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Access to Biomarker Testing

... that have been excluded, including communities of color, individuals with lower socioeconomic status, rural communities, and those receiving care in non-academic medical centers are less likely to receive biomarker testing. Improving coverage for and access to biomarker testing across insurance types is key to reducing health disparities. Without action to expand coverage and access to biomarker testing, advances in precision medicine could increase existing ...

Protect Vermont's Tobacco Control Program Funding

... Vermonters who smoke quit.  Big Tobacco spends $16.7 million each year on marketing their deadly products in the Green Mountain State. Annual health care costs directly caused by smoking total $349 million The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) recommends that Vermont spend $8.4 million annually ...

New Medicare Report

... tool for looking at Medicare through the cancer lens, so our policymakers understand how cancer effects the Medicare program as they work on health care reform. Here are some highlights from the new chartbook: o The elderly represent only 13 percent of the population but make up about half of ...

Tobacco Tax Increases in New Mexico and Utah

... the 18th highest in the nation. The revenue will be directed to the stateŠ—Ès general fund, the funding source for most of the stateŠ—Ès health programs. March 8, 2010 Utah's legislature approved a $1.005 increase in the cigarette tax, for a total tax of $1.70 per pack. The tax on ... will go from 75 cents per ounce to $1.83 per ounce. Revenue from the taxes will go to the general fund and will be used to restore prenatal care for low income expectant mothers, highway patrol funds, and other important programs. Tobacco Tax Increases in New Mexico and Utah ...

Cancer Advocates Urge Strong Tobacco Control Polices During Great American Smokeout

... remains the nationŠ—Ès number one cause of preventable death, killing approximately 443,000 Americans and costing $96 billion in direct health care costs each year. Yet, a new report co-authored by ACS CAN shows states are not doing all they can to help tackle tobacco use. State funding ...

Asian American & Pacific Islander Volunteer Caucus Events

... Elizabeth J. Cathcart-Rake, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Jasmine Gowarty, M.D., Texas Oncology, Jessica Gilbertson, National Council for Urban Indian Health, Keeshia Jones, Sisters Network, Inc. & ABCD, Sunaina Mathur, Cancer Stompers, Flecia Brown, ACS CAN Georgia Lead Volunteer, Ashton ... Lead Volunteer. Watch the Recording   Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event Thank you for attending the Cancer Care Barriers for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders virtual discussion on May 21st, 2024 moderated by Holly Tenaglia and ...

About ACS CAN

... 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—people whose lives have been impacted by cancer—rallying to ...

December 2017 State Update

... tobacco: The City of Springfield, MA has taken the first of two steps toward increasing the age of sale of tobacco to 21.  The city’s Public Health Council voted this week to move to 21.  With this vote, the City Council now needs to vote to approve it since enforcement would involve ... so we will monitor this to ensure that is not changed. MA Healthcare Reform: After two days of debate, the Massachusetts Senate passed a health care reform bill in early November.  During debate, Senators adopted an ACS CAN priority amendment to make the four-year-old Prevention and ...

ACS CAN and the Alliance Host Roundtable Briefing to Address Chronic Pain Management

... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Alliance to Prevent the Abuse of Medicines (Alliance), are bringing together patients, advocates, health care professionals and industry experts for an open discussion on the importance of preserving patient access to pain medications when appropriate ... Amy Goldstein, with the Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force; and Adam Rzetelny, Ph.D., associate director of Clinical Affairs at Millennium Health. The event will feature remarks by Evelyn Lopez, an ACS CAN volunteer from New Jersey who was diagnosed with stage 3-4 non-Hodgkin 's ...

200 Cancer Survivors, Caregivers Rally in Springfield for Breast, Cervical Cancer Funding

... uninsured women. “IBCCP providers have bravely weathered a budget stalemate that now approaches three years, offering the best possible cancer care despite these circumstances,” said Heather Eagleton, Illinois government relations director for ACS CAN. “But even with these efforts, ... continue to fight for it. That’s why I’m at the Capitol today and why I’m urging our lawmakers to protect its funding.” The current health care law offers women greater access to preventive cancer screenings and treatment. But gaps remain for women who continue to be uninsured ... 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 ...

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