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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

President’s FY 22 Budget Focuses on Health Issues; Boosts Biomedical Research, Makes Permanent Increased Health Coverage Subsidies

... released its budget for FY 22 late last week. Included in the budget is an additional $9 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $6.5 for the creation of a new department within the NIH called the Advanced Research Project Agency on Health (ARPA-H), which would be dedicated to accelerating the ... for serious illness and caregiving.   A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: Research “The proposed funding increase for biomedical research in this budget is a positive first step toward advancing cancer ...

United States Preventive Services Task Force Releases Final Recommendation, Evidence Summary, and Modeling Study on Screening for Colorectal Cancer

... “These new guidelines are in line with the most recent American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines released in 2018.” Lisa Lacasse, president of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) says: “Following the updated ACS guidelines in 2018, ACS and ACS CAN urged the USPSTF to expedite its review cycle to take into account new ... with ACA-compliant plans ages 45-49 who previously were not eligible to get coverage for colorectal screenings will gain coverage at no cost. Now that the USPSTF has finalized these updated colorectal screening guidelines, ACS’s advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN, will continue to work ...

3-14-14 Affordable Care Act Update

... between patients, health care providers and health care facilities; and defines how plans must ensure provider access to rural areas. ACS CAN has submitted comments on the proposed rule and is working closely with the Office of the Washington Insurance Commissioner to ensure that the final rule provides cancer patients with essential access to oncology specialists. ... on California’s exchange have trouble determining whether or not a plan will cover their cancer treatment drug and, if so, how much it will cost.  Under the proposed legislation, insurance carriers in the state exchange will be required to: use a standard formulary template to display ...

National Patient Groups Welcome Supreme Court Announcement to Review Affordable Care Act

Statement of the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association ... and hope that it will uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act to ensure that patients with life-threatening chronic diseases can access the law’s critical protections. “Our organizations believe that patient protections, including those that end discrimination in the ... the health care system for chronic disease patients and their families by expanding access to quality, affordable health care; reducing the cost burden on families; and refocusing the system to emphasize prevention. “For decades our organizations have worked to expand access to health ...

Promised Funding for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program Critical to Increased Access

... five years.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network has asked lawmakers to accelerate funding for the program from its current level of $202 million to $250 million now, which would allow at least 130,000 additional women to access screening and treatment when necessary. In many parts of the country, the program struggles to maintain services for the women it currently serves. "We have scientific evidence that links insurance ... necessary resources haven’t been made available," said Daniel E. Smith, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  "What if the eligible women who aren’t being served by this program included your mother, your sister, your daughter or your friend?  ...

Wyoming Tribune Eagle calls for increase in tobacco tax

... Legislature has repeatedly rejected attempts in the past to raise the state’s excise tax on tobacco products. WE BELIEVE: For a variety of reasons, it is important for state legislators to pass a bill to raise the tobacco tax during the 2017 legislative session , which starts Jan. ... natural disaster affected Wyoming, state legislators would find the money to help residents recover. If, God forbid, Wyoming experienced a rash of school shootings, those same legislators would be calling for increased security measures and finding ways to fund them. Yet year after year, ... rate of 60 cents ties it for eighth lowest with Kentucky. Study after study – including this latest one – shows that raising such taxes can save lives, dramatically reduce high tobacco-related health-care costs and generate much-needed revenue. Sadly, that last benefit is where ...

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