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... 3) ensured availability of substitute “biosimilar” medications and 4) improved quality and delivery of patient-centered and family-focused care. In response, Stacy Reliford, Missouri government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issued ... cancer patients by passing legislation to fund prevention, enhance medication availability and improve the quality and delivery of palliative care. We’d like to thank our lawmakers for prioritizing the more than 34,000 Missourians who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. “Through ... 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 ...

... chronic pain, it remains a highly stigmatized issue. But given proper attention most pain can be treated and relieved. Integrative pain care that includes non-drug therapies along with medications is effective in keeping patient pain under control. While not the only tool, opioid ... of cancer patients and survivors in such efforts. Balanced Public Policy Response ACS CAN supports balanced policies that address the public health concerns relevant to the opioid epidemic and that do not impede access to pain medications for patients and survivors who need them, such ... new evidence-based pain treatments, pharmacological and non-pharmacological Increasing provider education on pain management and palliative care Ensuring that public and private insurance programs cover the range of evidence-based pain treatments in a way that is accessible and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 16, 2016 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commends the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for marking up two bills today that take a critical balanced step to address the misuse and ... flexibility, and requires states to work towards having programs that are interoperable. The Schatz-Hatch amendment included in the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (S. 2680) directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to increase research into understanding pain, the discovery and ... from chronic pain have access to necessary medications, said Chris Hansen, president of ACS CAN. These important programs ensure health care providers have the tools they need to treat and assist patients with legitimate needs for prescription pain medications. ACS CAN, the ...

... tax will ultimately save lives,” said Jack Shipkoski, CEO of the Society’s South Atlantic Division. “Raising the cigarette tax is good health policy and is a proven way to reduce smoking rates among adults and especially youths,” said Daniel E. Smith, president of the American ... smoking; spur 3,100 DC smokers to quit for good: save 2,100 DC residents from smoking-caused deaths; produce more than $100 million in long-term health care savings; and raise nearly $11.7 million a year in new revenue. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the ...