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March 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

March 2012 Advocacy Update

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT   Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease. These provisions include critical patient protections that:   Ban pre-existing condition exclusions that are used to deny lifesaving coverage to people with cancer; Eliminate annual and lifetime benefit limits that can cut off access to critical cancer care; Enable children with a history of chronic disease such as cancer to stay on their parents' health plan ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...

New Report: States Shortchange Tobacco Prevention Programs Proven to Save Lives and Health Care Dollars

... this year will collect a record $27.5 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend less than 3 percent of it – $721.6 million – on programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The report challenges states to do more to fight tobacco use – the nation’s No. 1 cause of preventable disease ... targeting of vulnerable populations through advertising, price discounting and other marketing strategies. “Our progress shows that we can win the fight against tobacco and make the next generation tobacco-free, but we need bold action at all levels of government to finish the ...

Idaho Policy Forum: Speaker Bios

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Whitney Jones, MD, Medical Advisor for GRAIL, Inc. Dr. Whitney Jones is a Gastroenterologist, a former Clinical Professor of Medicine and current adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and information services at the University of Louisville.  He is a ... pragmatic state-based laws which lower barriers to access evidence-based CRC screening. Kentucky is the first state in the nation to mandate no cost sharing coverage for preventative evidence-based genetic panel testing for hereditary cancers including Lynch Syndrome.  These laws have ... travelling with his wife, daughter, and labradoodle.  Mihir currently resides in Portland, Oregon.  Closing Speakers: Cody Wolf, ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador for Idaho Cody has been a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN since 2011. During his undergraduate ...

Survivor Views: Discrimination Among LGBTQ+ Cancer Patients

Overview The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) empowers advocates across the country to make their voices heard and influence evidence-based public policy change, as well as legislative and regulatory solutions that will reduce the cancer burden. As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views research panel. The panel is a group of cancer patients and survivors who respond to regular surveys and provide important insights to support ACS CAN’s advocacy work at all levels ...

November 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

  2012 ELECTION As ACS CAN continues to analyze how the election results will impact our work at the federal, state and local levels, one thing is certain -- we are ready ... health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the ...

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