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2025 New York State Legislative Priorities Download the document here.  In 2025, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the New York State policymakers on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health ... cancer outcomes for patients and reduce health payer costs by increasing community-based patient navigation services for everyone at risk of cancer, those diagnosed with cancer, and cancer survivors. Patient navigators have been shown to help increase cancer screenings rates, help ... provide a comprehensive benefit for lung cancer screening including all follow-up testing according to recommended guidelines, without enrollee cost sharing or other barriers. Lung cancer is the only form of cancer that can be detected early through routine screening where prior ...

Volunteers will be in Washington, D.C., representing Michigan with hundreds of cancer patients and survivors from across the country to call on Congress to make the fight against cancer a top priority. Volunteers are asking our lawmakers to do three things: Increase federal funding for cancer researche Support patient quality of life legislaiton Eliminate surprise costs for seniors getting colorectal cancer screenings. We know that Congress has tough decisions to make, ... kills nearly 600,000 Americans every year – or one person every minute of every day – should be high on the nation’s priority list. ACS CAN Advocates Head to Washington DC to Lobby for Cancer Research ...

AUSTIN, TX — April 5, 2021 — The unpredictable and dynamic nature of COVID-19 is no match for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's (ACS CAN) volunteers' steadfast commitment. Cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers from across Texas traveled virtually to the state capitol last ... Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Screening guidelines state that a follow-up colonoscopy in this situation should be completed without any cost to the patient as an integral part of the preventative screening process – a fact not currently reflected in our state law. Half of ...

... celebrated a landmark public health victory as the president signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. After years of Big TobaccoŠ—'s unfettered access to the public to peddle its deadly products, the FDA finally had the authority to regulate tobacco products. ... the FDA has already made to reduce tobacco use and the disease and death it causes. These actions include banning flavorings in cigarettes that can be attractive to youth, prohibiting the use of misleading claims such as Š—“mildŠ— and Š—“lightŠ— and requiring tobacco companies to disclose to the FDA ingredients in their ...