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... Smoke-free laws reduce exposure to and protect people from secondhand smoke Strong laws increase quitting among current smokers and reduce health care costs   0 This year, secondhand smoke will cause nearly 42,000 deaths among nonsmokers, including 7,300 lung cancer deaths. It's time to ...

... Representatives today passed an FY 18 federal budget, which includes; a $3 billion increase for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—the largest such funding increase in 15 years; a $275 million increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI); a $10 million ... the Oncology Center of Excellence at the Food and Drug Administration(FDA). The budget also increases funding for the CDC Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) and preserves the FDA’s full regulatory authority over tobacco products. Funding to stabilize the individual insurance markets and ... cancer prevention, detection and treatment are all prioritized in the FY 18 budget, patients’ ability to access quality, affordable health care on the individual insurance market was not addressed. Rising health care costs and changes to rules governing how health plans operate pose ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...