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ACS CAN Calls on New York City Council To Adopt Comprehensive Tobacco Control Package

Earlier today, Michael Davoli, ACS CAN Director of Government Relations in Metro New York testified in front of the New York City Council Committee on Health in support of the ... This includes lung, bronchus, esophagus, oral and pharynx. The impact of tobacco use goes beyond the public health toll. The annual health care cost in government expenditures in New York State directly caused by smoking is $10.39 billion. Lower income New Yorkers who smoke suffer ...

New Report Illustrates Important Role of Medicare Program in Saving Lives from Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2024  – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released a new report today, Cancer in Medicare: An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Chartbook, to illustrate how the Medicare ... increases with age, Medicare plays a key role in reducing suffering and death from cancer.  ACS CAN’s Medicare Chartbook provides an overview of the Medicare program and its benefits, including how cancer impacts the program, the financial impact on program spending, the role of Congress in creating meaningful coverage changes for Medicare beneficiaries on cancer screening and the out-of-pocket costs to beneficiaries.  ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Host Day of Action to Reduce Cancer Burden

JACKSON, MS — February 18, 2021 — The unpredictable and dynamic nature of COVID-19 is no match for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's (ACS CAN) volunteers' steadfast commitment. Because of the virus and the elevated risk for those with compromised immune systems, cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers from across are traveled ...

Kansas Governor’s Repeat Veto of Short-Term Health Plan Bill Protects Patients

... Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 199, which would have increased Kansans’ exposure to inadequate, high-risk health plans that can skirt patient protections required by federal law, such as coverage for pre-existing conditions. This veto is a repeat of the same legislation she vetoed in 2021 (SB 29). The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society oppose increasing the availability of Short-Term Limited Duration Plans (STLDPs) because these plans often deny coverage or charge more for coverage, do not cap out-of-pocket ...

New ACS CAN report takes a closer look at the barriers patients face to join cancer clinical trials

Clinical trials are a critical part of cancer research. They allow cancer researchers to test and study new treatments with the goal of improving cancer care. For a clinical trial to ... in clinical research, but that only a small fraction of them end up enrolling in clinical trials due to various enrollment barriers. ACS CAN released a report this month at the organization’s annual National Policy Forum that identifies enrollment barriers and proposes ways they ... in the institution where they are being treated. Patients that do have access to a clinical trial cited other barriers to joining – including cost and logistical issues of participating and fear over medical side effects. At the National Policy Forum, ACS CAN was joined by a wide range of ...

Cancer Advocates Excited for Possibilities to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Access, Celebrate Senate’s Passing of HB 1283

... a “do not pass” in committee, House Bill 1283 passed the full Senate on Monday behind strong Senate voices who took a stand on behalf of North Dakotans who might need additional breast cancer screenings beyond mammograms. HB 1283, sponsored by Rep. Karen Karls of Bismarck, would ... abnormal finding on a screening mammogram or supplemental imaging because of certain risk factors. The steps needed for a clean bill of health can cost thousands out of pocket. These patients are often put in position of choosing between a full medical workup or paying for a month’s worth of ...

ACS CAN: Efforts to Reduce Drug Prices Must Balance Affordability with Access to Innovation and Safety

... “Most Favored Nation” Model. The following is a response to the executive orders from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “While we acknowledge the administration’s attempt to further examine new ways to tackle prescription drug costs, this must be done in a ... promise, but more details are needed as noted in our previous comments. The proposed rule issued last year encouraged discounts at the point of sale where discounts can be shared with consumers. This would particularly benefit individuals who take high-cost drugs, like cancer patients and survivors, and those with total drug spending in the coverage gap (Medicare Part D). However, we noted that ...

Senate Passes Legislation Expected to Save Thousands of Lives Lost to Colorectal Cancer

... bill that will eliminate a major financial barrier for Texans to receive their preventive colorectal cancer screenings. The bill was passed out of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee unanimously before being passed by the full Senate and has now been received in the House for a ... Joan Huffman and Judith Zaffirini for prioritizing colorectal cancer screenings,” shared American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior Government Relations Director James Gray. “Despite being preventable when screened, half of all colorectal cancer deaths could be ... screenings.” The American Cancer Society guidelines state that a follow-up colonoscopy in this situation should be completed without any cost to the patient as an integral part of the preventative screening process beginning at age 45 – a fact not currently reflected in Texas state ...

Bipartisan Health Care Deal Could Preserve Health Insurance for Millions of Cancer Patients and Survivors

Washington, D.C.—Early this morning Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) made public the details of a bipartisan deal to stabilize the individual insurance market. The deal includes funding the cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs) for the rest of 2017 and for two subsequent years, restores $106 million per year in outreach and enrollment ... high deductible, lower premium coverage. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: “We commend Senators Alexander and Murray for their continued dedication to finding bipartisan solutions to our nation’s health ...

Improving the Nation’s Health Care System Should Be Top Priority in State of the Union Address

Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020 — Cancer patients, survivors and caregivers will tune into the president’s State of the Union address tonight, watching to see if the president will commit to improving the nation’s health care system by preserving access to ... the issue of surprise bills and affordability of prescription drugs, as well as investing in life-saving cancer research and prevention. ACS CAN Delaware volunteer and cancer survivor Jan White will be following the speech in person, as a guest of Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt-Rochester. A ... in Medicare. Cancer is a disease more common with age and can be very expensive to treat. For Medicare enrollees who currently face unlimited cost sharing for some of their prescription drugs, the financial burden can be overwhelming. We urge the president to aggressively pursue ...

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