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Drug Formulary Bill Passes Assembly

... will stop health insurers from changing their drug formularies during the health plan year. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Senior New York Government Relations Director Julie Hart released the following statement:  “A cancer diagnosis is scary enough without having to worry if you can afford your medication.  Cancer patients pick their health plan after carefully considering the coverage and cost.  It simply isn’t fair to patients when a health insurer turns around and increases the cost or drops coverage of medications during the health plan year.  Increasing the price or eliminating coverage of a drug during the plan year could force patients to ...

House Proposal to Pay for Student Loan Legislation with Prevention Fund Undermines Historic Investment in Health

WASHINGTON April 26, 2012 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, sent a letter to the lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives today, urging them to oppose any legislation that would cut prevention and public health funding for any purpose, including offsetting the cost of student loan programs. The letter explains that this year, it is estimated that more than 577,000 Americans will die from cancer. Evidence ...

Illinois Elected Officials Increase Access to Care for Cancer Patients

SPRINGFIELD, IL – “This week, the Illinois Senate passed legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by making out-of-pocket costs more predictable and expand coverage for biomarker testing.  HB1745 will make prescription drug expenses more predictable by ... treatment, to the right patient, at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a critical role in improving cancer outcomes.  “ACS CAN thanks Leader Flowers and Sen. Munoz for their leadership on the biomarker testing legislation, and Rep. Harris and Sen. Harris for their work on the out-of-pocket legislation. ACS CAN looks forward to seeing Gov. Pritzker sign these pieces of legislation soon.”   ###   About ACS CAN at 20  The ...

New National Cancer Poll Builds Urgency for Reform

Last week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released results from the only national survey that examines the state of the current health care system through the eyes of people with a ... health care system into one that better supports cancer patients. Key Findings: --1 in 4 families affected by cancer delayed care due to cost. --4 in 10 people with a cancer diagnosis have had difficulty paying for health care costs in the past few years. --Of those currently ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Oregon Lawmakers to Support $2 Tobacco Tax Increase

SALEM, Ore.— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges Oregon lawmakers to support a proposed tobacco tax increase that will help reduce tobacco use, save lives, lower health care costs and ... revenue. At a public hearing on April 10 and April 11, cancer advocates will share personal stories and testimony about the devastating impact of tobacco use on their families, including losing fathers and other loved ones from tobacco-related cancers. Lawmakers are considering House Bill ... costs. In fact, as smoking rates decrease from a $2 cigarette tax increase, the state would see about $1.02 billion in long-term health care cost savings. "Oregon’s current cigarette tax is ranked 32 nd in the nation and falls below the national average," Friend added. "We also ...

ACSí Se Puede Hispanic/Latino Advocacy Alliance Health Disparities Information

... Figures for Hispanic/Latino People, 2021-2023 The most recent data on cancer data for Hispanic/Latino people, published in a peer-review journal of the American Cancer Society. Facts on Our Fight: Cancer Disparities in the Hispanic/Latinx Community A data brief that talks about cancer disparities in the Hispanic/Latinx community and the work ACS and ACS CAN are doing with communities to advance health equity. The Costs of Cancer in the Hispanic/Latino Community Hispanic/Latino people facing cancer and survivors experience high costs, and are more likely than White ...

Improving Access to Colorectal Cancer Screenings

... When given the choice by a provider, many average-risk patients prefer a stool-based test over colonoscopy and, nationally, about 10 percent of eligible patients opt for stool-based testing.  The new law – which covers about 2.5 million covered lives in private insurance plans – ... guidance on coverage of follow-up colonoscopies, will ensure that more Hoosiers who opt for stool-based testing and receive an abnormal result can also complete a follow-up colonoscopy without facing burdensome cost-sharing.  By the Numbers: Colorectal Cancer in Indiana 3,000 Number of Hoosiers diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2021 1,160 Number of ...

Cancer Patients, Survivors Travel to Pierre to Urge Legislators to Leave Medicaid Expansion, Tobacco Fund in Place

PIERRE, S.D. –– American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) advocates will arrive at the Statehouse Wednesday for their annual Day at the Capitol. Cancer patients, survivors, their families and ... Medicaid expansion in place as voters intended and to refuse to adopt outgoing Gov. Kristi Noem’s budget proposal, which would strip 60% of the annual funding to the South Dakota Tobacco Prevention and Control fund. “Taking health care away from South Dakotans and giving Big ... breast diagnostic mammograms (x-rays), breast ultrasounds, and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans be covered by insurers at no-cost-share when they meet certain criteria. South Dakotans would be able to complete the full continuum of breast cancer screening without having ...

South Dakota Improves Access to Treatment Options Through Biosimilar Legislation

Last month in South Dakota, ACS CAN advocated for legislation to enhance patient access to biosimilar drugs, which offer safe and effective treatment options for many diseases including cancer. Biosimilars are close copies of a biologic therapies tested to ensure they produce the same clinical result as the original drug. Biosimilars increase competition and choice ... patients undergoing treatment for cancer and other chronic conditions. Throughout the legislative process, ACS CAN staff testified in support of a bill that would allow for pharmacists to substitute an interchangeable biosimilar, as long as patients are properly notified and a record of ...

Oregon Senates Passes Legislation to Raise Tobacco Sales Age to 21

Salem, OR – March 20, 2017— The Tobacco 21 For Oregon coalition, led by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Heart Association, American Lung Association and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), applauds the Oregon Senate for passing ... House.  “I ran for office to make Oregon the healthiest state in the nation, and I am proud to stand with my colleagues in passing SB 754 out of the Senate today with bipartisan support,” said Sen. Steiner Hayward. “This bill will decrease youth smoking rates, decrease tobacco-related ... diseases and health care costs, and will improve public health. This is good policy for Oregonians.”   Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Oregon, claiming the lives of roughly 5,500 Oregonians yearly. Each year, 1,800 Oregon kids become new daily smokers, and ...

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