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House Kills Bill to Fight Youth Addiction, Improve Health

... year claims the lives of 11,000 Hoosiers, ensnares 3,700 kids in a lifetime of addiction and costs our economy more than $7 billion in related health care costs and lost productivity. “We know what works: raise the state's cigarette tax, delay youth access to tobacco and work with communities ... session must focus on a healthier Indiana, starting with efforts to reduce smoking.” 0 House Kills Bill to Fight Youth Addiction, Improve Health ...

Administration Sets Aggressive Public Health Goals With Healthy People 2020 Report

WASHINGTON, DC – December 2, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this morning released its Healthy People 2020 report, which spells out nearly 600 public health goals for the next decade. The goals include several areas of particular concern to people with cancer and their families: reducing overall deaths from cancer, curbing tobacco use by youth and adults, improving access to quality health care, decreasing obesity rates and improving nutrition and physical activity for all populations. The report also focuses on other issues important ...

An Update on Health Insurance for New Yorkers

     Navigating the health system can be challenging under normal circumstances.  In these times of COVID-19 with loss of jobs and incomes, it is even more difficult. ACS CAN has compiled the list below to assist you in finding what you need and explain what is available to you in relation to health insurance in New York State. We hope you find this information useful. COVID-19 Testing coverage There is NO cost-sharing for COVID testing in state-regulated plans.  Telehealth Services coverage There is no cost-sharing for in-network telehealth visits for any type of care when such service would have been covered under the policy if it had been delivered in person. Consumers and small businesses experiencing ...

Letter to the Editor: No repeal of health insurance without replacing it

I am a cancer survivor and my health coverage is my lifeline. Access to timely treatment, affordable medications, regular screenings and doctor visits are essential and are the reason why I am alive today. Any breaks in coverage could mean delayed care and dire consequences for my health. As members of Congress begin to debate repeal and replace options for the current health-care law, I am anxious for cancer patients, ...

Rhode Island Paving the Way for Palliative Care

When the Palliative Care/Quality of Life Legislation was signed into law on July 11, 2013, Rhode Island became the state leading the nation in palliative care ... Care Consumer and Professional Information Education Program. The overarching goal is to require Palliative Care Access in Rhode Island Health Facilities, establish a system for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care, and provide information about ... access to appropriate palliative care services for patients or residents with serious illness. ACS CAN will work with ACS and the Department of Health to lead the implementation of the state Palliative Care Advisory Council. The Council will create availibility, awareness and utilization in ...

Leading Health Organizations Urge NC Lawmakers to Reconsider Proposal Implementing Medicaid Cuts

RALEIGH, N.C. – 14 nonpartisan organizations representing millions of patients living with serious and chronic health conditions are concerned that HB 696 CCS, signed by Gov. Josh Stein Thursday, puts in place new, overly burdensome requirements for people with Medicaid health insurance coverage in North Carolina. The patients we represent need access to timely treatment to maintain their health. This law ... Carolina. HB 696 CCS sets copay amounts at the highest possible levels, which creates barriers to treatment that can disrupt the continuity of care for patients with chronic disease. Research has shown that even low levels of cost-sharing and copayments deter patients from seeking care. ...

Cancer Advocates Press Lawmakers for Action on Key Public Health Measures

... week to call for swift early action on three top advocacy priorities for the cancer community: FDA regulation of tobacco products, comprehensive health care reform and medical research funding. During Congress' week-long President's Day recess, grassroots volunteers of the American Cancer Society ... majority and had 60 U.S. Senators, including then-Sen. Barack Obama, as cosponsors. Cancer advocates are calling for decisive action on health care reform early this year. The American Cancer Society has determined that the lack of access to quality, affordable health care is the ...

New Benefit Summaries Give Patients Crucial Information About Health Coverage

... D.C. -- September 24, 2012 -- "This week marks the beginning of a new era for consumers seeking reliable and accessible information about their health benefits. For decades, consumers have had to rely on long and complicated benefit summaries for those details. But under the Affordable Care Act, insurers now must provide consumers with simple and easy-to-read information designed to help them better understand their coverage ... with cancer or another medical issue. The summary empowers all patients and consumers for the first time to make informed choices about the best health plan for them and their families. No wonder the SBC is one of the most popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Cancer patients, ...

House Health Bill Would Lead to Less Coverage, Higher Patient Costs

... by the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, while preserving some patient protections, will have the net effect of shifting health insurance costs to low and middle-income patients, significantly reduce the standards of what constitutes quality insurance, curtail the ... and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee retain key patient protections prohibiting insurers from charging more based on health status and prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions. However, these protections are hollow if patients and survivors can’t afford insurance that covers the health care services they need to treat their cancer diagnosis. “ACS CAN has long advocated that any changes to the health care law should provide equal ...

Gov. Bullock Kicks Off Cancer Action Day at the Capitol; Urges Lawmakers to Give 95,000 Montanans Continued Access to Health Care Through Medicaid

... his help urging lawmakers to lift the sunset on Medicaid expansion so that it doesn’t expire in July, leaving some 95,000 without access to care. Gov. Bullock teamed up with ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, to help kick off Cancer Action Day today as well ... to resist any legislation that requires work requirements.  “Hardworking, low-income Montanans deserve access to affordable and comprehensive health care coverage and that includes adults, veterans, families with children, pregnant women and those close to retirement,” said Gov. ... who is fighting for their life is to fill out paperwork proving they should not have to work.” “Medicaid expansion saves lives as well as health care costs because cancer caught early is cancer that is much easier and quicker to treat,” said Zins. “That keeps loved ones alive, ...

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