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Join Our Fight to Expand Coverage for Over 230,000 Missourians - Vote Yes on Amendment 2

Vote YES on Amendment 2 Bring Federal Tax Dollars Back to Missouri and Expand Health Care for Over 230,000 Missourians   This August 4, 2020,  Missouri voters will have an opportunity to vote on Amendment 2 . Amendment 2  will provide access to affordable and comprehensive health care coverage through Medicaid for low-income adults and families. Amendment 2  is critical in the fight against cancer . For the 37,540 ...

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 ...

Alice Williams Promoted to Government Relations Director

... and practices to reduce suffering and death from cancer in the state of Louisiana,” Williams said. “I look forward to working with the health care community, legislators, the governor and leaders across the state to reduce the cancer burden in our state.”  Williams will lead volunteers ... the state through campaigns to achieve progress on evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a significant health problem. ### About ACS CAN at 20  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for policymakers ...

Medicaid Work Requirements Likely to Impact Cancer Patients

... Bill 695 imposes work requirements and additional reporting requirements for Medicaid recipients, creating unnecessary red tape and loss of health coverage for Kentuckians.   “Thousands of Kentuckians have cancer. For many of them, Medicaid makes it possible to get the care they need to fight the disease. It covers cancer screenings, diagnostic tests, treatments, surgeries, prescription medications and follow-up ... that people impacted by cancer are 'exempt' from work reporting requirements in House Bill 695, the administrative complexity of verifying health or work status can and will lead to loss of health coverage – even among those who are in compliance with these policies. “House Bill ...

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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