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... state, including the District of Columbia, to pass oral chemotherapy parity legislation to help equalize patient out-of-pocket costs, modernize health insurance, and improve cancer care. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy 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 ...

... touched by cancer together to call on the Missouri legislature to support policies to improve patient quality of life through palliative care and increase funding for Show Me Healthy Women, Missouri’s free breast and cervical cancer screening program, and the state’s tobacco ... said Mark Runyan, Missouri state lead ambassador for ACS CAN. “Making these lifesaving policies a priority will not only help improve the health of Missourians, but also eliminate death and suffering from a disease that touches us all.” This year, nearly 35,000 people will be ... 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 ...

... Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access and Research (STAR) Act, 2) continue to make strong investments in the National Institutes for Health and the National Cancer Institute to advance discoveries in the fight against childhood cancer, and 3) pass the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) to enhance the quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families. ... Hodgkin’s lymphoma and faced numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. Now, 16 years after her diagnosis, Horn still experiences complex health risks and challenges and must stay current with cancer screenings to ensure she remains in remission. An estimated 11,000 children under age ...

... are in the offing for these officials, not one state penny is allocated for the New Jersey Tobacco Control Program that would help protect our health and ultimately save lives while reducing future health care costs.  The State Assembly has already passed a bill unanimously that would allocate one percent of tobacco tax revenues in New Jersey for ...