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2025 Delaware Legislative Session Summary

Victory in the fight against cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Delawareans impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2025 the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) worked with the Delaware General Assembly and the Meyer/Evans Gay Administration in support of the following priorities: Ensuring Access to Quality Care Guaranteeing Cost-Free Preventive Services: HB 209 codifies cost-free preventive services and essential health benefits as found under the Affordable Care Act ...

New Study Highlights Need for New Jersey Lawmakers to Prioritize Efforts to Reduce Medical Debt

TRENTON, N.J. – February 16, 2024 – Protecting free preventive cancer screenings and reducing the burden of medical debt are the top issues of concern for cancer patients and survivors today, according to a new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) that asked participants to select their leading policy priorities for the year.   Over half of (51%) of survey participants noted that ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Statehouse to Rally Legislators

... the state traveled to the capitol in Lansing yesterday to meet with their elected officials. They let their lawmakers know that with over 32% of cancer deaths in Michigan caused by smoking, Michigan can and must do better to prevent cancer by reducing tobacco use and improving access to care. Michigan currently ranks 49th out of the 50 states and D.C. in investments in tobacco control. Advocates urged state lawmakers to prioritize funding by investing $5 million in ...

Senate Doubles Down on Life-Threatening Budget Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released today its sections of the budget reconciliation bill, covering the tax and health care portions of the bill that passed the House last month. The Senate bill doubles down on the House version which, according to the nonpartisan Congressional ... on Marketplace plans.   The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN):  “Despite hopes that Senators would work to minimize the deadly impact of this bill, the Senate language advances actions that put health ...

Administration Budget Risks Reversing Progress Against Cancer

... D.C. –  The administration released its FY20 budget today including a $4.7 billion cut for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including a nearly $900 million cut for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The budget also reduces funding by $34.5 million for ... included is a $50 million increase to childhood cancer research funding, a cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs in Medicare, eliminating cost-sharing for generic drugs for some low-income Medicare beneficiaries and a user fee to help fund the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ... regulatory work around electronic cigarettes. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) follows: Research “If passed, the proposed cut to NIH and NCI funding would squander years of renewed momentum and progress in advancing ...

New Report: Washington Falls Short on Tobacco Prevention, Public Policies to Fight Cancer

... legislation to prevent and reduce cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The annual "How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality" finds the Evergreen State meets the benchmark in just three of the eight public policy areas and falls short in four other categories. "This year alone, almost 39,200 Washingtonians will be diagnosed with ... treatment. This report provides lawmakers a legislative path forward to improve cancer prevention efforts, curb tobacco use, prioritize quality of life for patients and their families and increase access to critical health coverage." ACS CAN is particularly concerned with Washington’s red ...

House Votes to Remove Barriers to Biomarker Testing

... state.  The following is a statement from Leo Almeida, government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) in Ohio: "Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s specific type of cancer. We have heard countless stories of the difficulties patients face in attempting to access this critical testing. It’s time for that to change. "This legislation will help ...

New Data Reveals That Gaps in Coverage For Those with Private Insurance Are Major Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

... marks for colorectal cancer screening laws, according to the 2009 Colorectal Cancer Legislation Report Card.  Issued today by a coalition of 11 leading public health groups and medical professional societies, the report card was released along with new data from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) attributing increasing colorectal cancer screening rates in part to state laws requiring private insurers to cover screenings, and a new ... them from getting a colonoscopy. Of those circumstances, paying for procedure costs not covered by insurance either all or a portion of the full cost of the procedure -- ranked at the top of the list, compared to the inconvenience and possible discomfort and of a colonoscopy, which ranked a ...

Cancer advocacy group to push for better access to colorectal cancer screenings

... – The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network in Rhode Island is beginning the new year by pushing state lawmakers to eliminate cost-sharing for all preventative colorectal cancer screenings for people age 45 and older. Legislation requiring the change passed the R.I. Senate ... off on March 15. Cancer patients, survivors and others are to meet virtually with lawmakers during the event. “The COVID-19 pandemic has many of us thinking about how we can live longer and healthier lives, and ensuring people have affordable access to appropriate cancer screenings is a critical part of living a ...

Maine: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

On Capitol Hill On Thursday morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its "score" of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, indicating that the revised measure would cost $829 billion, provide coverage to 29 million more U.S. residents and reduce the federal budget deficit by $81 billion in its first 10 years. ... consideration. Leadership has determined that the earliest it could bring a bill to the floor for a vote is the week of October 19.   At ACS CAN, we are optimistic about the developments of the past days. In their current forms, the bills mean huge improvements in the lives of cancer ...

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