Site Search

Share

X

Search Results

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2021 Legislative Session

COLUMBUS, OHIO – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the 2021 legislative session. Ohio has a long way to go ... given the skyrocketing youth tobacco use rates.  Breast and Cervical Cancer Project Funding : preserving state funding for the Ohio Department of Health's Breast and Cervical Cancer Project. This program helps fill the health care coverage gap by providing low-income, uninsured and ... have cancer." Copay Accumulator Legislation : the passage of copay accumulator legislation. Many cancer patients have difficulty affording the cost of their prescription drugs. In a copay accumulator program, copay assistance would not count toward the patients' out-of-pocket costs but ...

Ensuring Access to Quality Care

Affordable, Adequate Health Insurance : ACS CAN will advocate for policies that ensure access to quality, affordable and comprehensive health insurance including Medicaid and will support efforts to curb the availability of inadequate health plans.   Prostate Cancer Screening : ACS CAN will support legislation that removes barriers to Pennsylvanians’ access to ... We will also advocate for legislation that ensures third party prescription drug copay assistance is counted toward patients’ out-of-pocket cost obligations.   Diagnostic Breast Imaging : ACS CAN supports legislation that removes barriers to Pennsylvanian's access to breast cancer ...

Senate Unanimously Passes Legislation Improving New Yorkers’ Access to Lung Cancer Screening; Coalition Backing Bill Applauds Senators & Calls on Assembly to Follow Suit

This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured through a state-regulated health plan, including Medicaid. Senate Bill 2000, sponsored by Senator Joseph Addabbo, received sweeping, bipartisan support and the backing of a coalition of patient advocates, medical leaders and public health organizations. Lung cancer is the number one cancer leading to death and is ... with lung cancer, and the five-year lung cancer survival rate in New York is only 32.1%. Fortunately, the ability to detect lung cancer early can have a dramatic effect on survival. For example, in the case of non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common lung cancer, the 5-year ...

Improve Nutrition in Kid's Restaurant Meals

ACS CAN will work to ensure that restaurant meals marketed to Vermont kids meet minimum nutrition standards including the ensuring that a healthy beverage (water, 100% juice or milk) is the default beverage offered as part of kid’s meals and kid’s menus. Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network supports policy efforts to make the healthy choice the easy choice for Vermonters Up to one-third of cancer cases and cancer deaths in the United States are due to poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, overweight and obesity. Obesity is ...

Health Care Access Should be Top Priority for Georgia Lawmakers in 2025

ATLANTA, Ga. –  As Georgia lawmakers reconvene for the 2025 legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks forward to working with them to prioritize legislation to ease the burden of cancer on Georgians. The following is a statement from Fabienne Antoine-Nasser , Georgia government relations director for ACS CAN: “Georgia ... and caregivers from qualifying. Pathways also costs the state more money to cover fewer people than full Medicaid expansion; the estimated cost to the state for each new Pathways enrollee is $2,490, whereas full Medicaid expansion would cost the state $496 per new enrollee. “Medicaid ...

Cancer patients likely to be harmed by new short-term plans rule

The federal government ruled today that health insurance companies will be allowed to expand the use of “short-term” insurance plans that can deny coverage to cancer patients and survivors. Together with our volunteers, ACS CAN has fought for months against the expansion of these ... tag. This will create a bifurcated insurance market with cancer patients and survivors and older people left in the insurance market seeing the cost of their health insurance rise to the point that they may not be able to pay for the coverage that they need. The plans could also harshly ...

Dr. Mullin: Cornwall, NY

Dr. Mullin has been a physician in the Hudson Valley of New York for over 30 years. She loves her job and went into medicine to help people live healthier lives. But too often, Dr. Mullin is prevented from helping her patients achieve health and well-being because of the cost of the drugs her patients need.    “Some of these necessary medicines are $300 a month,” she said. “I have patients who can’t afford that. They are forced to skip days or they can’t take it altogether, and then they get sicker because they aren’t able to manage ...

Medical Necessity

  ACS CAN and ACS Great West Division partnered with Support for People with Oral, Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) in July 2009 to file an friend of the ... to care for cancer survivors who suffer major dental damage as a result of their cancer treatments. The issue is whether Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration (AHCCCS), which administers the Arizona Medicaid program, should be required to cover dental costs as ...

Legislation Would Increase Access to Colon Cancer Screenings for the Medically Underserved

WASHINGTON -- March 1, 2012 -- Critical legislation introduced recently in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure that cost is not a barrier for Medicare beneficiaries to access lifesaving colon cancer screenings. The ... out whether a precancerous polyp or other abnormality needed to be removed until after the procedure is complete. The risk of any cost-sharing can be a deterrent from getting the screening. I commend Representative Dent for this important effort to ensure that everyone has access to life ...

NIH and NCI Funding Increased in FY 2021 Budget Deal; Access to Care Prioritized

... D.C.,—Congress approved an FY 2021 funding deal that includes an increase for biomedical research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In a tough budget environment, the spending bill includes a $1.25 ... care more affordable. By passing the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, unexpected out-of-pocket costs Medicare beneficiaries can face after a colonoscopy if a polyp is found and removed will be phased out. Individuals on private health plans enjoy full coverage of ... Act, but a loophole in Medicare can result in some seniors waking up to an unexpected bill amounting to hundreds of dollars. Research shows any cost sharing can be a significant barrier to accessing cancer screenings. Additionally, Congress passed the No Surprises Act to prohibit surprise ...

Type

Priority Issue

State

Policy Issue

Judicial Advocacy