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... 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 Mainers impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In ... Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Maine Legislature on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance and enact prevention and cessation policies that help people who use tobacco products quit and deter kids from ...

As a leading cause of death and disease in the United States (U.S.), cancer takes a huge toll on the health of patients and survivors, and it also has a great impact on their finances. The costs of cancer do not impact all patients equally. Evidence consistently shows that certain factors – like race/ethnicity, health insurance status, income and where a person lives – impact cancer diagnosis, treatment, survival and financial hardship experienced by ... counterparts to be uninsured and experience serious financial hardship. Overall, Hispanic cancer survivors have more than double the health care expenditures as Hispanic individuals who have not been diagnosed with cancer. 1 And it is estimated that the economy loses $8.8 billion ...

... is celebrating the American Cancer Society’s 38 th annual Great American Smokeout today, by calling on Pennsylvania Lawmakers to protect the health of Pennsylvania residents by increasing the price of tobacco, making it less accessible to young people and more likely for adults to quit. ... we can make up the gap in funds left by the recent Master Settlement Agreement Arbitration Ruling, save lives, save Medicaid dollars, and reduce health care costs.” Not only is an increase in the price of tobacco critical for the physical health of Pennsylvanians, it’s a fiscally responsible ...

... 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 ...