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Maryland state lawmakers have released details on the agreed upon 2025-26 budget—the contents of which are a mixed bag in the fight against cancer. While the state made sound investments in cancer research and protected Medicaid recipients’ ability to access biomarker testing, it missed an opportunity to save the lives and lungs of Maryland’s youth by cutting funding for the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs. To mark both the victories and missed opportunities, Lance Kilpatrick, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Maryland, responded with the following statement: “With looming threats to cancer research funding in D.C. and so many lives hanging in ...

... at the State Capitol Thursday for ‘Cancer Action Day,’ an event hosted annually by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Donning bright blue shirts, volunteers met with several state lawmakers and urged them to support policies that would aid in the fight ... a long way and that’s why it’s important to continue the surveillance. I’m here today to ask Arizona lawmakers to help us achieve our goal of giving more women access to early detection.”  Volunteers also asked lawmakers to support several other policies including SB 1164 which, if ... health insurers from making changes to prescription drug formularies during the plan year, including removing drugs from coverage or increasing cost sharing. Survivors and patients urged legislators to reduce the toll tobacco is having on Arizonans, as well by supporting and enacting ...

Cancer Research and Prevention Programs When Congress returns to Washington on September 13, there will only be a few weeks until the start of 2011 fiscal year (FY2011). With time short and much work remaining on the annual appropriations bills, FY2011 will begin under a Continuing ... until some time after Election Day in November.     The delay in final decisions on FY 2011 spending levels underscores the need for ACS CAN advocates to continue making the case to Congress on the importance of funding cancer research and prevention. Even though there is a preliminary sense of what the funding levels for these programs will be in FY ...

Cancer Research and Prevention Programs When Congress returns to Washington on September 13, there will only be a few weeks until the start of 2011 fiscal year (FY2011). With time short and much work remaining on the annual appropriations bills, FY2011 will begin under a Continuing ... until some time after Election Day in November.     The delay in final decisions on FY 2011 spending levels underscores the need for ACS CAN advocates to continue making the case to Congress on the importance of funding cancer research and prevention. Even though there is a preliminary sense of what the funding levels for these programs will be in FY ...