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ACS CAN Acknowledges Governor’s Supplemental Budget Amendment, but More Funding is Still Needed to Combat Tobacco’s Harms

Nashville, TN – April 16, 2019 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) acknowledges Gov. Bill Lee for including $2 million in funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs in his supplemental budget amendment, but says the program needs more funding to get back to its 2018 funding level.  Emily Ogden, director of government relations in Tennessee for ACS CAN, released the following statement: “We acknowledge Gov. Bill Lee for including $2 million in ... investment will allow the state to help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco products and to help people quit, while delivering health and cost-saving benefits to Tennessee. Without this funding, the Tennessee Department of Health won’t be able to support the county, regional or ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Cheer 12 Year Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act; Call for Continued Improvements to the Law

... D.C.— This Wednesday will mark 12 years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and cancer patients, survivors and millions of others gained expanded access to comprehensive health coverage. The law, which put in place critical protections for people with pre-existing ... nearly 34 million Americans have gained coverage since the law took effect. “Prior to the law’s passage, pre-existing conditions, regardless of how minor or how serious, often meant being blocked from accessing comprehensive, high quality health insurance when people needed it most,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “As we mark the 12-year anniversary, the meaningful gains in early detection and access to treatment have been made clear. What we need now ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Cheer 12 Year Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act; Call for Continued Improvements to the Law

... D.C.— This Wednesday will mark 12 years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and cancer patients, survivors and millions of others gained expanded access to comprehensive health coverage. The law, which put in place critical protections for people with pre-existing ... nearly 34 million Americans have gained coverage since the law took effect. “Prior to the law’s passage, pre-existing conditions, regardless of how minor or how serious, often meant being blocked from accessing comprehensive, high quality health insurance when people needed it most,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “As we mark the 12-year anniversary, the meaningful gains in early detection and access to treatment have been made clear. What we need now ...

Patient and Medical Professional Organizations Applaud U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Take the Case of Braidwood v. Becerra, Urge the Justices to Protect Access to Preventive Services

... Court announced its decision to grant the government’s petition for certiorari in the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. At the core of this case is the requirement under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for most insurers to cover preventive services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) without cost-sharing by patients.  Patient and medical professional organizations had filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to take the case and ... provision requiring private insurers cover USPSTF-recommended services without cost sharing increases patients’ ability to receive care that can prevent disease outright, identify conditions early, and reduce the physical and financial burdens of treating severe illnesses. Detecting ...

ACS CAN and CodeX Lead Project to Expand Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment Through Improved Technology

Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbor, Mich. —The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the HL7 FHIR Accelerator™ Common Oncology Data Elements eXtensions (CodeX) are working together with partners on a project to increase ... Project will provide basic trial screening using existing tools within EHR and PDM systems. The matching occurs by sending a select number of standardized patient data points to external clinical trial matching services that then return the  results for any matching trials within the ... The CodeX initiative, a collaborative effort implementing oncology data standards to support better, safer, faster care, and lower burden and cost, is helping implement the project. “Several years ago, MITRE began engaging partners from across the oncology ecosystem who also understood ...

Survey: More than 80 Percent of Cancer Patients and Survivors Say Copay Assistance Programs Help Them Afford Their Prescription Drugs

HARRISBURG, PA – July 20, 2022 – A new Survivor Views survey from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that while copay assistance programs can help cancer patients afford the medications they need, some aren’t able to apply them to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket requirements, which can create a barrier to care.  An overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) who have applied to a copay assistance ... a copay assistance program report that the assistance they received was not applied to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket cost requirements.  “Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat and survive cancer,” said Emma Watson, ...

Survey: More than 80 Percent of Cancer Patients and Survivors Say Copay Assistance Programs Help Them Afford Their Prescription Drugs

COLUMBUS, OHIO   – A new Survivor Views survey from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) shows that while copay assistance programs can help cancer patients afford the medications they need, some aren’t able to apply them to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket requirements, which can create a barrier to care.  An overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) who have applied to a copay assistance ... a copay assistance program report that the assistance they received was not applied to their health insurance deductible or other out-of-pocket cost requirements.  “Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat and survive cancer,” said Leo Almeida, ...

Cancer Advocates Rally in Support of Tobacco Control Policy and Cancer Program Funding

...   From the panhandle to the Florida Keys, cancer patients, survivors and advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) met with their legislators this week in support of increasing funding for biomedical and early detection programs as well as raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21.  Florida currently carries the second highest cancer rate in the country, with ...

Cancer Advocates Held Day of Action at Capitol on Friday, Urging Lawmakers to Raise Tobacco Sales Age to 21

... Capitol in Carson City to advocate for cancer-fighting bills today, Friday March 8, 2019. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives people impacted by cancer a powerful voice by holding a Cancer Action Day .   Topping the list of priorities this year was addressing what the U.S. Surgeon General calls an epidemic— e-cigarette use, which is rising at an alarming rate. To ... in Nevada. Currently, e-cigarettes are the only tobacco product that does not have an excise tax. Tobacco use remains the number one cause of preventable death in Nevada and is behind an estimated one-third of all cancer-related deaths.   Progress to keep kids off tobacco is slipping ...

Our Nation's Health Depends on Access to Care: 10 Years of the ACA

Undoubtedly, our community is facing unprecedented times as we navigate the current coronavirus pandemic. As we always will, ACS CAN continues to support and advocate on behalf of people living with serious illnesses, like cancer, to ensure they have access to the care they need to protect their and their families’ ... populations at heightened risk if infected with the novel coronavirus, by increasing federal support for Medicaid spending and extending no-cost testing to all patients, regardless of insurance type or status, among other vital steps; the bill passed out of the Senate and was signed ...

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