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Advocates Call on Lawmakers To Help Patients Afford Their Medication

  Advocates Call on Lawmakers To Help Patients Afford Their Medication  Demand Passage of Legislation To Ensure That All Copays Count Albany, NY- May 3, 2022- More than 65 patient and provider advocacy groups were joined by State ... afford their medication. Many New Yorkers face hardship from medical bills, including prescription drug costs. Copay assistance programs can give New Yorkers, especially those suffering with chronic illnesses, access to the lifesaving medication they may otherwise not be able to ... (A1741/S5299) requiring health insurers and PBMs to count all payments made by patients toward their deductibles and other out-of-pocket cost requirements. The State Senate is poised to act on the bill that already passed the Senate last year and we urge the Assembly to do the same. ...

Governor Murphy Sets Sights on Affordability Concerns in 2025, Advocates Applaud & Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Patients across Cancer Continuum

The following is a statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) New Jersey Government Relations Director Quinton Law: “As anybody touched by the disease can tell you, cancer demands a high price. ... This is the case for patients across the cancer continuum. New Jerseyans are looking for state leaders to intervene and prevent the costs of care from trending upward and potentially trapping them in a lifetime of medical debt. Cancer patients and survivors throughout the state were ... the health and wellbeing of a key group of New Jersey’s workforce not only exposes the workers to preventable illness and the accompanying cost burden, but it also costs casinos and the state through increased health, life and fire insurance premiums, workers compensation payments, ...

New Report Highlights Health Care System 's Financial Squeeze on Cancer Patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 5, 2009 -- Cancer patients can face severe challenges in paying for life-saving care running up large debts, filing for personal bankruptcy and even delaying or forgoing ... affected by cancer who encounter problems navigating the health care system. For these patients, having Access to Health Care at the time of their cancer diagnosis did not protect them from high out-of-pocket costs leaving them with large debts to cover their treatment costs and ... said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., national chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. “High out-of-pocket costs coupled with the high cost of insurance premiums can force cancer patients to incur huge debt, and to delay or forgo life-saving treatments.” The report, which was ...

Senate Votes to Remove Barriers to Genetic Testing

... passed Senate Bill 2679, improving access to recommended genetic testing and fact-based screenings for people with a personal or family history of cancer.    The following is a statement from Ally Lopshire, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Illinois:   "To reduce the burden of cancer in Illinois, ACS CAN supports legislation that will improve access to guideline recommended genetic testing for inherited gene mutations by capping burdensome patient cost-sharing requirements at no more than $50. We’re disappointed to see that the legislation allows for cost-sharing for evidence-based cancer ...

Voter-Passed Cigarette and E-cigarette Tax Increases Takes Effect January 1 in Oregon

... first time in Oregon, after voters overwhelming approved Measure 108 in November 2020. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was one of the leading health organizations working as part of the Yes on 108 campaign to pass Measure 108. Oregon’s cigarette tax will now be $3.33 per pack, the sixth highest in the nation and the ...

Patient Groups Applaud Circuit Court Ruling That Largely Stays Remedy in Braidwood Management v. Becerra

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 13, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit approved an agreement by the parties on a stay of the remedy in the case of Braidwood v. Becerra , pausing the ... of the lower court’s ruling that threatens access to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended preventive services without cost sharing as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The agreement provides that the government will not take any action to enforce the ... no cost prevention and screenings would have on health outcomes.  The groups, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Arthritis Foundation, American Kidney Fund, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, The National Multiple Sclerosis ...

HELP Committee Markup A Critical Step Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform This Year

... Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee began to review today would extend access to quality care to all Americans by guaranteeing issue of plans to all applicants, eliminating discrimination based on health status or history, capping out-of-pocket costs that patients pay and placing ... to quality, affordable health care,” said John R. Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “Families struggling to afford the growing cost of lifesaving cancer care need Congress and the President to enact health care reform this year.” ACS CAN is the leading voice of patients ...

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Cancer can be costly. Krin is a cancer patient receiving copay assistance to help with the cost of her medication. However, her insurance company ...

2021 Virginia Legislative Priorities

Victory in the fight against cancer requires evidence based public policies that promote the prevention and treatment of cancer while offering the citizens of the Commonwealth expanded access to quality, affordable health care. In 2021, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the Governor and the General Assembly on legislative and regulatory issues that address the disruption in cancer care, ... not what our citizens need. These plans would also serve to weaken our Medicaid program by drawing people away from our Medicaid program, making cost savings more difficult to achieve. Prescription Drug  Transparency: ACS CAN will continue to work to promote passage of our state model ...

Assembly Designates March 2018 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –  Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death in both men and women in California. Awareness is key because this is a cancer that is treatable, curable, and in many cases, completely preventable. To shine a light on this important health issue, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sponsored a resolution that was passed by the Assembly on March 19, 2018 declaring March 2018 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the ... Society has more information on colorectal cancer screenings and prevention on its website. Colorectal cancer screening is one of the most cost-effective prevention measures in health care, more cost-effective than breast or prostate cancer screening which is why the American Cancer ...

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