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2021 Montana Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Montanans touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... the state breast and cervical cancer screening program for low-income uninsured and underinsured women administered by the Montana Department of Health and Human Services.                     Ensuring Access to Quality Care Medicaid Expansion: ACS CAN will advocate for ...

West Virginia Budget Bills Fail to Address the State’s Tobacco Crisis

... reducing West Virginia’s high tobacco burden. Delegates, like their counterparts in the Senate last week, missed an opportunity to reduce health care costs, protect kids and save lives by failing to propose increased funding for tobacco control programs in the state budget. Increasing ... which would reduce youth smoking by 15.2%, prevent 3,900 kids from growing up to be adults who smoke and save the state $62.4 million in future health care expenditures. “In the most recent Broken Promises report, West Virginia ranked 50th when it comes to properly funding the state’s ...

House Missed an Opportunity to Protect Ohio Kids

... by $5.5 million to $20 million annually would prevent 1,300 kids from becoming adults who smoke and save the state $20.8 million in future health care expenditures.   “There is still an opportunity for lawmakers to change course and increase investment in tobacco control to keep kids from ... on the Senate to restore the governor’s recommended funding level of $20 million in tobacco prevention and cessation to protect kids, reduce health care costs and save lives.” ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for ...

Senate Committee Advances FY24 Appropriations Bill That Increases Cancer Research Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 27, 2023 –The Senate Appropriations Committee on Labor Health and Human Services advanced legislation today that increases spending levels for federal cancer research funding, continuing our nation’s bipartisan investment in the space.   The Senate spending bill allocates $47.8 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that includes $12.5 million for a new palliative care research program, a critical aspect of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Act (PCHETA). The bill also includes $7.38 billion for the ...

Expand Access to Biomarker Testing in Iowa

... testing will enable more patients to access the most effective treatments for their disease and can potentially help achieve the triple aim of health care: better health outcomes, improved quality of life and reduced costs.  This legislation will ensure Iowans covered by Medicaid and state regulated ...

Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Precision Treatments

... Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Indiana: "Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s specific type of cancer. Over the past few months, we have heard countless stories of the difficulties patients ... and the Indiana Senate for approving this legislation. We urge the House to quickly follow suit and take this significant step towards improving health outcomes and lowering health care costs." In 2024, approximately 14,280 Hoosiers will die from cancer. Improved access to biomarker testing can connect more patients to ...

2016 ACS CAN Connecticut Forum: Personalized Medicine

... forum on December 1, 2016 at the Conference Center at Yale West in Orange, CT.  The goal is to create a dialogue for leaders in business, health care, academia, public policy, patient advocacy, as well as other stakeholders to capture the latest and best thinking about the potential impact ... in therapies and diagnostics that are revolutionizing cancer care and will include leaders from the oncology community, including life sciences, health care systems, academia, patient advocacy, and provider groups.  ACS CAN will use this event to help illustrate and answer the following ...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Unveils Dynamic Advertising Campaign in Support of Medicaid Expansion

“Ensuring access to quality health care is essential in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer in Mississippi,” said Kimberly Hughes, Mississippi government relations director ... Action Network. “ACS CAN calls upon state senators to move a solution forward without delay that extends access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage to more than 200,000 hard-working Mississippians.” The advocacy organization's latest round of television advertising marks its ...

Saving Lives, Saving Money

Tobacco use remains the nation's number one cause of preventable death, killing approximately 443,000 Americans and costing $96 billion in direct health care costs each year. Two new reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of enacting strong tobacco control policies in the states. The reports quantify lives saved, reduction in smokers and ...

All Copays Count

... 2022 found that half of all cancer patients and survivors report incurring cancer-related medical debt, over 70% are worried about affording care, and women and Black Americans are most likely to experience cancer-related medical debt. A 2020 National Psoriasis Foundation survey of ... for patients to afford their medication. How does a copay accumulator adjustment work? When a patient receives and uses copay assistance, the health plan sweeps the payment from the copay assistance and does not allow it to be applied to a patient's deductible or out-of-pocket maximum ... thousands of dollars of unexpected medical costs in the middle of the plan year. Patients unable to afford their medications face worsening health, disease progression, and the potential for significantly increased health care costs. Why are copay accumulator adjustment policies unfair? ...

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