1. Cancer Control & Prevention Policy
Wins, Opportunities, Challenge and Lessons Learned
Iowa Cancer Summit ● October 19, 2017

2. Who is 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
Works to encourage federal, state and local elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority
Gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard
Nearly 1 million grassroots volunteers, organized in all 435 Congressional Districts, 50 states & District of Columbia

3. Advocacy in Action
“The ultimate conquest of cancer is as much a public policy aspiration as it is a scientific and medical challenge.”

4. Policy has Played a Role in…

5. Health Care 1935: Passage of Social Security Act
1957: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
1965: Medicare and Medicaid programs signed into law / neighborhood health centers
1980s: CHIP / EMTALA / COBRA / Census Bureau provides estimates in health insurance coverage
1990s: VFC Program created / HIPPA / MEPS
2000s: Medicaid Modernization Act (Part D & MA Plans) / MA Universal Health Car Law
2010: Passage of the ACA

6. Cancer Control & Prevention
1937: Creation of National Cancer Institute
1964: Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking
1971: National Cancer Act
1990s: NBCCEDP (1990) / Cancer Registries (1994) / National CCC Program (1998)
1998: Master Settlement Agreement
2000: Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Act
2006: The US Federal Drug Administration approved the first HPV vaccine to prevent infections that cause cervical cancer

7. Critical in Cancer Control & Prevention
Research,
Science
& Data
Partnership
Translation
& Evaluation
Critical in Policy
Critical in Cancer Control & Prevention
Critical in Comprehensive Cancer Control

9. Bridging the Gap between Science & Research and Communities… Policy and Comprehensive Cancer Control

10. Policy: Big “P”, little “p”
Legislation
Regulation
Administrative Rule
Insurer / Health Plan
Hospital / FQHC / Provider
Employer
Provider Education

12. How Does Iowa Measure Up?

13. “P”olicy Wins in Iowa

14. “p”olicy Wins in Iowa

15. Challenges Federal Uncertainty Budget / Fiscal Cancer Statistics
Decreased Investment in Cancer/Tobacco Control & Prevention
Shoring Up the Marketplace / 1332 Waiver

16. Opportunities & Lessons Learned
ACS CAN 2018 State Policy Priorities
Cigarette Tax
Restore Tobacco Control Funding
Maintaining Cancer Control & Prevention Funding
Investment in Research

17. Opportunities

18. Our Greatest Opportunity
Communicating the Value of Cancer Control and Prevention

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