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Ohio Expands Critical Telehealth Services

... more significant burdens on cancer patients and their providers, but it has also revealed the critical role telemedicine can play in cancer care. Telehealth provides cancer patients and survivors with a convenient means of accessing some cancer care and primary care – a particularly important option for individuals in rural areas of the country and the immunocompromised.  “ACS CAN is ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to ...

2023 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvanians impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... (ACS CAN) will work with the Pennsylvania General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance includingMedicaid, ensure adequate appropriations funding for lifesaving cancer screening programs, and enact prevention policies ...

Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges North Carolina U.S. Senate Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority

... to cancer. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Cal Cunningham to meet with volunteers. Each individual shared how they have been affected by health care policies in hopes of educating the candidate on key issues. Participants included and spoke to Sen. Tillis about the following: (5:20 – ... dollar that we invest in research I believe has a return on investment. That’s why I’ve supported increases to the National Institute of Health and will continue to.” “We need to recognize this ecosystem of research is critically important for us to get the therapies and the ...

2021 Nevada 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 Nevadans touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In ... for your support: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Breast and Cervical Cancer : ACS CAN will advocate to maintain funding for the Women’s Health Connection (WHC) program, the state breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment program for low-income uninsured and underinsured ...

Proposed Tobacco Tax Increase in President 's Budget Would Save Lives

... and other tobacco products in the FY 2014 budget. A significant increase in the tobacco tax could have a dramatic impact on the public health of our nation by preventing disease and premature deaths and reducing health care costs associated with tobacco use. Raising the price of tobacco products is one of the most effective approaches to encouraging people to quit ...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve $1.00 Cigarette Tax Increase Making the State's Excise Tax Third Highest in the Nation

... the Society’s Director of Government Relations in Massachusetts, “To effectively fight cancer, we need to increase access to quality health care, and put an end to the suffering and disease caused by tobacco.  With passage of this tobacco tax increase, the Governor and the Legislature ... that the tax will generate at least $150 million each year in revenue to support the Massachusetts Commonwealth Care Fund in delivering health insurance for low-income residents, whose smoking rates are more than double that of the general population. Currently, the state spends ...

2026 Florida Legislative Agenda

... 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 Floridians impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Florida Legislature on initiatives to provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, and to ensure adequate funding for cancer research, lifesaving cancer screening programs, and comprehensive ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Warns That Bill Threatening Access to Cancer Screenings is Fatally Flawed

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 10, 2006 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) today cautioned the U.S. Senate that the Health Insurance Market Modernization and Affordability Act (S. 1955) is fatally flawed and cannot be fixed. The organization released a letter ... today on behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) to once again express our strong opposition to S. 1955, the Health Insurance Market Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005. It is our view that the basic construct of this legislation is fatally flawed ... cancer screenings and clinical trial participation. All state-required patient protections, not just those related to cancer screenings and care, are important. They are crucial to public health as whole, safeguarding access to a whole array of vital benefits. While we support the noble ...

Report Shows States Can Do More to Provide Access to Tobacco Cessation Services Through Medicaid

... D.C. – February 13, 2020 – A report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) provides an updated snapshot of states’ Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation treatments and therapies. Almost all states continue to miss opportunities to reduce tobacco-related deaths and health care costs as a result of providing inadequate or limited tobacco cessation coverage. The article, titled “State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco ...

ACS CAN Hires New Vice President of Federal Advocacy and New Federal Relations Directors

... relations directors. Tammy Boyd will be Vice President, Federal Advocacy and Strategic Alliances for ACS CAN. She comes from the Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of Black women and girls where she has served as Chief Policy Officer and Senior Counsel. In this role she has overseen the ... & Johnson. She was also Legislative Director for the late Congressman John Lewis, handling Ways and Means Committee issues with a strong health care focus. While in that position, Boyd served an essential leader in legislative efforts to establish the Smithsonian National Museum of African ...

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