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... liquid nicotine containers and prohibit tobacco use on public and private school property.  The bill remains in the Joint Committee on Public Health.  We are working with the committee to ensure the bill is reported out ‘favorably’ in the near future. Action items: We are looking for ... 21 to share with our lawmakers.  Please connect them with Melissa via email at [email protected] or via phone at 508-270-4683. Office of Health Equity: Despite measured progress, disparate populations continue to have worse health outcomes than the majority population on nearly every ... In January, this bill was filed in the House and Senate, the concurrent proposals have been assigned to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.  A public hearing was held in June at which ACS CAN offered testimony in support of the bill.  The next step will be for the ...

... cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize the quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco ... and implementing the policy recommendations in the report would not only save lives in South Carolina, but also save millions in long-term health care costs and in some cases would even generate additional, much-needed revenue.   A color-coded system classifies how well a state is ...

... your ZIP code, what you look like, where you're from, or who you love, I will work tirelessly to remove barriers and improve access to cancer care for you."  Miller García previously served as ACS CAN’s Grassroots Manager for Oregon and Washington and as Senior Regional Manager for ... two sessions of the Washington Legislature and plans to continue that work now and into 2025. Beyond its game-changing contributions to cancer care, biomarker testing is important in the treatment of arthritis, other autoimmune conditions and rare diseases, with ongoing research happening ... faced with the decision of paying for these tests out-of-pocket or forgoing them altogether. “Every Washingtonian deserves access to quality health care. Biomarker testing is key to connecting patients with many of the latest research breakthroughs. In 2025, Washington lawmakers have the ...

... from patients to identify and evaluate cancer biomarkers. Testing patients for specific biomarkers is integral to precision medicine in cancer care, but despite evidence pointing to the clinical benefits associated with biomarker testing, routine clinical use does not always follow, and ... insurance would not cover it or their out-of-pocket costs would be too high. A new report by ACS CAN and LUNGevity Foundation found while health insurance coverage for biomarker testing has improved since the organizations’ last report in 2018, coverage is still failing to keep up ... a combination of factors, as highlighted in the ACS CAN report  Improving Access to Biomarker Testing - Advancing Precision Medicine in Cancer Care  which explores the current landscape of cancer biomarker testing, sheds light on the nature of challenges limiting adoption of appropriate ...