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... Network (ACS CAN) commends the Tennessee legislature for improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their families through palliative care. ACS CAN is proud to have led the effort to pass this legislation in Tennessee.  Through their firsthand experience as physicians, Rep. Sabi ... curative treatment to help patients get well faster and easier.   Most importantly, research indicates that palliative care systems improve health outcomes while reducing health care costs. Studies have shown coordinating patient care and treating pain and symptoms leads to increased patient and family satisfaction ...

HARRISBURG, PA – November 3, 2022 –Earlier today, Governor Wolf signed legislation to improve access to care for cancer patients across the state. Senate Bill 225, now Act 146, is a vital new law that will curb restrictive prior authorization and step therapy practices imposed by health insurers. Prior authorization requires physicians to obtain approval from insurers before prescribing medication or moving forward with a ... CAN thanks Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill for her leadership on this critical legislation. ACS CAN looks forward to the impact this will have on health care delivery in Pennsylvania. ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes cancer a top priority for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 11, 2004 – An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) proposal to increase the budget for public health while substantially reducing the national debt by increasing the federal tobacco tax to one dollar will be offered as an amendment to the ... to line up support for a vote on the Amendment, which may come as early as today. “This Amendment is good fiscal policy and good for public health,” said Gary J. Streit, a member of the ACS CAN Board of Directors. “Raising the federal tobacco tax will generate ample new revenue for ... Senators are with us too.” Tobacco related illnesses kill 440,000 people a year and cost the economy more than $155 billion in direct health care costs and lost productivity, yet the current federal tobacco tax is just 39 cents. Raising the tax by 61 cents for a total of one dollar could ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 3, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a new rule to expand insurance coverage eligibility to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) submitted  comments  last year supporting the proposed rule because it would remove barriers to accessing health care services, which is critical to reducing health disparities and saving more lives from cancer. The final rule amends the definition of ...