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New Dietary Guidelines Disregard Important Link Between Diet and Cancer; Missed Opportunity to Reduce Death and Suffering

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 7, 2016 The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines) released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, do not acknowledge the totality of evidence available to make recommendations ... The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), a federal advisory committee of independent experts in the fields of nutrition and health, released its report with evidence-based conclusions and recommendations earlier this year. As the first committee charged with examining ... and drinks sold in schools outside of the meal programs, as well as Women Infants and Children program, or WIC, SNAP-Ed, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This year alone, nearly 1.7 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer and about 20 percent of those ...

ACS Study Finds Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Plans Associated With Advanced Cancer Diagnoses

... especially troubling as crucial Navigator programs are being cut, making it more difficult and confusing for families to enroll in comprehensive health plans. Furthermore, if Congress makes significant cuts to the Medicaid program, more individuals will find themselves lured in by the ... policies banning or significantly restricting short-term limited duration insurance plans,” said Nova Yang, MSPH , associate scientist, health services research at the American Cancer Society and lead author of the study. “Most of these STLD plans do not cover essential health ... is worse.”  According to the authors, STLD plans can disrupt individual insurance markets, leading to higher costs and a slow-down in care for comprehensive plan enrollees. In October 2018, federal regulations extended the allowable duration of STLD plans from three months to up ...

New Report Shows Cancer Patients Struggle to Afford Treatment

... D.C., —A new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms shows that while opportunities for coverage have improved, cancer patients still struggle with significant financial ... law. The report, Navigating the Coverage Experience and Financial Challenges for Cancer Patients , surveyed more than a dozen hospital and health-system financial navigators at 11 hospitals across nine states. Financial navigator staff work with cancer patients to review their coverage ... According to the report, patients’ ability to access comprehensive health coverage has significantly improved since the passage of the health care law. Financial navigators can enroll uninsured patients in individual coverage that was previously unavailable and current law helps make ...

Westchester Board of Legislators Votes to End the Sale of All Flavored Tobacco Products

... and smokeless tobacco products. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds the Board members for prioritizing the health of children, people of color and LGBTQ+ communities over Big Tobacco’s interests and bottom line and calls on the County Executive to sign ... and all other flavored tobacco products, Westchester County has shown they will not allow Big Tobacco to keep profiting at the expense of the health of our communities. To finalize this positive step, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network urges the Westchester County Executive ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to stand ...

Status of Cancer-Fighting Programs Should Be Included in State of the State

... initiatives and what New York will do to reduce the prevalence of this deadly disease.  Critically important cancer-fighting measures include: Health Benefit Exchange – New York’s Health Benefit Exchange is in the process of being built, thanks to an Executive Order from Gov. Cuomo.  More than 2 million uninsured New Yorkers ... screening to the uninsured and underinsured. Funding for this life-saving program must be maintained. Even with implementation of the Affordable Care Act, this program will be necessary to serve vulnerable New Yorkers.  The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network hopes that Gov. Cuomo ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Legislative Priorities for 2018 in Pennsylvania

... As lawmakers return to work after the holiday season the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is looking ahead to what public health initiatives can be accomplished in 2018. Pennsylvania has a long way to go when it comes to tobacco control issues. Each year in Pennsylvania 6,000 kids under the age of eighteen become new daily smokers, 22,000 adults die from their own smoking and annual health care costs in Pennsylvania directly caused by smoking are $6.38 billion.  ACS CAN has solutions. After the legislature, last year, decided to take ...

Oklahoma Cigarette Tax Increase Will Reduce Suffering and Death from Cancer

... lives, keep 17,300 kids from becoming addicted and prompt more than 18,700 adults to quit. It’s not only the right move for the physical health of the state, but its fiscal health as well. The increase will generate an estimated $144.8 million in new annual revenue and save the state $767 million in long-term health care costs. “Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death nationwide, and is expected to claim the lives of more than 480,000 Americans ...

Jury Holds Tobacco Company Responsible for Deception About Its Products

... fraud and predatory marketing that has resulted in massive loss of life. For decades, the tobacco industry lied to the public about the numerous health hazards caused by its deadly products as it spent billions marketing them to children and adults alike. In the 50 years since the first Surgeon General 's Report on Smoking and Health , tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke claimed the lives of more than 20 million Americans, and they continue to cost our economy almost $300 billion in health care costs and lost productivity annually. The American people have paid for the devastating impact of tobacco use it 's time for the industry to ...

House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Lead to More Suffering and Death from Cancer

... Congressional Budget Office estimates that these cuts will result in at least 8.6 million people losing coverage with no access to affordable health insurance options. There is no way these cuts can be implemented without drastically limiting or, in many cases, severing access to ... work requirements. The letter also calls out the compounding impact of these Medicaid cuts when combined with other proposals to dismantle health insurance coverage nationwide that are currently underway. The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer ... unconscionable to force states to cut health coverage for cancer screenings, treatment and access to innovative cancer therapies or nursing home care. “ACS CAN’s tireless volunteers and cancer advocates have reached out to lawmakers nearly 67,000 times, sent more than 100,000 messages ...

New ACS CAN projects in California aim to recruit volunteers, reduce tobacco exposure in Hispanic communities

... – Vecindarios Elevados” (Important Lives – Elevated Neighborhoods) in California is tackling over a five-year grant which will focus on health disparities in some Hispanic communities in Southern California.  This project, along with another in Central California which will prohibit smoking at community colleges, trade schools and health care facilities, will not only educate members of the community and help keep people safe from secondhand smoke, it will help ACS CAN ...

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