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Working Year-round to Reduce the Burden of Breast Cancer
... lawmakers to increase funding for breast cancer screening and early detection programs for low-income, underinsured and uninsured women. Lack of health insurance poses a significant barrier to accessing timely cancer screening and diagnostic services. Only 31% of uninsured women aged 40 and ... cancer early detection program, as well as the inclusion of transparency language in the state budget that ensures the Department of State Health Services spends all appropriated funds for the program as intended. In addition to receiving screening and diagnostic services, women eligible for the NBCCEDP also have access to comprehensive health care coverage through the state Medicaid program, thanks to federal funding provided by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act (BCCT). ...
New Report Shows Colorado Falling Short on Tobacco Control Efforts to Fight Cancer
... goals." How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...
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 ...
Lawmakers Renew Colorado’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program for Additional 10 Years
... of this legislation to provide lifesaving cancer treatments to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women in Colorado. "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 ...
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