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California’s Lung Cancer Screening Rates are the Lowest in the Nation, Cancer Advocates Push for Change

... communities about lung cancer screening and providing resources to help people quit tobacco use. “By shining a light on this pressing health issue, we empower Californians to take charge of their health and encourage life-saving screenings. Together, we can reduce the disparities in lung cancer outcomes and save lives across our ... groups have more late-stage lung cancer diagnoses because of differences in risk factor exposure (such as tobacco use) and access to care. American Indians and Black Californians have the highest incidence of lung cancer, as well as the highest mortality rate from lung cancer.  ...

New York Healthy Eating and Active Living

... foods.  Research shows that access to fresh and healthy foods is one of several factors that can contribute to better eating habits and good health, including decreased risk of diet-related diseases. Sadly, low-income neighborhoods have 50% fewer supermarkets than the wealthiest ... is now depleted and we need your help. New York City Schools Campaign Physical Education in Schools : Federal Advocacy Initiatives Affordable Care Act This law contains several key provisions focused on prevention and wellness. ACS CAN strongly supports the implementation of and opposes ... standard menu items in chain restaurants and similar venues and of food and beverage items in certain vending machines. Coverage of preventive health services, including obesity screening and counseling and behavioral interventions for weight loss, with no cost sharing through private ...

The Next Generation of Cancer Advocates

... her experience as a skin cancer survivor to support legislation that would prohibit minors from using tanning beds. During a hearing before the Health and Human Services Committee in January, Paige urged lawmakers to protect other Nebraska youth like herself from the increased risks of skin cancer associated with indoor tanning. For the second year in a row, students from a ninth-grade health class joined our Hawaii team to support their grassroots efforts around Cancer Awareness Day in March. The students spent the day with ACS ... increased tobacco tax and tobacco control program funding. It's exciting to see teens and young adults passionately involved in the causes they care about, and especially to watch them actively support ACS CAN’s advocacy efforts and our cancer mission. Engaging advocates of all ages is a ...

ACS CAN delivers letter to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins asking for a vote on a critical colorectal cancer screening bill

... legislation New York State can ensure that state statute reflects recent federal and state guidance including the following: The 2010 Affordable Care Act requires that all health plans cover certain essential benefits including colorectal cancer screening in accordance with the United States Preventative Task Force ... that complies with the new screening guidelines. Furthermore, on January 10, 2022, the Federal Tri-Agencies (Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Treasury) announced that private insurance plans must now cover, without cost-sharing, follow-up colonoscopies after a ...

Promised Funding for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program Critical to Increased Access

... Years of insufficient funding for the NBCCEDP not only mean that four out of five eligible women will continue to go unserved, but with rising health care costs, even those served today may not be able to access services in the future.  This is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- it’s ... journal CANCER a publication of the American Cancer Society, has shown that people who are uninsured, and people with certain types of public health insurance, are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer compared to those with private insurance, and, as a result, are at ...

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Welcomes Two New Members to the National Board of Directors

... Newton,   Massachusetts  – Bernson is an epidemiologist and the Director of Special Analytic Projects within the Office of Population Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She leads development of and strategic direction for the Public Health Data Warehouse (PHD) a nationally recognized cross-sector data ... affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to change public policy to end cancer as we know it, for ...

Survivor Views: One in Ten Impacted by Recent Drug Shortages

... drug shortages at 22%. Among those who have been impacted by drug shortages in the past year, 57% say the shortage was related to their cancer care, including medications to treat cancer as well as its side effects and complications. Nearly a third of those experiencing drug shortages ... that they would otherwise have addressed in an office visit. While most of those telehealth visits (78%) took place during the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the number reporting telehealth visits conducted outside of the PHE climbed from 15% prior to the PHE to 40% who have ... to have telehealth visits since the end of the PHE in May 2023. Forty-two percent say they plan to continue using telehealth visits with health care providers about issues related to their cancer.     Fifteen percent of those surveyed have seen a provider located in a different ...

2012 NYS Legislative Session Wraps Up

... hole”).  The Governor proposed eliminating the program, but working with AARP, we convinced the Legislature to restore most of the funding. Health Insurance Exchange •    The Senate refused to take up legislation creating a health insurance exchange mandated by the Affordable Care Act, so the Governor created one by Executive Order.  The new exchange is a bare-bones affair, and many important policy decisions including ...

Review of New York's 2009 Legislative Session

... programs, but there will be fewer antismoking messages in the media and distribution of nicotine patches is being cut back. POLICY Access to Care for the Working Poor -- A major part of the ACS agenda at the state and national level is to make affordable, quality insurance available to everyone.  One significant success was getting the Legislature to expand the Family Health Plus program for working adults to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (which amounts to $22,000 for a single person).  If the federal ... off the insurance rolls. Young Adult Insurance (Bill No. A6030/A9036)-- Upwards of 800,000 New Yorkers between the ages of 19 and 29 don't have health insurance, because they can't afford individual coverage and/or they work in jobs that don't offer coverage.  This legislation offers a ...

Survivor Views: Copay Assistance and Patient Navigation

... note at end). The margin of sampling error associated with a sample of this size is +/-2.8% at a 95% confidence level.  Key Findings: Cancer care is expensive and prescription drug costs are a challenge for nearly one-third of cancer patients and survivors (31%), with one-fifth having ... the survey. For this survey, a patient navigator was defined as follows: “Patient navigators help guide patients through the often-complicated health care system with the resources they need to get care. A patient navigator helps patients communicate with their healthcare providers so they get the information they need to make decisions about their health care. Patient navigators may also help patients set up appointments for doctor visits and medical tests and get financial, legal, and social ...

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