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South Carolina Should Prioritize Health Care Access Instead of Barriers

COLUMBIA, S.C. – May 6, 2025 – The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services held a public hearing today regarding plans to submit a waiver request to establish Palmetto Pathways, a program that ... set strict eligibility requirements for Medicaid recipients who are parents. In response, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Regional Government Relations Director Beth Johnson released the following statement: “We know state officials want to do something about ...  Georgia has already tried this and less than 1% of eligible people enrolled in a similar program. “Essentially, Palmetto Pathways would cost the state more money to cover fewer people than traditional Medicaid expansion. It also leaves out single adults and those who earn under 67% ...

Kentucky is the Cancer Capital of the Country with More Than 1/3 of the Commonwealth’s Cancer Deaths Tied to Tobacco Use

... by increasing Kentucky’s cigarette tax by $1 or more per pack, with similar increases on other tobacco product taxes.    The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN’s) annual Day at the Capitol. This year, the event brought together cancer patients, survivors and their families from across the state with health advocates from the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow. As part of the rally, advocates carried and displayed photos of their loved ones who died from tobacco-related cancers.   “Kentucky leads the nation in ...

Quick Summary: Final Version of 2025 Budget Reconciliation Legislation

On July 3, 2025, Congress passed the final version of its 2025 budget reconciliation legislation . The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network strongly opposed the health changes included in ... eligibility for Medicaid coverage – this will cause many individuals to lose coverage not because they are unemployed, but because they can’t navigate the bureaucratic process to prove they are working or deserve an exemption. To be implemented by January 1, 2027. Some states may choose to implement earlier through waivers. Charging cost-sharing to Medicaid enrollees living just barely over the poverty line – which will force working families to choose between health care and ...

ACS CAN Lauds Proposed Investment in Tobacco Control Program

HARTFORD – Today lawmakers in the appropriations committee released their proposed budget for the State of Connecticut. After years of zero dollars being allocated for lifesaving tobacco control programs, today’s budget includes $12 million for the Tobacco and Health trust Fund. The following statement can be attributed to Bryte Johnson, Connecticut director of government relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ...

DR. DOUGLAS LOWY TO KEYNOTE ACS CAN RESEARCH BREAKFAST

Acting Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to Join Political Leaders, Cancer Community, in Calling for Support of “National Cancer Moonshot” and Increased Federal Funding for Breakthrough Treatments    WHAT:   The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, will host its ninth annual New England Research Breakfast.  WHO:      Dr. ... one thing in common – they begin with basic research led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NCI. However, innovation comes at a cost, and without the necessary funding to capitalize on the scientific opportunities of today, progress in the effort to eliminate death and ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Host Week of Action to Reduce Cancer Burden

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 ...

Hundreds of Cancer Advocates to Urge Lawmakers to Put Patients Before Politics

... survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every Congressional district will unite tomorrow to lobby their members of Congress in support of comprehensive health care reform. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is hosting its annual leadership summit and lobby day to urge lawmakers to focus on patients, not politics, by supporting reform that ... reform a reality this year.”  One in four families affected by cancer says they have had to put off or delay care in the past year because of cost, according to a national poll recently released by ACS CAN.  The poll also found that in the previous 12 months, nearly 1 in 3 cancer ...

Missouri bill recommends outlawing use of tanning beds for young teens

  JEFFERSON CITY —  One state representative hopes to outlaw the use of tanning beds by younger teenagers. O'Fallon Republican Rep. Nick Schroer said parental consent simply is not good enough. It's been almost five ... Messerli lost her 36-year-old husband, Kelly, to melanoma skin cancer. She said he was a tanning bed user as a teenager. "Kelly was the father of three children," Emily Messerli said. "He was my husband. He was a son, a brother, an uncle and friends to many, many people." Medical experts ... sunlight. They said 10 minutes in a tanning bed is equivalent to an hour under the sun. The UV produced by tanning beds adds to the damage that can lead to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) the second-most common form of skin cancer, according to SkinCancer.org . One instance of such exposure ...

Survey Finds Almost One-third of Adults Have Been More Than One Year Behind on Cancer Screenings

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) found that 31% of adults have been more than one year behind on cancer screenings. 53% of those respondents cited out-of-pocket costs as a ... said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “To ensure equitable health care, it is crucial for policymakers to increase access to no-cost or low-cost cancer screening programs, through expanded insurance coverage, community outreach, and public health initiatives.” The data was ...

Cancer Community Celebrates House Inclusion of Increased Funding for Cancer Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 17, 2009 -- “Today the cancer community is celebrating the House Appropriations Committee passage of the FY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that provides $30.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ... treatments for is a critical component of a comprehensive approach to defeating a disease that will kill thousands of Americans this year and cost the economy billions of dollars.” ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

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