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... Panelists: Dr. Sameek Roychowdhury, OSUCCC James Rep. Susan Manchester, Ohio House of Representatives  Wendy Xu, PhD, OSU College of Public Health Brendan Hurst, LISW, Ohio Health Jennifer Hoque, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Julie DiRossi-King, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (Moderator)  Key Discussion Points: What are the biggest cost drivers of out-of-pocket costs for patients? What's next for value-based cancer care?  How can policymakers help reduce patient costs?  How do we help patients deal with financial toxicity? For more information, including ...

... will decide, once again, whether to raise the minimum age for smoking from 18 to 21. Last year, a similar House bill made it through the Health Committee, but was snuffed out by the Commerce Committee chair a week later. This week, Adrienne Lynch with the Cancer Action Network, along ... age of sale up there, we can really prevent a lot of people from ever starting such a deadly habit." A 2015 report by the Arizona Department of Health Services shows the state takes a $5 billion hit in health care costs and job productivity losses related to tobacco use each year. That sum is five times higher than the amount Arizona businesses make ...

... CITY – In response to the bill that would raise Oklahoma’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack, a coalition of leading national, state and local health organizations issued the following statement: “Our organizations are pleased the Legislature has provided Oklahoma what it needs to improve health across the state – a meaningful cigarette tax increase that will curb the use of tobacco while creating much-needed annual revenue for our ... raising the price of tobacco decreases the number of youth who start smoking, increases the number of smokers who quit, cuts health care costs, and reduces deaths from lung and other cancers, heart diseases, strokes and other preventable, chronic diseases. The $1-per-pack ...

... levels could threaten our progress against the disease Americans fear most. His proposal includes $28.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $4.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), funding levels that would mean a sixth straight year of flat funding for ... dangerous cutbacks in new investigations and clinical trials that could yield lifesaving results. “The President’s budget cut essential health services by proposing $301.7 million for cancer prevention and early detection programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... research and programs that help people prevent and detect cancer early. “Progress against cancer is also threatened by the broken health care system. Recent studies from the American Cancer Society, the sister charitable organization of ACS CAN,  show that people without health ...