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Presidential Cancer Forums Emphasize Need for Presidential Commitment to Cancer Fight

... disease. The next President must enter office ready to rededicate our country to aggressively fighting the disease." ACS CAN is advocating for health care policies that will help prevent cancer, detect it early and reduce suffering and death from the disease. ACS CAN is asking the presidential ... to the following: * Substantially increasing the federal investment in medical research by doubling the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) over eight years. Congress and the Administration have frozen or cut funding for NIH and NCI ...

4/24/09 Maine Statehouse Update

... and under-insured for colon cancer.   This remains our funding priority. Access to Healthcare LD 323: "An Act To Improve Transparency in the Health Insurance Markets" is the result of our collaboration in the Maine Voices for Coverage campaign.   It's intent is to make it easier for ... deference to another bill, submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance which did much of the same things. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" was voted "ought not to pass." LD 1228: "Resolve, To Direct Action on Health Disparities of the Passamaquody Tribe and Washington ... as amended," and I do not have the amendment. Several other pain management bills I have been following have been killed. Congress:   Health Care Reform       ( This is a new addition to our weekly update, but with more GRA time dedicated to it, and as it moves up the organizational ...

Governor Signs Budget with Landmark Cancer Funding

... the fund’s total to $60 million. The innovation fund provides pilot grants for projects focused on cutting-edge cancer research and patient care. The budget also adds $1.2 million to the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, bringing the program’s total ... The Mary Brogan Program is a federal-state partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health, providing lifesaving cancer screenings for women between the ages of 50-64 with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level. At current ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Call for Balanced, Comprehensive Opioid Package

... their needed pain medication. To strike the appropriate balance of curbing misuse and abuse of opioids while maintaining access to pain care for patients with legitimate needs, ACS CAN calls on both the House and the Senate to consider the Palliative Care Hospice Education and ... Society Cancer Action Network follows: “Overall, the House bill passed today is a thoughtful and balanced approach to the very serious public health crisis that has arisen from the misuse and abuse of opioids in this country. Of particular promise are provisions that will increase ... rein in the abuse of opioids. “While the SUPPORT for Communities and Patients Act makes significant strides toward responding to this public health crisis, we also urge the House and Senate to take up PCHETA, a bipartisan bill supported by 275 House co-sponsors and 29 Senate ...

Survey: Cancer Patients and Survivors Embrace Telehealth

... well addressed. Most respondents reported having had a phone visit with a telehealth provider about an issue directly related to their cancer care (55%) while some (43%) said they used a video visit. Those in urban areas were more apt to use video (55%) while those in rural areas were more likely to use the telephone visits (64%). “Considering the numerous challenges this pandemic has posed to patient care, the positive experience and high utilization of telehealth is one of the few bright spots,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of ACS CAN. “We ... willingness to adopt other technologies to facilitate remote care. More than 80% of respondents said they would use technologies, including health apps and wearable technology to manage their care if provided. The most popular adaption offered would eliminate a pharmacy trip, with 88% ...

Missouri Voters Increase Access to Medicaid, Saving Lives and Helping to Reduce Future Suffering and Death from Cancer

Missouri voters stood up for public health on Tuesday and passed a ballot measure to increase access to health insurance coverage for more Missourians through the state’s Medicaid program, following on the heels of Oklahomans who made the same move ... guidelines in expansion states than in non-expansion states. With this vote, Missourians have elected to save lives and long-term health care costs.  “ACS CAN is grateful to all our staff and volunteers in Missouri who worked tirelessly to encourage their fellow Missourians to ...

New Report Highlights Lifesaving Community Programs Funded by Prevention Fund

... to save lives by preventing serious chronic diseases such as cancer. The report, Staying Well: Real Stories from the Prevention and Public Health Fund , profiles lifesaving programs in 17 states and communities that benefit from the Prevention and Public Health Fund, created by Congress in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act. In the two years since then, the Prevention Fund has funded evidence-based programs that are increasing access to proven disease ...

Governor Hochul Sets Sights on a Tobacco-free Generation

... taxes and ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all other flavored tobacco products will reduce the tobacco burden, improving public health, limiting health care costs and generating revenue in New York. With approximately 12.8% of New York adults still smoking and 22,290 New Yorkers projected to die ...

Fact Sheet: Cigarette Tax Evasion

... lives. Ending untaxed sales from reservations will encourage at least 100,000 adult smokers to quit, saving 25,000 lives 1 Tobacco’s Impact on Health and Health Care Costs Adult Smoking Rate, New York – 18% (2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey) Number of Adult Smokers, New York – 2.6 million Deaths ...

SD Governor Signs Bill Giving Cancer Patients Equal Access to Oral Chemotherapy

... intravenously in an oncology clinic. “By signing this bill into law Governor Daugaard helps ensure South Dakota cancer patients get the care they need regardless of how their treatment is administered,” said David Benson, South Dakota government relations director for the American ... laws better reflect the reality of modern cancer care.” Previously, orally-administered cancer medications were sometimes covered under a health plan's pharmacy benefit rather than its medical benefit. For plans that require patients to pay a co-insurance for drugs, this resulted in ... in rural areas a better quality of life--sparing them long and needless commutes to oncology clinics. In addition to ACS CAN, several other health and patient advocacy groups supported this legislation including, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the International Myeloma Foundation ...

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