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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 ...

7-1-10 This Week in Health Care Reform Implementation

... state plans will likely be up and running by September 1.   Applications for the PCIP will also be available starting today on a new Department of Health and Human Services website, www.healthcare.gov , with coverage to begin August 1. Funding for the program will be provided to states based on the same funding allocation that is used for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).   All of the high-risk pool plans must offer individuals a standard rate, providing people with serious conditions such as cancer the same premium rate ... appeared in The New York Times. Additional information on the details of the new PCIP, as well as the state-administered high risk pool plans can be found at www.healthcare.gov .   New Healthcare.gov Website   As mentioned above, the new consumer web portal authorized in the Affordable ...

Statement from Donald Distasio on Menu Labeling

Menu Labeling Will Help Reduce Obesity Rates And Cancer Risk By Arming Consumers With Information Representatives of the American Cancer Society participated in a press event in Albany on Monday morning calling for new laws to help combat obesity rates in New York. Below is a statement, just released, by Donald Distasio, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey.   NEWS from the American Cancer Society For media inquiries, contact: Angela Pause ... New Yorkers. Cancer and obesity are linked, and by educating people about the risk of a high calorie, high fat diet and promoting prevention, we can reduce cancer rates and control health care costs. We thank Governor Paterson for his leadership on this issue and urge the Senate and Assembly ...

3-29-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

3-29-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

3-29-12 Affordable Care Act Update

Litigation Update   This was a blockbuster week at the Supreme Court, which hosted three days of arguments on the Affordable Care Act, an unprecedented amount of time in the modern era which underscores the critical nature of the challenges. Although the media coverage was extensive, we wanted to provide ACS CAN's perspective.   As you know, the Society and ACS CAN, along with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association ...

Test Your TennCare Knowledge Answers

... Health insurance coverage through Medicaid helps Tennesseans stay healthy, go to work, and care for their families. Medicaid covers many of the same services as private health insurance. Every state’s Medicaid program covers benefits like: inpatient and outpatient hospital ... pregnant women and children, blind or disabled individuals, individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and some seniors. States can cover more people than the federal law requires. States also choose the income levels for people to qualify for the state’s Medicaid program. ... to purchase health insurance on the federal marketplace.   5. Many low-income, uninsured Tennesseans, delay or forgo medical care because of cost and they worry every day that they are one cancer diagnosis away from financial ruin.  Answer: True  Research continues to show that ...

Consent Agreement for Story and Testimonial Use

... Action Network, we believe all people should have a fair and just opportunity to live a longer, healthier life free from cancer regardless of how much money they make, the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or where they live. When we ... and those acting under its permission and upon its authority, or those for whom American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. (“ACS CAN”) is acting, the absolute right and permission to: (a)    copyright, use, re-use, publish, and republish, and to license the right to use, ... recognize that Submitted Content includes my story narrative with quotations, which may be used in social media posts, in ACS CAN reports (i.e., Cost of Cancer), and email series, earned media items, and storybooks. Submitted Content includes photographs, which may be used on social media, ...

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