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Report Documents Stalled Progress in Passage of Effective Tobacco Control Efforts

... Progress in Statewide Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws and Cigarette Excise Taxes United States, 2000-2014, is featured in this week 's issue of the journal, Preventing Chronic Disease . The report found tremendous progress in state tobacco policies between 2000-2009 when 46 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) increased cigarette excise taxes; boosting the national average for state cigarette taxes by $0.92 per pack. However, during the ... statewide smoke-free laws stalled in recent years, California became the latest state to enact a comprehensive smoke-free law in May 2016. ACS CAN is committed to working in individual communities to help pass smoke-free policies at the local level. Clearly the country has made significant ...

ACS CAN Expert Testifies About Need to Preserve Critical Pre-Existing Condition Protections in Health Care Law

... 29, 2019—Preserving critical protections for cancer patients, survivors and all those with pre-existing medical conditions will be the focus of a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday.  Committee members will hear testimony from Keysha Brooks-Coley, vice president for federal advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), along with that of other health policy experts and patients. Brooks-Coley will share with the committee how the patient protections included in the Affordable Care ...

7 Reasons Why Lights of Hope Matters to our Volunteers

By: Priyanka Konanur Photos courtesy of Hyacinth Burrowes, Paul Adam and Elisabeth Drabkin   Lights of Hope is the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s signature fundraising event dedicated to honoring those who have been touched by ... y has battled cancer. When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, you start to see the limitations of treatment, insurance and legislation. ACS CAN fights to make the n ecessary changes a priority a nd I couldn't be happier to support this cause.” –Hyacinth Burrowes, Florida  As the ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Fallin to Support Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

The following letter was delivered to Gov. Mary Fallin's office on Sept. 20, 2017. The Honorable Mary Fallin Office of the Governor 203 State Capitol 2300 Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, OK  73105   Dear Governor Fallin, The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is the nation’s largest patient advocacy organization, dedicated to eliminating ... in Medicaid support to your state over the next decade and beyond.  In addition, the bill eliminates the marketplace premium subsidies and cost sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Haslam to Support Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

The following letter was delivered to Gov. Bill Haslam's office on Sept. 20, 2017.   The Honorable William Haslam Office of the Governor Tennessee State Capitol Nashville, TN 37243-0001   Dear Governor Haslam, The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, is the nation’s largest patient advocacy organization, dedicated to eliminating ... in Medicaid support to your state over the next decade and beyond.  In addition, the bill eliminates the marketplace premium subsidies and cost sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the marketplace created under current law. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential ...

ACS CAN Testifies on 2019-20 Preliminary NYC Budget

... Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to the New York City Council Health Committee March 18, 2019 • New York, NY Chair Levine and members of the Health Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today.  My name is Michael Davoli and I am the New York Metro Director for Government Relations at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the nonprofit, nonpartisan, advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society.  I am pleased to be able to speak about the 2019-2020 ... potentially lifesaving cancer screening. Barriers to screening include lack of transportation to and from appointments, time off for screening, cost, and insurance coverage. Many of these barriers could be addressed with public and private support. ACS CAN recommends $2.7 million to expand ...

ACS CAN Urges Gov. Kasich to Oppose the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill and Support Continued Bipartisan Efforts to Stabilize Health Care Markets

Columbus, OH – Sept. 19, 2017 — Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to Governor Kasich calling on him to oppose a new proposal to repeal and replace the current health care law offered by Senators ... care coverage to 3,158,600 Ohioans. in 2016, including children, pregnant women, families, seniors and individuals with disabilities. Out of that number, 710,500 Ohioans gained lifesaving health care coverage because Ohio expanded its Medicaid program. Currently, 65,300 Ohioans ... by approximately $2.5 billion in 2026. The letter goes on to note, “In addition, the bill eliminates the marketplace premium subsidies and cost sharing subsidies effectively shutting down the individual insurance marketplace. Finally, the bill would roll back important essential health ...

Partnership with the Gates Scholarship Program teaches students how to become ACS CAN advocates

Chau Dang had just graduated with a master’s in physics from the University of Oklahoma, but, even with her advanced degree, she was struggling back at home in Seattle to find a job.   Chau had attended college and ... Scholarship, an academic scholarship program founded by Bill and Melinda Gates that offers minority students a full-ride to the school of their choice. But after graduating, Chau realized the program didn’t have a good alumni network that could help mentor and support current and ... Chau and her fellow Gates alumni realized that the best fit for Gates students would be the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and cancer advocacy. Cancer disproportionately affects minority communities, yet so often the policymakers in Washington, DC and in state ...

Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

... survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will be on Capitol Hill this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is hosting its annual Leadership Summit and Lobby Day to urge lawmakers to increase funding for cancer research and prevention programs, advance legislation that supports patients’ quality of life, ensure lifesaving colon cancer screenings are affordable for seniors and reduce tobacco use by restricting flavored tobacco products to ...

ACS CAN Letter: Proposed Changes to Medicare Drug Coverage Could Delay Cancer Patients’ Access to Treatment

 Washington, D.C.—Today the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted comments to the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) detailing ways in which proposed changes to Medicare Part D’s six ... are rarely interchangeable. In addition, cancer patients frequently suffer from other serious medical conditions further narrowing the number of potential appropriate drug therapies. Imposing step therapy on these patients, the letter states, “can lead to patients not filling their ... Additionally, the letter raises alarm about patient access to the latest therapies should plans be allowed to exclude new formulations of drugs, as well as what recourse patients would have if plans eliminate certain drugs because a manufacturer increases the drug’s price above ...

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