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Congressional Appropriators Place High Value on Cancer Research and Prevention

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 24, 2015 – House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education are scheduled to markup FY 2016 spending bills this week that include increases for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and maintain important funding for cancer prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A statement from ... – more than 1,600 today. “We are however disappointed that the House bill includes proposed funding cuts to the operating funds for health care exchanges, as well as cuts to funding for innovative demonstrations that are examining ways to provide better quality care to patients, as ...

Senator Ballweg Receives Award for Championing Lifesaving Cancer Public Policy

... after giving birth, a policy that has overwhelming support in Wisconsin.     “Senator Ballweg has been a strong advocate for extending health care coverage for new moms. Improving cancer diagnosis and survivorship after a pregnancy is not just important to postpartum individuals, but to their babies and the entire family as we aim to protect the health of all Wisconsinites,” said Sara Sahli, ACS CAN Wisconsin government relations director. “Ensuring low-income individuals and families ...

Governor Murphy Sets Sights on Affordability Concerns in 2025, Advocates Applaud & Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Patients across Cancer Continuum

... This is the case for patients across the cancer continuum. New Jerseyans are looking for state leaders to intervene and prevent the costs of care from trending upward and potentially trapping them in a lifetime of medical debt. Cancer patients and survivors throughout the state were ... and stripping them of a right that has been granted to every other employee in New Jersey: a smoke-free workplace. “Putting in jeopardy the health and wellbeing of a key group of New Jersey’s workforce not only exposes the workers to preventable illness and the accompanying cost burden, but it also costs casinos and the state through increased health, life and fire insurance premiums, workers compensation payments, higher worker absenteeism and lower productivity. We can prevent disease ...

Photos: On Obama's Route in Albany

... gathered along the motorcade route near the Albany International Airport on Albany-Shaker Road (about a mile from the ACS office) to promote health care reform and to welcome the President to the Capital Region.  Regional Advocacy Director, Sherry Tomasky was interviewed by the Albany Times ... invited to this very tighly controlled event at HVCC.  Diana shared that she spoke to President Obama and thanked him for his efforts regarding health care reform.  She reported that he thanked the American Cancer Society in return and said "you are doing important work."   Photos: On ...

Protect Ohioans from Big Tobacco

... its cigarette tax in more than nine years. Ohio's cigarette tax is currently $1.60 per pack, making us 29th among all states and DC. The annual health care expenditures in Ohio directly caused by smoking are $6.56 billion. Urge Ohio lawmakers to increase funding to $20 million for fact-based ... to pass a life-saving $1.50 per pack cigarette tax with a parallel tax on all other tobacco products through the legislature in 2025 to reduce health care costs, protect kids, and save lives. 0 Protect Ohioans from Big Tobacco ...

Tag Your Lawmakers on Social and Urge them to Oppose Cuts to Medicaid!

... to save to your computer. On a mobile device, click and hold the image and save to your camera roll.   Option 1 Medicaid provides essential health coverage to people across the country, including those with cancer. Any cuts to Medicaid could jeopardize lifesaving care for millions of cancer patients. [insert lawmaker handle] can I count on you to oppose cuts & #ProtectMedicaid?    Option 2  Massive, rushed cuts to Medicaid will hurt millions of hardworking people in America who count on it for lifesaving health care. This includes countless cancer patients & survivors. [Insert lawmaker handle], please #ProtectMedicaid.    Option 3 Attacks on ...

Polling: Public Wants States to Use Federal Funds to Cover Uninsured Through Medicaid

... Network (ACS CAN) shows that registered voters in key states want their state to accept federal funds that are available to broaden access to health coverage through Medicaid, a move that would enable millions of currently uninsured people nationwide to get lifesaving preventive care and treatments for cancer and other serious diseases. The polls, conducted by a bipartisan pair of polling firms, Lake Research Partners and ... and Texas a diverse set of states in terms of geography, politics and population that have been wrestling with the decision of whether to make health coverage under Medicaid available to individuals and families up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, as urged by the Affordable ...

ACS CAN Issues New Recommendations to Increase Access to Cancer Biomarker Testing

... (ACS CAN) released new policy recommendations today to increase uptake of biomarker testing and advance the use of precision medicine in cancer care. The recommendations follow the release of new data that shows access is not keeping up with innovation when it comes to biomarker testing.  ... diagnostic testing necessary to utilize this promising treatment strategy.” A new report by ACS CAN and the LUNGevity Foundation found while health insurance coverage for biomarker testing has improved since the organizations’ last report in 2018, coverage is still failing to keep up ... remain. The review, which focused on breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers, found coverage is more prominent for single-gene tests, and health insurance companies are still slow to cover multi-gene panels.  Additionally, in an ACS CAN  survey of cancer patients and survivors ...

Survivor Views: Patient Satisfaction by Gender

... August 27-September 12, 2022, the latest survey explores cancer patients’ and survivors’ experiences with diagnosis and addressing their health concerns. The web-based survey was conducted among 1,236 patients and survivors nationwide diagnosed with or treated for cancer in the last ... at a 95% confidence level. Key Findings Overall, the vast majority of cancer patients and survivors are very confident in the quality of their care and comfortable with their relationship with their provider, however women are about twice as likely as men to report feeling only ... are positive, more than a quarter of those who were diagnosed after experiencing symptoms related to their cancer felt that their initial health concerns or symptoms were not taken “very” seriously. Women are more likely than men to report such experiences (31% vs. 21%). One-third ...

Americans overwhelmingly oppose charging more for pre-existing conditions/older Americans and oppose Medicaid cuts, new poll finds

The Senate health care bill is deeply unpopular with a majority Americans if it includes cuts to Medicaid, says a new poll sponsored by ACS CAN. The poll found that: ... bill if it cut the projected billions from Medicaid More than 80% oppose charging older people or those with pre-existing conditions more for health coverage Medicaid provides a critical safety-net for the more than 2.3 million cancer patients and survivors enrolled in the program. ...

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