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CANCER RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING   ACS CAN volunteers joined cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers in Washington, DC, last week for the One Voice Against ... 33 states came together to urge Congress to support federal funding for cancer research and prevention programs and met with almost 150 members of Congress and their staff. The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) annual state-by-state report released today finds a majority of bills introduced in 2019 to combat youth tobacco use by raising the age of sale for tobacco to 21 were co-opted by the tobacco industry. ACS CAN’s 17 th annual How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Even as tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable death in the United States and youth e-cigarette use remains at high levels, a new report highlights how too many states continue to shortchange programs designed to prevent kids from using tobacco products and help tobacco users quit. A handful of states, though, have increased funding and set a positive example for other states to follow. The report challenges states to do more to fight ... a quarter (22.2%) of the total funding recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The overall increase in spending can be attributed primarily to five states – Oregon, Maine, Connecticut, Maryland and Oklahoma. Despite these increases, only two states – ...

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS   Fighting Cuts to Cancer Programs On Wednesday, ACS CAN and its partners in the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) coalition will be on Capitol Hill to oppose cuts the House of Representatives approved recently as part of a proposal to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011). If ... require varying degrees of coverage, with scores of B, C or D. Seventeen states scored an “F” for failing to mandate any coverage of the cost of colon cancer screening.   Guaranteeing insurance coverage in the states for colorectal cancer is still essential, even with passage of the ...