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ACS CAN Urges Governor Hickenlooper to Voice Concerns About Impact of AHCA on State Cancer Burden Ahead of Discussions with Senate Leadership
Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled ...
Leading Cancer Advocacy Organization Urges Colorado’s Senate Candidates to Make Fighting Cancer a National Priority
... Senate candidates to state their positions on cancer issues such as cancer research funding and access to health care, including rural cancer care. ACS CAN also issued an invitation to Sen. Gardner’s opponent, John Hickenlooper, to meet with volunteers. “Lawmakers have the power to approve public health policies that help prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, as well as to ensure that cancer patients and survivors like me maintain access to ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Calls on Those Impacted by Cancer in Colorado for New Survey
... , which focused on cancer patients and survivors, found half of the 1200 respondents said coronavirus had caused a change or disruption in their health care. “The current pandemic is affecting cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and healthcare providers in ways that few others understand,” ... is covered by insurance the same way traditional IV therapy is, allowing patients to get treatment at home when medically appropriate; Directing Health and Human Services to initiate a special enrollment period to increase access to affordable, quality health insurance; Enacting an ...
Analysis of Marketplace Cancer Drug Coverage Shows Consumers Face Information Barriers on Cost and Coverage
Washington, D.C., February 22, 2017—Cancer patients trying to select the best health insurance plan through the market places continue to face challenges in determining prescription drug coverage and cost-sharing information ... and quantity limits - on common cancer drugs. ACS CAN recommends several policies that could improve drug coverage and transparency in any health care system. These include monitoring formularies to ensure plans are not discriminating against patients with high-cost conditions like cancer; ...
Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera Receives National Distinguished Advocacy Award for Improving Coloradan’s Access to Cancer Screening and Treatment
... Her personal experience with cancer inspired her to make it her life’s work to ensure every Coloradan has access to affordable, high quality health care. The Lt. Governor has sponsored and supported several ACS CAN initiatives regarding access to health care, cancer screenings, and tobacco control. Primavera has helped pass a bill establishing the cervical cancer vaccination awareness and ...
Expand Access to Biomarker Testing in Colorado
... and partners are working together to make sure more Coloradans can benefit from this important testing. What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ biomarker ” is a sign of a normal biological process, ... that have been excluded, including communities of color, individuals with lower socioeconomic status, rural communities, and those receiving care in non-academic medical centers are less likely to receive biomarker testing. Improving coverage for and access to biomarker testing across insurance types is key to reducing health disparities. Without action to expand coverage and access to biomarker testing, advances in precision medicine could increase existing ...
2023 Colorado Policy Forum
... Cancer Screening Rates" ACS CAN is Hosting its 15 th Annual Colorado Policy Forum, a premiere event that educates leaders from the public health, business, education, medical, government and research communities, to recognize legislative champions and to advance the work of ACS CAN. ... and are likely to impact survival across groups of people who have systemically experienced social or economic obstacles to screening and care. The 2023 Policy Forum will convene diverse stakeholders in the community – patient advocates, payors, health systems, business leaders, and lawmakers – to discuss exciting options in Colorado and plans to bring policy change. The Policy Forum ...
Gov. Polis Signs Bill Increasing Access to Clinical Trials
... for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), issued the following statement: “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that underserved communities face. Like COVID-19, cancer affects everyone, but it doesn’t affect everyone equally. More than ... year, but not all of them will equally benefit from medical advances in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnostic testing and treatment care. “Clinical trials are a significant way to advance life-saving cancer treatments and this bill will ensure more Coloradans have an ...
Colorado's Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program Gets Green Light
... this legislation to help low-income, uninsured and underinsured women in Colorado access lifesaving cancer treatments. "Under the federal health care law, more women have access to preventive cancer screenings and treatments, but many gaps still remain for people who are uninsured or ...
ACS CAN Commends Colorado House Passage of Bill to Lower Colorectal Cancer Screening Age to 45
... stem the alarming rise of colorectal cancer incidence in younger age groups by lowering the screening age and ensuring coverage of preventative care for Coloradans. House Bill 20-1103 passed the Colorado House of Representatives by a vote of 52-11 on Thursday, February 27 th . ... Martha Cox, ACS CAN volunteer. Cox was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer at age 51, following her first colonoscopy. She had catastrophic health insurance but her out-of-pocket cost for her one-year treatment was still around $40,000. The bill also seeks to eliminate out-of-pocket ... B. 20-1103 was introduced on January 14, 2020 by Speaker Pro Tempore Janet Buckner, (D-HD40) and Representative Perry Will (R-HD57), whose rural Health Region has the highest ratio of late stage CRC diagnoses in Colorado. Senators Rhonda Fields (D-SD29, Arapahoe County) and Kevin Priola ...