too many New Yorkers, could cost them the food on their table, roof over their head or their lives. We urge Rep. Lawler and every member of the New York congressional ...

Tennessee Medicaid Changes Would Harm Cancer Patients and Survivors; Waiver Should Be Rescinded

Washington, D.C.— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) made clear its strong objections to Tennessee’s Medicaid waiver request today in comments filed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ... limit the prescription drugs available to treat complex conditions like cancer.  The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): “Radically restructuring federal funding and removing critical operational rules ... managed to fit a patient’s individual needs. Denying people access to the most appropriate therapies would ultimately harm patients and could cost Medicaid more money in the form of increased medical visits and services due to poor health outcomes. “Waivers like Tennessee’s do not ...

Groups Representing Patients, Consumers and Workers Oppose Effort to Undermine Key Protections in Affordable Care Act

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today joined other groups representing patients, consumers and workers in urging the U.S. Senate to defeat a resolution that would block ... in the Affordable Care Act from taking effect. In a letter sent this morning to senators, ACS CAN and seven other groups encouraged the defeat of Senate Joint Resolution 39, which would eliminate the interim final rule governing "grandfathered" plans. The rule "strikes the right balance ... stability and flexibility for employers," the groups wrote, and eliminating it "would put consumers' rights in jeopardy." The full text of the letter follows: September 29, 2010 Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations write to you to express opposition to Senate Joint Resolution ...

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