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New York State Gets a B in Pain Report Card

... NY – July 12, 2016 – New York State is doing well but there is room for improvement in 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 ... that while states have made considerable progress over the last decade in enacting policies that enhance access to pain care, including the use of pain medications, and minimizing potential treatment barriers, this progress has slowed, and in some states declined, in recent years. The ... to patients. The report, Achieving Balance in State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card (CY 2015) , shows the extent that state policies can support pain management and patient care. The University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) prepared the report, which was jointly ...

Sixth Circuit Ruling Helps to Preserve Critical Patient Protections

... patients and families living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke issued the following statement today in response to the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold the individual responsibility requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The American ... care system for chronic disease patients and their families by dramatically expanding access to quality, affordable health care; reducing the cost burden on families; and refocusing the system to emphasize prevention. “Provisions of the law that are already in effect prohibit insurance ... from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, eliminate lifetime benefit limits and restrict annual benefit limits that can cause the sudden termination of coverage, prohibit the unfair rescission of coverage, and enable children to stay on their parents’ health ...

ACS to NY: Don't Re-debate Federal Law

Statement by Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding the NYS Senate’s failure to pass health benefit exchange legislation . "The American Cancer Society urges New York ... instead focus on what uninsured New Yorkers need most, access to health insurance. Every year, as many as 10,000 New Yorkers face a diagnosis of cancer without health insurance.  One-third of cancer survivors report losing health insurance at some point after their diagnosis.  There is ... According to the American Cancer Society, 10 percent of those with cancer battle   the disease without health insurance. This legislation can provide the protection from financial ruin, or worse. The federal health care reform law requires that states create health benefit exchanges ...

Protecting DenaliCare & Denali KidCare

  Medicaid Cuts Put People with Cancer at Risk   In 2023 10% of adults with a history of cancer in the U.S. relied on Medicaid for their health care. [i]  Additionally, over one-third of children newly ... at 2 years post diagnosis, and the increase was most prominent among non-Hispanic Blacks in rural areas, highlighting how expanding Medicaid can reduce health disparities. [iv]   The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network opposes cuts to the Medicaid program, as these cuts will ... funding is determined by the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). Today, the federal government pays between 50 and 77 percent of the cost of providing most health services to most Medicaid enrollees, [v]  and a higher percentage for the Medicaid expansion population. If FMAP ...

Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium

Indoor tanning for kids? Might as well expose them to plutonium By: Guest Opinion March 2, 2017 , 2:27 pm     After four years of hard work on the part of patients, parents, physicians, and legislators, members of the Arizona House of Representatives had their first chance to vote on legislation to ... past, present, and future supports for championing this bill. We urge lawmakers to give this bill a fair hearing in the Senate and remember they can prevent minors from being exposed to a known carcinogen and ultimately save lives.   Aaron Mangold, M.D., is president of the Arizona ...

New Jersey Gets Mixed Reviews on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,   The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. But we have the power to make a difference for New Jerseyans ...

Patients Call on Senators to Reject Graham-Cassidy Health Bill; Urge Bipartisan Action on Health Care

Washington, D.C. — September 25, 2017— Dozens of patients from across the country, each with their own personal health care story, gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge their senators to preserve quality health care coverage for millions of Americans and reject the pending Graham-Cassidy health care legislation. The event was organized by the nation’s leading patient and public interest groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, urging ...

Health Groups Ask for Increased Tobacco Tax

... programs, including programs to help smokers quit.  In a letter sent to Gov. Cuomo, the groups called for an increase in the cigarette tax of at least $1 per pack in the FY 2021- 2022 Executive Budget, and to ensure the budget provides a parallel tax on all other tobacco products including e-cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco products. Raising tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use and prevent kids from beginning a deadly addiction. Despite an estimated 23,000 smoking-related ... by just $1 per pack, the projected number of youth under 18 who will be kept from becoming adult smokers is 29,500. We know that tobacco use can lead to heart disease or stroke, so this tax could mean that nearly 30,000 people could avoid the No. 1 and No. 5 killers in our nation.” ...

Calls to Improve Access to Biomarker Testing in NJ Bring Together Patients, Providers & Public Health Leaders across Disease Spectrum

Key public health, patient and provider groups have come out in support of improving access to biomarker testing in New Jersey, urging lawmakers to advance and pass Assembly Bill 4163 / Senate Bill 3098 this legislative session. This fall, a broad coalition of over 30 organizations, medical leaders and patient advocates wrote to members of the Assembly Financial Institutions & Insurance (AFI) Committee ... Commerce Committees to take up this bill and follow the lead of their AFI member colleagues. Biomarker testing opens the door to treatments that can lead to fewer side effects, improved survival, better quality of life and potentially lower costs for patients. There is strong consensus ...

Dean's List for Tobacco Policy

American Cancer Society Releases Dean’s List for Tobacco Policy 30 percent of colleges across New York State are getting top marks in a new report from the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The bi-annual Tobacco-Free U: Dean’s List report grades all New York campuses on their tobacco use restrictions. In addition, schools with 100 percent smoke-free or tobacco-free campus rules in place were assessed for compliance with those policies. Thirty percent of schools made the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Tobacco-Free U Dean’s List for having among the ...

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