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Time for Mills to Bring Precision Medicine to all Mainers

AUGUSTA – Last week, The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voted to fund LD 1577  An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing.  This legislation, which passed both House and Senate chambers earlier this month with broad ... first and moved to ensure more Mainers have access to biomarker testing. With this medical advancement, many patients can receive personalized care, specific to their individual disease, that can eliminate unnecessary and costly treatments for some patients. “Now, we’re down to the wire and it’s time to look ahead. After two years of advocacy by public health groups, providers and patients across Maine, the only thing that stands between ensuring insurance coverage of this game changing ...

Arthor von Blomberg Orchestra with a Tribute to Gene Krupa

... Tickets are $50 general admission, $35 for seniors, and are available now through the Bardavon Box Office, UPAC Box Office, and Ticketmaster. Health Quest, Woodstock Chimes Foundation, Design Intervention Studio, Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction, WDST-Radio, Tri-State Building Facade ... research and programs, enacting smoke-free laws and raising tobacco taxes, or paving the way for more people to access quality, affordable health care, ACS CAN is working to ensure that elected officials across the country make cancer a top national priority.  Who: The American Cancer ...

ACS CAN Names Costa Vermont State Government Relations Director

... this post, Costa will oversee advocacy efforts promoting evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. Costa comes to ACS CAN after serving for six years in several capacities including news anchor and investigative reporter at WCAX ... Burlington. As a journalist, Costa has gained expertise in issues including healthcare, government and politics. “Vermont is facing crucial health care issues, including the need to protect young people from the dangers of tobacco products,” said Bill Sherman, managing director of government ...

Letter in Omaha World Herald: Higher tobacco tax would save lives

... published in the Omaha World Herald on January 21, 2018. I support increasing the tobacco tax in Nebraska by a significant amount. I am a local health care provider in North Platte, Nebraska, and a volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. I see firsthand what many don’t understand: that using tobacco can have a lifelong impact on health, happiness and finances. Tobacco is a product that, when used as directed, leads to disease, addiction and death. I have seen the regret ...

Jacqueline Beale, National Maryland

... served as speaker for ACS CAN’s Lights of Hope ceremony, and moderator and speaker for the ACS CAN’s National Policy Forum on the Future of Health Care. Jacqueline was invited as Congressman Steny Hoyer’s guest at the 2019 President’s State of the Union Address for her advocacy work, has ... Technologies. She is the founder of C2JB, partnering with organizations to further diversity in clinical trials, promote screenings and address health disparities.  Jacqueline received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Master of Arts in Public Administration degrees from ...

New CDC Survey Finds Adult Quit Attempts Have Stalled, Proven Tobacco Control Critical

... between 2011 and 2013, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).  The article, entitled “Trends in Quit Attempts Among Adult Cigarette Smokers — United States, 2001–2013,” is featured in ... between 2011 and 2013 is troubling and may be the result of lack of clarity around tobacco cessation coverage required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Under the Affordable Care Act, most private health plans must cover comprehensive cessation services, including both FDA-approved medications and counseling, at no cost to the smoker. These ...

General Assembly Passes Legislation to Shield Virginians from Unfair Collection Practices, Governor Set to Weigh in

... assistance programs and patient’s core financial assets, like their home, are safeguarded. Since its introduction in the House, public health organizations, medical experts and patient advocates, including students from the University of Virginia, have rallied around House Bill ... of Virginians have experienced a healthcare affordability burden in the past year and more than three-quarters (78%) are worried about affording health care in the future. In January, cancer survivors, medical professionals and patient advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ...

2023-2024 ACS CAN Massachusetts Priority Bills Filed

... An Act relative to cancer patient access to biomarker testing - SD 1687 - Sen. Susan Moran & HD 2413 - Rep. Meghan Kilcoyne An Act empowering health care consumers - SD 625 - Sen. Brendan Crighton & HD 404 - Rep. William Driscoll An Act protecting youth from nicotine addiction - SD 723 - Sen. ...

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 ...

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