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Coalition Urges House to Restore Tobacco Tax Increases

... deaths caused by smoking. "Ohio has the eighth highest smoking rate in the country. This year, 20,200 Ohioans will die due to smoking. The health care costs of tobacco use in our state top $5.6 billion per year. Reducing tobacco use in our state needs to be a high priority for our lawmakers. ...

ACS CAN Statement on American Cancer Society Update to Colorectal Cancer Screening Guideline

... coverage requirements, all individuals should have access to coverage for recommended cancer screenings, regardless of where you live. “As the health care law only requires coverage of prevention measures that receive ‘A’ and ‘B’ ratings from the United States Preventive Services Task ...

Texas is Taking a Stand Against Cancer

... are holding events across the country to call on Congress to protect federal funding for cancer research, prevention and access to adequate health care. In Texas last week, cancer patients, survivors and volunteers led a one-day bus tour across Rep. Jeb HensarlingŠ—'s congressional district, ...

ACS CAN Calls On Governor Murphy to Protect Cancer Related Programs in FY 19 Budget

... program supports research in our state that has provided significant advances in the fight against cancer and in saving lives and protecting health. If this funding is eliminated, it puts at risk current cancer research as well as our ability to keep some of our country’s top ... and development, and will work to ensure that it is targeted in ways that are best for New Jersey.’ ‘I am supportive of making palliative care available to all patients who feel that it is suited for them, and will seriously consider all ideas that promote this type of comprehensive ...

"If it is good enough for a Member of Congress..."

It has long been suggested that the American public should have access to the same health coverage as Members of Congress. So, ACS CAN decided to look at what Members get and see just how good it would be for someone who gets ... out-of-pocket limit in this plan is Š—“hardŠ— meaning patient costs above the limit are fully covered for in-network and out-of-network care. For example, a woman with stage II breast cancer would have out-of-pocket costs of between $10,000-$13,000 (depending on how many services ...

2020 Oregon Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Oregonians touched by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. ...

ACS CAN RI Research Breakfast: Event highlights importance of cancer research

... story of survival was just one of many shared at the  Cancer Research Breakfast  in Providence Friday morning. Patients, physicians and public health advocates attended the fifth annual breakfast hosted by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network . The event was a forum for all ... protocols instead of according to pediatric protocols," Renaud said. Research also helped Renaud find the then 19-year-old the right kind of care team. "Most importantly, got him surgery by a medical surgical oncologist who has experience in the kind of somewhat uncommon surgery that he ...

Legislative Action Needed to Expand Access to Biomarker Testing, ‘Game-Changer’ in Fight Against Cancer

... 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’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

Statement on Death of Former U.S. Representative Nita Lowey

... 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, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...

Legal Agreement Moves Tobacco Companies Closer to Finally Telling the Truth to the American People

WASHINGTON, DC As the nation marks the 50 th anniversary of the first Surgeon General 's Report on Smoking and Health, the major cigarette companies are nearing the day when they must finally come clean to the American people and end decades of deception ... the companies deliberately deceived the American public. The five corrective statements will address the companies ' deceptions regarding 1) the health effects of smoking; 2) the addictiveness of smoking and nicotine; 3) the false advertising of low-tar and light cigarettes as less harmful ... staggering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffering and economic loss, and a profound burden on our national health care system.ξ Defendants have known many of these facts for at least 50 years or more.ξ Despite that knowledge, they have consistently, ...

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