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... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... to access legitimate pain care.   Additionally, the report offers a blueprint for how South Carolina can work within the current federal health care law on state-based approaches to improve access to affordable and adequate health coverage for cancer patients and their families. It ...

... and fight cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). As the changing health care landscape presents new opportunities to prevent a disease that kills 1,500 people a day in this country, many state legislatures are missing opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only generate new revenue and long-term health savings, but also save lives. The report, How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence ...

... Director, Bryan Hannon remarks, “the 2020 Policy Forum series in Ohio will allow our ACS CAN team to discuss issues related to access to care and cancer prevention that are at the core of our advocacy work. We are incredibly lucky to have two broad panels of experts helping our team ...   2020 ACS CAN Ohio Policy Forum: Cost of Cancer Care Held Virtually on November 16th 11:00 am   From rising costs to growing gaps in health coverage, we will take a closer look at the variety of issues cancer patients and their doctors face and the ways we can work together to ... 11:04 am Panel Introductory Remarks hosted by Julie DiRossi-King, Director of Policy and Public Affairs with the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) Representative Susan Manchester, representing Ohio’s 84 th House District Wendy Xu, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Health ...

Increase Tobacco Cessation Funding Tobacco use claims the lives of 9,600 Missourians each year and causes $3 billion in annual health care costs. Unfortunately, Missouri ranks 50 th in spending for tobacco prevention and cessation. Comprehensive tobacco cessation programs help ... respiratory illness. State tobacco control programs have been measured to have a $5 return for every $1 invested.  The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services plans and executes evidence-based tobacco prevention and cessation services including the Missouri Tobacco Quitline, a ...