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ACS CAN Encouraged by Balanced Approach in Proposed Opioid Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) held a hearing on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. Included in the proposal are ... pain from cancer and other serious illnesses.   Specifically, ACS CAN supports measures that would empower the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on the development and approval of new, non-addictive pain treatments as well ... will continue to urge lawmakers to work toward a balanced approach that will not preclude cancer patients and survivors from accessing the pain care they need. “The proposal considered today includes several provisions that would strike that important balance of reining in abuse, while ...

ACS CAN Files Comments on the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan

... D.C. – September 28, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the interim final rule regarding the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which was created as part of the Affordable Care Act to offer lifesaving coverage to people in every state with pre-existing conditions who have been uninsured for six months or more. ACS ... funding from outside resources to stave off shifting the cost burden to consumers.  The new high-risk pool program will give access to health care to at least hundreds of thousands of uninsured people with cancer and other pre-existing conditions who previously could not get the ...

Chronic Disease Groups Urge Senators to Reject Small Business Fix that Would Hurt Middle-Income Patients

... requirement on the backs of middle-income families.  The groups support repealing the burdensome reporting requirement passed in the Affordable Care Act, but are concerned that paying for the repeal by requiring consumers to pay back premium subsidies would discourage individuals and families from enrolling in health insurance coverage through state-based exchanges, and could result in an additional 250,000 uninsured. The full text of the joint letter can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/hx9iKj . ACS CAN, the leading voice of patients in the health care debate, is working to ensure that the Affordable Care Act is implemented as strongly as possible for cancer patients, survivors and ...

2022 Session Legislation Jeopardizes the Safety of Granite Staters with Chronic Illnesses and Their Families

... patients, including kids, and blocking businesses and organizations as well as cities and towns from enacting these policies jeopardizes the health of patients and their families and silences their voices. “As a public health organization dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients and survivors, the health and safety of the patients we serve is our top ... critical for as many people to be vaccinated as possible. “Meanwhile, many with chronic conditions such as cancer are delaying essential care  because of the pandemic. Public health measures like vaccine requirements play an important role in reducing the risk of COVID-19 to cancer ...

Alabama Ruling on Embryos May Have Adverse Impact on Cancer Patients

... treatments can cause infertility, and cancer patients and survivors often rely on IVF to build families after treatment. Fertility preservation care is essential for more than two-thirds of newly diagnosed adolescents and young adults with cancer. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling is already resulting in major legal hazards for providers offering fertility treatments, and health care access challenges for their patients by erecting barriers to care and threatening a person’s ability to preserve fertility prior to ... ACS CAN and partner organizations issued this brief in 2022 with more information on the intersection between cancer and reproductive health.  0 The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are Concerned about the Chilling Effect of This Decision on Access to Care and Fertility ...

Current and Future Cancer Vaccines Will Require Evaluation and Issuance of Evidence-Based Recommendations  

... Prevention (CDC). ACIP has played a critical role providing guidance on setting adult and childhood immunization schedules, which are used by health care providers to properly administer routinely recommended vaccines for the protection of public health. The following is a press statement on behalf of Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

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