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Idaho Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Save Lives and Money

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho didn’t measure up to any of the policy recommendations in the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. One critical area where voters have ...

House Spending Bill Fails to Recognize Cancer as a Top National Priority

WASHINGTON – February 15, 2011 – The U.S. House of Representatives is considering an FY 2011 spending bill that would make major cuts to federal cancer research, prevention and early detection ... to make strides in our national mission to end death and suffering related to cancer,” said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  “Without a commitment to sustained funding for proven prevention programs and research to find new screening tools and treatments for ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives.   Among those in the audience were ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives.   Among those in the audience were ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives.   Among those in the audience were ...

9-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families   Government Hosts Stakeholders Conference on Health Exchanges   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted an all-day meeting Monday on health exchanges. The goal was to discuss some of the major issues that will need to be addressed in federal regulations of health exchanges. The day consisted of a series of panels with various stakeholders addressing their major concerns and interests. Steve Finan, ACS CAN’s senior director of Policy, was on the first panel, which looked at consumer and patient perspectives.   Among those in the audience were ...

Local Cancer Survivors and Patients Gain Support from Nevada Lawmakers After Trip to D.C.

LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Cancer survivors and patients from Las Vegas and Reno represented Nevada in Washington, D.C. Tuesday as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Tammy Moyle, Deidra Hamilton, Patti Kellerhouse, Jennifer Johnson, Sean McCoy, and Alphonso Gibbs joined more ... for metastatic breast cancer (MBC), which has no cure. Johnson has been fighting lung cancer for more than a year, and Hamilton is a survivor of retinoblastoma (eye cancer), after being diagnosed as a toddler. Sean McCoy, Reno, lost his mother to stage four lung cancer.  “For me, ...

Tobacco Companies Spend $20 to Market Products for Every $1 States Spend on Tobacco Prevention, New Report Finds

... every $1 the states spend on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. This giant gap is undermining efforts to save lives and health care dollars by reducing tobacco use, the No. 1 cause of preventable death in the United States, the report warns. This year (fiscal year 2016), the states will collect $25.8 billion from the 1998 ... marketing in the United States each year, said Robin Koval, CEO and President of Truth Initiative. Now, with an end to tobacco use in sight, we can 't afford to scrimp on proven strategies at the local, state or federal levels. This generation truly can be the one to end the era of deadly ...

Blair Horner on Up In Smoke Report

... Little to Help Smokers Quit and Keep Kids from Smoking Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding Up in Smoke report detailing inadequate state spending on anti-tobacco programs despite billions in revenue from tobacco. “It’s shameful that the state can accept revenue from smokers in the form of taxes and spend less than a fraction of it to help smokers who want to quit.  Anti-tobacco programs aren't a luxury that we should only pay for ...

Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally at Capitol for Increased Access to Innovative Testing and Lifesaving Treatments

Phoenix, Ariz. – American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across Arizona rallied at the State Capitol Monday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would ensure biomarker testing ... testing is critical in accessing precision medicine, including targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and better quality of life for cancer patients. Dubbed 'the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time,' precision medicine has played a critical role ... are helping extend and save lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s individual condition. This legislation will help dismantle cost barriers and bring the promise of precision medicine to more cancer patients no matter their income, race or where they live," said Brian ...

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