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... Legislative Priorities Victory in the fight against cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expanding access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of West Virginia residents ... impacted by cancer, and their leadership is vital to defeating this disease. In 2024, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will work with the West Virginia legislature on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health ... a comprehensive cessation benefit that covers individual, group, and telephone counseling and all FDA-approved cessation medications without cost-sharing or other barriers to access. Tobacco Taxes: ACS CAN will advocate to increase the cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack with a parallel tax ...

...  The report studied mechanisms other than the individual mandate, but the results were inconclusive, with little evidence showing that any of them would lead to equivalent, economically sustainable insurance coverage for the 32 million additional Americans who will be covered once the ACA is fully in effect. ACS CAN believes that the critical patient protections in the ACA, including those that end discrimination in the insurance market against people with ... changing the MLR is not in the best interest of consumers and meaningful insurance reform. Update on Medicaid As part of a strategy to contain cost, many Republican Governors have proposed converting Medicaid from a federal entitlement that offers states matching funds to a fixed federal ...

... today unveiled an FY15 budget proposal that prioritizes tobacco control with an increase in the federal tobacco tax, emphasizes the importance of primary care with an investment in workforce training for new doctors and signals his ongoing support for increased investment in medical research. A statement from Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), follows: The president 's budget proposal shows that he remains committed to increasing the federal cigarette tax by an unprecedented 94 ... and uninsured are essential to eliminating death and suffering from a disease that will kill an estimated 585,000 people in America and cost the economy $216 billion this year. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – In response to the proposed 67 cent-per-pack cigarette tax increase, a coalition of leading national, state and local health organizations issued the following statement: “The bill to raise cigarette taxes by 67 cents per pack is flat out wrong for Oklahoma, and the House Appropriations and Budget committee failed to protect the health of our youth by giving the state what it really needs – a cigarette tax increase that would save lives. “Instead, the Legislature is now ... chronic diseases. Big Tobacco knows this too, and that’s why they are fighting what would be the first tax increase in 12 years. But we can’t let them win. “We urge the Legislature seek a meaningful cigarette tax increase, because maintaining status quo means that today there ...