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Advocates Set Sights on Cancer Prevention & Detection in 2024, Respond to Governor’s Budget with Avenues to Reduce Cancer Burden in NY

... (ACS CAN) Senior Government Relations Director Michael Davoli: “In 2023, New York State delivered for its residents, prioritizing access to care with the passage of the biomarker testing bill. This legislation will equip countless New Yorkers who have received a cancer diagnosis with ... to programs that provide year-after-year benefits to low-income New Yorkers prohibits our state from achieving sustainable improvements in health equity. ACS CAN urges Governor Hochul to commit to a sustained increase in annual CSP funding equivalent to last year’s increase and forgo ...

Guest Post: Kansas Minors No Longer Exposed to the Dangers of Indoor Tanning

... that would prevent young people under the age of 18 from accessing indoor tanning beds. After hearing from survivors, volunteers, and health care professionals during hearings, by phone, mail, email, and at events in their hometowns, the indoor tanning bill made it through committee and ...

Request for Proposals for ACS CAN NYS Lobbying and Legislative Consultant

... 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 ... are tobacco free; Increasing the purchase age for tobacco to 21. Including e-cigarettes in the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act. Access to Care - Improving access to needed medications by allowing for substitution of interchangeable biosimilar drugs, permitting less expensive versions ... by providing limitations on fail first (Step Therapy) policies; Allowing pharmacists to administer the HPV Vaccine; Expanding palliative care programs and education.     2.0  RFP Goals and Objectives The primary objective of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit proposals ...

2012 Missing the Message Report

... all counties, more than half of all cancer diagnoses are later stage, when there are fewer treatment options and survival rates are lower. Care should be taken in interpreting the rates presented.  The actual number of cases in most counties is relatively small and the rates presented ... polyps bleed intermittently into the intestine. The FOBT can detect very small quantities of blood in stool. The FOBT kit is obtained from a health care provider for use at home. Bleeding from colorectal cancer may be intermittent or undetectable, so accurate test results require annual testing ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Overwhelmingly Agree Biomarker Testing Improved Their Treatment

... 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, ...

Privacy Policy

... information provided at events, petitions collected on support for public policy, storytelling collection forms about experiences with cancer, health insurance, medical debt, issues impacting health, etc.  Information may be collected through an ACS CAN mobile application, ACS CAN website, in person, or otherwise.  Information ... position on public policy, your cancer story, etc. Such information is optional but helps to show the true impact cancer and access to health care have on specific communities. We may also collect your contact information if you join a petition to alert your public policy makers of ...

New York Legislative Ambassador Homepage

... to link to a page to easily share your story with us today. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the budget bill that cuts Medicaid and makes health insurance costs more expensive for everyone any day now. We need your help to try to protect Medicaid and affordable health care. Please take the 5 minute challenge today! PROTECT CANCER CURES CAMPAIGN Throughout the Summer, we will be helping to protect cancer cures. If ...

Survivor Views of Pharmacogenomic Testing

... 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, ...

Choice in Treatment Modality Overwhelmingly Important to Cancer Patients & Survivors

... 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, ...

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... affiliate of the American Cancer Society. We support 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 by giving ordinary people ...

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