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Progress Slows in States Enacting Balanced Patient Pain Policies for Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 12, 2016 Fewer states are enacting balanced policies that enhance the delivery of effective pain management for patients battling a chronic disease such as cancer, according to a new report issued today by leading researchers and the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Nationwide, the findings showed while states have made considerable progress over the last decade in enacting policies that enhance access to ... Report Card (CY 2015) , demonstrates the effect that new state policies have on patient access to appropriate pain medications. The University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) prepared the report, which was jointly funded by ACS and ACS CAN. As a nation we must enact ...

Provisions in Health Care Reform Legislation Would Help to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality

WASHINGTON – March 19, 2010 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives today affirming that current draft health care reform legislation includes a number of provisions that would help to reduce ...

Critical Actions to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates

While we dedicate the month of October to breast cancer awareness, this past Friday was National Mammography Day. Since its inception in 1993, National Mammography Day has ... 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, uninsured women nationwide with no access to mammograms or other lifesaving ...

Choice in Treatment Modality Overwhelmingly Important to Cancer Patients & Survivors

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... oral medication report completing visits to their provider within an hour or less, compared to only 17% of those receiving IV infusions 82% say cost is an important factor in their decision when given a choice of treatment options, and 94% agree it is important that patients and their ...

Week 6 - Legislative Session in Tallahassee Update

Week 6 Update Friday, April 12, 2013   Week six of the 2013 Legislative Session has come to a close and many of the year’s biggest policy issues have yet to be resolved. On Thursday, the ... for in the Affordable Care Act. The proposal, entitled “Florida Health Choices Plus,” would cover an estimated 115,000 Floridians at a cost to the state of $237 million annually. With access to quality, affordable health care a major issue for our state’s cancer patient population, ACS CAN staff will continue to monitor the various proposals from both chambers as they move through the legislative process. Our three priority issues ...

Bill Would Increase Access to Colon Cancer Screenings and Treatments for the Medically Underserved

WASHINGTON – March 9, 2011 – Critical legislation introduced recently in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives would ensure access to lifesaving colon cancer screening and treatment for the most vulnerable populations. The legislation ... Senate on this important bipartisan effort,” said Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Less than 20 percent of the uninsured have been properly screened for colon cancer, which means that too many Americans are going without ... and removal of premalignant polyps. The program created by this legislation would help to save lives, prevent suffering, and reduce the cost burden of colon cancer on our country.” S. 494 and H.R. 912 would also train health care providers about how to talk to their patients about ...

Two-time breast cancer survivor emphasizes early detection to save lives

Uri Martos’ first experience with cancer was when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during her sophomore yea r of college, in 1998. Thankfully, after a mastectomy and chemotherapy, her mother is still surviving and thriving to this day. Because of her ... oral treatment which provided over five years of clean scans and she was declared cancer-free. During this time, she was recruited to join ACS CAN as a volunteer, having already been involved in ACS Relay for Life. “Being involved with ACS and [ACS] CAN was very therapeutic for me in ... to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. The program offers screening to uninsured and underserved women free of cost. Uri recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to ask her federal lawmakers to support legislation that will benefit cancer patients and their ...

President's Budget Proposal Shortchanges Cancer Research and Prevention Programs, Threatening Future Progress

... levels could threaten our progress against the disease Americans fear most. His proposal includes $28.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $4.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), funding levels that would mean a sixth straight year of flat funding for medical research. With the costs of research rising nearly 4 percent annually, stagnant funding forces dangerous cutbacks in ... is also threatened by the broken health care system. Recent studies from the American Cancer Society, the sister charitable organization of ACS CAN,  show that people without health insurance are more likely than those with insurance to be diagnosed with cancer at its more serious stages, ...

Montana Makes Progress Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation But Falls Short in Other Policy Areas

... cancer fight by re-authorizing Medicaid this year but fell short when the Legislature did not pass legislation to protect youth from the risk of deadly skin cancer by restricting access to tanning devices for those under the age of 18.   According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and ... in just three of the eight evaluated issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which is the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. The 17th edition of the report highlights what we must do more to reduce ...

Fighting Tobacco in New York

... are still making a killing off New Yorkers.  While we have made substantial progress, the fact remains that smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in New York.  In 2022, about 49 million adults (20%) used a commercial tobacco product. Current smoking and use of other combustible tobacco products is especially high among persons with lower socioeconomic status, those who live in rural areas, bisexual ... in 2025 with smoking accounting for almost 500 cancer deaths each day in 2025, mostly from lung cancer. Smoking not only causes cancer. It can damage nearly every organ in the body, including the lungs, heart, blood vessels, reproductive organs, mouth, skin, eyes, and bones. We can ...

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