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... lawmakers to restore and sustain funding for cancer research and proven prevention and early detection programs, improve access to palliative care as an extra layer of support for those with chronic disease, and increase federal tobacco taxes. The federal government has a critical role to ... to ensure that the fight against cancer remains a top national priority by restoring funding for critical research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute and proven prevention and early detection programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that ... the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

... today by calling attention to the state-funded adult and youth tobacco control prevention programs that have helped them quit and protected the health of Floridians for generations. “As our state’s battle with COVID-19 continues, we must do everything in our power to keep our ... the industry’s grip on Florida is not only crucial to reducing death from tobacco-related disease, but it’s also imperative to reduce health disparities in the state. In Florida alone, Big Tobacco spends more than $608 million marketing its deadly products.” The tobacco ... products remains the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 480,000 Americans, and costing $170 billion in health care costs and $151 billion in lost productivity annually. In Florida, tobacco is responsible for 32,300 adult deaths each year. ### About ACS CAN ...

... of dollars in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for many patients needing an oral anticancer treatment. SB 137 would address this problem by prohibiting health insurers from charging a higher cost-share for an oral anticancer medication than for one administered by IV. Studies have found that high OOP costs directly impact patient compliance with oral anticancer medications, ultimately resulting in higher long-term health care costs.   Patients with an OOP cost greater than $200 were at least three times more likely to not fill their prescription than those with ...

... for an individual or $25,700 for a family of four), leaving an estimated 60,000 more low-income individuals without an adequate, affordable health coverage option. “We know that access to health coverage is the single most important factor for surviving cancer. Uninsured individuals are more likely than those with insurance to be ... early. With more than 11,600 Utah residents expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year alone, lawmakers’ decision to limit access to care for low-income residents could be a matter of life or death for many Utahns. “ACS CAN urges Gov. Herbert to veto this legislation and ...