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7-8-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Affordable Care Act. This will provide an opportunity for interested parties to submit data and other information relevant to the implementation of the menu labeling provisions in the new law. The provisions require restaurants and retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 ... to the Affordable Care Act, some state and local governments required restaurants in their jurisdiction to post nutritional information. ACS CAN has worked on this issue on the state level for a number of years, and will submit formal comments to the FDA. The Affordable Care Act requires ... more people got screened.   The Affordable Care Act will greatly improve screening rates by improving access to insurance coverage and removing cost barriers to screening.   The report provides solid evidence that improvements in screening rates could yield dramatic results: 1,900 ...

7-8-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Affordable Care Act. This will provide an opportunity for interested parties to submit data and other information relevant to the implementation of the menu labeling provisions in the new law. The provisions require restaurants and retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 ... to the Affordable Care Act, some state and local governments required restaurants in their jurisdiction to post nutritional information. ACS CAN has worked on this issue on the state level for a number of years, and will submit formal comments to the FDA. The Affordable Care Act requires ... more people got screened.   The Affordable Care Act will greatly improve screening rates by improving access to insurance coverage and removing cost barriers to screening.   The report provides solid evidence that improvements in screening rates could yield dramatic results: 1,900 ...

Save the Cancer Services Program!

    Women need access to life-saving mammography We Can’t Afford to Back Down From the Fight Against Breast Cancer—Especially in Tough Economic Times. Cancer advocates and women around the state ... (which was $29 million). And now the Governor wants to cut this life-saving program by an additional $1 million. This move will leave thousands of uninsured women without access to life-saving cancer screening and treatment.   Why is this program, which predominately serves women, ... Detecting cancer early, when it is most treatable, saves lives and it also saves money. The New York State Department of Health estimates the cost of the Cancer Services Program in the last year was offset by $46 million in savings due to early detection. GROWING DEMAND… As more people ...

7-8-10 Affordable Care Act Update

... Affordable Care Act. This will provide an opportunity for interested parties to submit data and other information relevant to the implementation of the menu labeling provisions in the new law. The provisions require restaurants and retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 ... to the Affordable Care Act, some state and local governments required restaurants in their jurisdiction to post nutritional information. ACS CAN has worked on this issue on the state level for a number of years, and will submit formal comments to the FDA. The Affordable Care Act requires ... more people got screened.   The Affordable Care Act will greatly improve screening rates by improving access to insurance coverage and removing cost barriers to screening.   The report provides solid evidence that improvements in screening rates could yield dramatic results: 1,900 ...

Congress Sends President an FY09 Appropriations Bill Including Funding for Sustained Cancer Research and Prevention

... to build momentum in a renewed war on cancer, approving a spending bill that includes a nearly $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the current year.  This proposed 3.2 percent budget increase would keep up with the growing annual cost of research for the first time in six years and the bill now goes to the President’s desk for his signature. “The vote follows on the ... on prevention as part of broader health care reform. As the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States, screening tests can detect colon cancer at the earliest, most treatable stage or even prevent it. The funding provided by this legislation would help remove this ...

Patient Advocates: Congress Intended for Tax Credits in Federal and State Marketplaces

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 27, 2015 – In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of King v. Burwell, leading groups fighting chronic disease provide scientific evidence of the grave consequences if millions of people nationwide ... diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke than are people with health insurance. Being uninsured with a serious chronic disease can also result in more expensive care, a greater risk of personal bankruptcy and higher health care costs system-wide. For example, published data ...

Huge Victory: Big Tobacco Companies Now Must Tell the Truth

... cigarette. Tobacco companies designed cigarettes to make them more addictive. There is no safe exposure to secondhand smoke. Thanks to the work of ACS CAN and others, we’ve been able to reduce tobacco use throughout the country.  Our three-legged approach has included increasing taxes on ... with evidence-based programs and resources to help them quit. Despite major progress in reducing tobacco use, it is still the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. and kills more than 480,000 Americans every year. An epidemic created entirely by the companies who have lied to ...

It’s a Wrap!

... legislative session – more than 20 days past the usual 100-day timeframe. As always, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and its volunteer advocates worked hard to convince lawmakers to make cancer a top policy priority this session.    More than a hundred ... 22 this year.  Most met with their lawmakers to discuss two major bills we pushed this session:   Legislation to raise the age for sale of tobacco products to 21 was approved by the House Health Committee, but blocked by the Chair of the House Commerce Committee.  We plan to make another run at this legislation next session.  We know that 95 percent of adult smokers started ...

Senate President Joins Health Advocates to Announce Bill to Increase Tobacco Taxes

... per pack. To parallel that new amount, the legislation also increases taxes on other tobacco products, like cigars and smokeless tobacco, to 64% of the wholesale price. “It’s rare that you can sponsor legislation and know that it will save lives. That’s exactly what this will do,” Cullerton said. “It will stop children from starting to smoke and cause many adult smokers to quit, sparing them from a lifetime of addiction and associated health problems. That’s why the public supports it.” In addition to the legislation, advocates released poll ...

Guest Column: Affordable health insurance is still needed

With our combined ages, we’ve lived 138 years on this planet. We’ve witnessed huge progress — a moon landing, the invention of the cell phone and medical advances beyond our wildest imagination. And yet, our lawmakers can’t work together to improve access to affordable and adequate health coverage in America and are, instead, considering proposals that could ... and lose your health coverage, a plan you purchase in the future may not be required to offer the treatments and services you need at a cost you can afford. What if you are one of the 24,000 residents who are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year? Those on Medicaid could be ...

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