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ACS CAN Applauds Basalt Voters for Approving a $2 Cigarette Tax Increase

... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released the following statement: "ACS CAN applauds Basalt voters for putting the health of the community over Big Tobacco profits and passing this lifesaving tobacco tax increase. Making tobacco products significantly more ... from tobacco and help adults quit successfully. Fewer smokers means less people dying from cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses, and lower health care costs overall. "Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, claiming the lives of 5,100 Coloradans each year. Not to mention that ...

Formulary Transparency Helps Cancer Patients

For an individual with specific health care needs – like cancer patients and survivors – the drugs covered by a health plan and corresponding cost sharing for each drug is important information when choosing health insurance. However, to make an informed ...

New Report: Breast Cancer Now Leading Cause of Cancer Death in African American/Black Women

... death rates are partly due to later stage diagnosis. Reasons for these disparities are complex but largely stem from less access to high-quality care and optimal treatment as a repercussion of long-standing institutional racism.   “African Americans continue to have a disproportionate burden of cancer mortality largely because of lack of health insurance and other socioeconomic barriers that limit access to cancer prevention and care,” said Dr. Karen Knudsen, American Cancer ... uninsured —the majority of whom are Black or Latino.   “There’s never been a more crucial moment to address the growing, long-standing health inequities we see in the Black community – and most recently among Black women,” said DonnaMarie Woodson, an ACS CAN North Carolina ...

Fight Big Tobacco in West Virginia

Impact of Tobacco in West Virginia: The Need to Invest in Tobacco Control to Reduce Taxpayer Costs, Protect Kids, and Save Lives:   Health Costs of Tobacco to West Virginia Tobacco is an addictive and deadly product. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body and remains the ... deaths are caused by smoking.   Economic Costs of Tobacco to West Virginia Smoking is estimated to cost West Virginia $1.17 billion in direct health care costs, including $298.1 million in Medicaid costs annually.v Additionally, smoking costs the state $2.4 billion in productivity costs ...

Unlike South Dakotans, Medicaid work reporting requirements simply do not work

... plans. What Medicaid expansion meant for people in the gap, in a practical sense, is that they no longer were forced to forego basic medical care to cover rent, food, childcare, or other basic needs. It was – and is – a massive victory for the entire state, but especially to those who can now access health care. Regular health care visits and access to preventative screenings lead to earlier discovery and better treatment options for cancer and other ...

Critical Actions to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates

... Mammography Day has served as a reminder to women to schedule their annual mammogram because early detection saves lives. The Affordable Care Act ensures that most women can receive mammograms at little or no cost starting at age 40, but there are still millions of low-income, ... access to mammograms or other lifesaving cancer screenings. Thousands of these women live in states that have chosen not to increase access to health care through Medicaid. In fact, a White House report released this summer estimated that the 24 states that had refused to accept available ... the federal funds.) ACS CAN staff and volunteers are working to remind these states that they are missing a tremendous opportunity to reduce the health and economic burden of chronic diseases such as cancer. Many more women will have to continue to rely on the CDC's National Breast and ...

Alabama Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco ... Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women administered by the Alabama Department of Health. The health care coverage provided by Medicaid affords women screened and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer access to comprehensive ...

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

... to act to begin implementing recommendations with existing legislative proposals that would increase cancer research, improve palliative care training and remove barriers to proven prevention. Washington, D.C.—September 7, 2016—Today the National Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel ... also provides Congress an historic opportunity to build on last year’s bipartisan-supported funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) by increasing funding by $680 million in the FY17 budget for a total of $1 billon over two ... federal research on palliative care and pain and symptom management, and enhance training for nurses, doctors, social workers, and other health care specialists to practice palliative care effectively. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control’s Office on Smoking and Health and ...

FL Legislative Briefing: The Promise of Precision Medicine in Cancer Care: Improving Patient Access to Targeted Cancer Therapies - A Virtual Event

... click here." EVENT OVERVIEW This educational briefing will provide an overview of the rapidly advancing world of precision medicine in cancer care, as well as the importance of increasing patient access to biomarker testing and targeted cancer therapies.  A panel of experts will discuss ... be treated with targeted therapies, studies have shown improved patient outcomes across cancer types.   As precision medicine shifts the way health care providers and patients think about cancer treatments, it is important to identify and address obstacles to biomarker testing. While ... appropriate biomarker testing relies on a combination of factors including reliable, valid, and relevant tests, insurer coverage, knowledgeable health care providers, and health care facilities equipped with the appropriate testing infrastructure for the efficient and sufficient collection ...

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 ...

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