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9-22-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... bill. Four Affordable Care Act (ACA) related amendments were offered. The first, and most significant, would have suspended implementation of the law, prohibited the use of appropriated funds for purposes related to the law, prohibited the hiring of staff for programs authorized in the law, and restricted Center for ... in FY2012.  The increase would have been paid for through a decrease in the Prevention and Public Health Fund created in the ACA that ACS CAN strongly and actively supports. The amendment failed by a vote of 7 to 23. Over the past year there have been multiple attempts to impede ACA ...

Survey: Cancer Patients, Including New Yorkers, Increasingly Face COVID-19 Health Impact

... health issues as they try to navigate the difficult health and economic environment. An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) survey of cancer patients and survivors focused on COVID-19 effects found 87% of respondents said the pandemic had affected their health care in some ... to afford lifesaving medications by preventing copayment assistance from counting toward a patient’s deductible or other out-of-pocket cost requirements.  This can increase the amount patients are left to cover on their own.  We urge the state legislature to pass A8246 sponsored ...

Higher Cig Tax is Good Public Policy

... Society Tobacco Policy Specialist Russ Sciandra testified at a joint NYS Senate-Assembly hearing on taxes.  Sciandra focused on the benefits of a higher cigarette tax, as proposed by Gov. Paterson, and on the need to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. HIGHER CIGARETTE TAX IS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY   Statement from Russ Sciandra, tobacco policy specialist, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding joint NYS Senate and Assembly public hearing on taxes.   “Say the word ‘tax’ and people cringe.   But a higher tax on cigarettes is one tax New Yorkers can feel good about.   A proven public health strategy, it will raise money targeted for health care programs and reduce health care costs by ...

Mississippi Health Advocates: Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase Inadequate to Save Lives; Urge Senate to Increase Tax by $1.50

... Bill 1439 to increase the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack. Currently, the bill calls for a low $.50 per pack cigarette tax increase and 10% of wholesale price increase on other tobacco products. The bill was passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives on Tuesday. A $1.50 per pack cigarette tax increase would decrease youth smoking by approximately 14.5%, encourage more than ... in Mississippi. “Only by enacting an increase of $1.50 per pack of cigarettes paralleled with a tax increase on all other tobacco products can we see a real change in Mississippi that effectively meets the severity of today’s youth tobacco epidemic. We cannot allow the health of ...

Big Tobacco 's Smokescreen Derails Historic Attempt to Save Lives and Protect Kids

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 22, 2012 The following is a statement from John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), on the defeat of Proposition 29 in California. Prop. 29 would have increased California 's tobacco tax by $1 and generated more than $700 million annually for ...

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 ...

New York State Budget Produces Mixed Results in Fight against Cancer

ALBANY, NY – MAY 1, 2023 – Earlier today New York State leaders released details on the agreed upon 2023-24 budget and will soon adopt each of the budget bills—the contents of which are a mixed bag at best in the fight against cancer. While the state made sound investments in cancer screening and tobacco prevention and ... usher in a tobacco-free generation.  To mark both the victories and missed opportunities, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director Michael Davoli responded with the following statement: “2023-24 held great potential for ...

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 ...

New Report Gives New York State Mixed Grades on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer however the state falls short in some areas.  According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?:  A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality ,  New York State measured up to policy recommendations in just four of the nine issue areas ranked. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 15 th edition of the report shows just how far we’ve come in the last decade and a half passing policies proven to reduce suffering ...

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 ...

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