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... 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, ...

... kids who will grow up to be addicted smokers, and 18,000 will die of tobacco-caused disease.  It will result in an additional $980 million in health care costs, of which $273 million will be paid by Medicaid.  To the extent you compromise with the Assembly and reduce funding by an intermediate ...

... year." How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.  ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

... deterrent to screening for colorectal cancer especially for low-income seniors on Medicare who oftentimes must make choices between appropriate health care and food or other costs. Skipping these screenings could mean a person receives a later-stage colorectal cancer diagnosis that can often be ...