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New Law Regulating ‘Step Therapy’ Puts Patients First

May 15, 2018
New Mexico

The law places limits on step therapy policies used by insurance companies that require patients to try less expensive, potentially less effective drugs before they can get coverage for the prescriptions their physicians recommend.

Proposed Opioid Legislation an Opportunity to Achieve Balance in Addressing Abuse and Maintaining Access to Legitimate Use of Pain Medication

April 24, 2018
National

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) marked up the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. Included in the proposal are several promising provisions that aim to address addiction while maintaining access to necessary relief for individuals fighting pain from cancer and other serious

ACS CAN Encouraged by Balanced Approach in Proposed Opioid Legislation

April 11, 2018
National

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) held a hearing on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. Included in the proposal are several promising provisions that aim to address addiction while maintaining access to necessary relief for individuals fighting pain from cancer and

CMS Heeds Patient Concerns and Removes Proposed Barrier to Pain Care in Final Medicare Rule

April 4, 2018
National

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final Medicare rule yesterday that did not include a proposal that would have set hard limits on opioid pain medication at the pharmacy unless an insurer authorized special permission for a larger dose.

ACS CAN Testimony: Cancer patients need better access to all chemo options

March 23, 2018
Idaho

This week ACS CAN participated in a chemotherapy informational hearing at the State Capitol on the unequal cost cancer patients incur for oral (pill and liquid) versus intravenous (IV) chemotherapies on Idaho’s state-based health care plans. As targeted oral chemotherapy advances, it is apparent that the most effective or, in

“Isn't quality of life what we are all chasing after?”

October 31, 2017
National

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ACS CAN volunteers and breast cancer survivors share why a better type of care for cancer patients is so important Fighting cancer shouldn’t just involve drugs and medical treatments. It also should involve care focused on improving the cancer patient’s quality of

2017 ACS CAN Maryland Health Policy Forum on Access to Care

October 12, 2017
Maryland

The ACS CAN Policy Forum on Access to Health Care was held on October 12th at the Universith of Maryland Medical Center and brought together Maryland’s key decision makers and leaders in business, education, medical research, cancer care, and government to explore federal and state health care policies and its

Midland Daily News: Merrill cancer advocate will advocate in Washington

September 18, 2017
Michigan

Next week, Jennifer Coston, from Merrill, will join more than 700 cancer patients, survivors, volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Midland Daily News Published 2:00 am, Saturday, September 9, 2017

Kirkland Resident Eunice Hostetter Receives Top Volunteer Award for Excellence in Cancer Advocacy

September 11, 2017
Washington

Eunice Hosttetter, a breast cancer survivor from Kirkland, Wash., was honored as the State Lead Ambassador of the Year by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) for her commitment to cancer advocacy.