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New Report: Pennsylvania Falling Short on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer

New Report: Pennsylvania Falling Short on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer States Measured by Progress on Tobacco Control, Access to Care and Cancer Prevention   August 21, 2014 – Pennsylvania is falling short when it comes to passing policies to prevent and reduce suffering ... opportunity to pass laws and policies that have been proven to help people fight cancer by emphasizing prevention, making affordable, quality health care accessible, curbing tobacco use and prioritizing quality of life for patients and their families,” said Diane Phillips, Director, ... for ACS CAN. “Missed opportunities to pass laws fighting and preventing cancer not only limits the potential for increased state revenues and health savings, but also limits the possibilities for saving countless lives from a disease that will kill an estimated 28,670 Pennsylvanians this ...

2026 Nebraska Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Nebraskans impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Nebraska unicameral on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening and prevention programs, and enact prevention policies ...

New Ads Encourage Legislature to Continue to Work Together to Expand Medicaid

... to the next anticipated one: expanding Medicaid in North Carolina.   “Cancer isn’t partisan and neither is having access to affordable health care,” noted John Hoctor, Managing Government Relations Director at ACS CAN covering North Carolina. “Voters on both sides of the aisle agree ... issue. We’re eager to see that dynamic continue in the new year so that over 600,000 North Carolinians can have adequate access to quality health care.”  Marking the second set of advertisements by the advocacy organization this year, the latest ads are part of a larger effort by ...

FMAP Extension Will Provide Critical Help to Low-Income Families Affected by Cancer

... D.C. – August 10, 2010 – “Families affected by cancer are applauding Congress today for helping to guarantee access to lifesaving health care for the country’s most economically vulnerable families by extending the enhanced Medicaid match.  “With millions of Americans now out of work and without health insurance coverage, and most states facing serious pressure to cut public health funding, Medicaid’s safety net is needed now more than ...

MD and DC Making Progess on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies Maryland & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are ... 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 nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including smoke-free ... Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how Maryland and the District of Columbia can work within the current federal health care law on approaches to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It outlines ...

MD and DC Making Progess on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies Maryland & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are ... 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 nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including smoke-free ... Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how Maryland and the District of Columbia can work within the current federal health care law on approaches to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It outlines ...

Maryland and DC Making Progress on Cancer-FIghting Public Policies

... on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies Maryland & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are ... 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 nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including smoke-free ... Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how Maryland and the District of Columbia can work within the current federal health care law on approaches to improving access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It outlines ...

The Availability of Junk Plans Harm Cancer Patients

Access to affordable, comprehensive health care coverage, which Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage standards help to ensure, is crucial for cancer patients and survivors. Unfortunately, ... because, while marketed as cheaper insurance options, the plans fail to offer comprehensive benefits – often excluding coverage of essential health benefits such as emergency services, preventive and wellness services, and prescription drugs – and engage in medical underwriting to deny ...

Insufficient Coverage and Higher Costs Likely Under Short-Term Plan Rule

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018— Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor and Department of Treasury issued a final rule governing the extension of short-term ... coverage these bare bones plans don’t include. These new expanded short-term plans can deny or charge people more for coverage based on their health status, and are exempt from covering essential health services, like prescription drugs or hospitalization. The new plans can also charge ... rule is new, its likely impact on the health insurance market is familiar. Prior to 2014, similar plans aimed solely at lowering monthly health care costs were widely available and cancer patients, survivors and others with a history of serious illness often found it impossible to get ...

President Biden Doubles Down on His Call to End Cancer as We Know It in State of the Union Address

... Moonshot goal a reality,” said Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of ACS and ACS CAN. “We were pleased to hear the President again call on lawmakers, health care providers, the cancer community at large and the American people to join together in this mission. By accelerating discovery, improving access ... with the administration outlining policy changes that would help bring the US closer to the President’s goal, including increasing access to health coverage through Medicaid expansion, increasing funding for cancer research at the NIH and NCI, appropriating additional funding for a new ...

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