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8-9-10 Monthly Advocacy Update

...   Senate Action On July 29, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $1 billion (3.2 percent) increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the 2010 fiscal year (FY10) budget, for a total of $32 billion in FY11. This amount includes $5.2 billion for the National Cancer ... to the NIH budget failed. The NIH budget does, however, include $50 million for the Cures Acceleration Network authorized in the Affordable Care Act through a bill by Senator Specter. The Network was created to bridge the gap between lab discoveries and life-saving therapies. Housed in ... and Prevention (CDC). This is $101 million over last year’s budget and $120 million over the president’s request. The Office of Smoking and Health received an $87 million increase for a total of $197 million when funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the ...

We're defending smokers?

Many people have been surprised to see that ACS CAN has voiced concerns about provisions in some health care legislation that would allow employers to charge smokers significantly more for health insurance. Surprised?ξ After all, we are the same organization that has proudly led efforts to ban smoking in restaurants and to increase ...

Alliance for a Healthy Montana - Biannual Community Legislative Forums

Join your legislative colleagues   for a conversation with grassroots organizations on health care policies. Light meal served.  Yes. Healthy Communities Matter.       The Alliance for a Healthy Montana is a coalition of healthcare ... providers, patient advocacy groups and voluntaryhealth and tobacco use prevention organizations and otherwho are dedicated t o helping shape a health Montana through specific public policy initiatives.     To RSVP for a forum, simply select from the options below. Tuesday, December  3 ...

Comprehensive Tobacco Control

... current smokers quit but also prevents our children from ever starting a lifetime of addiction to tobacco. PROTECT LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY Local governments are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of people in their communities. They should be able to pass local laws that build on state laws and are proven to promote good health, including any laws intended to protect everyone's right to breathe clean, smoke-free air. SIGNIFICANT TOBACCO TAX INCREASE Regular and ... diseases like cancer. Significant increases to cigarette and tobacco taxes result in substantial revenue increases for states as well as health care cost savings. Comprehensive Tobacco Control ...

ACS CAN and the Connecticut Cancer Partnership Present: The 2024 Dave “Coach” Koch Connecticut Policy Forum Patient Navigation Through the Continuum of Cancer Control

... on Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 8 - 10 AM. Participants will include diverse stakeholders in our communities – patient advocates, payors, health systems, business leaders, and lawmakers to discuss the health disparities in Connecticut and plan to bring policy change to begin to resolve these issues. View the Program for our event here.  ACS ... CAN protects the needs of patients and families, working to ensure that our innovation ecosystem remains strong and everyone has the access to care they need to prevent, detect and fight cancer. 0 ...

Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol

... volunteers touched by cancer came together to call on the California Legislature to listen to their stories, hear their voices and act on public health policies that will put an end to cancer as we know it. This year, cancer patients and survivors will also celebrate their successful efforts ... Cancer advocates asked their legislators to support the following bills this session: Give chronically ill patients easier access to palliative care – Senate Bill 294 would update current law to allow hospice agencies to provide palliative care services to patients who are not on hospice. ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.  ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Regina Martinez

... grandchildren and great grandchildren. Regina Martinez has done all of those things since she retired from her career as a hospice and home health nurse. But Regina also felt that there was a need for people to learn and talk about cancer. She had seen how cancer affects lives during her career, and she saw how cancer care saves lives when her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at 44 (and is still living well at 76). So when she was invited to serve on the ... a translator for their publications). She continues to be active in advocating for diversity and outreach to minority communities and educating health providers about the importance of recognizing cultural differences in their services. That work on diversity led her to encourage the ...

KXLH TV, MT: More than $500K Already Behind Pro-Medicaid Expansion Initiative Effort

A coalition of health-care and other groups already has spent or raised more than $500,000 toward qualifying a ballot measure that would extend Medicaid expansion in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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