State Legislative Bills Report
As most state legislatures end their 2025 sessions and look to 2026, ACR staff is looking at how some radiology-specific bills they tracked fared this year.
Read moreThe White House released a factsheet about the Cancer Moonshot Feb. 2, its first anniversary since relaunch, announcing the reignition of the effort to end the disease as we know it. In his Feb. 7 State of the Union address, President Biden highlighted the effort and its goal to slash the nation’s cancer death rate by 50% in the next 25 years.
The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) was an early supporter of the Cancer Moonshot, in early spring 2022, meeting with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer the College as a resource for the nonpartisan effort. The ongoing dialogue with HHS resulted in the secretary of the agency visiting an ACR-accredited mammography site in Nevada to stress the importance of regular breast cancer screening.
The Moonshot factsheet includes new initiatives under the effort and 2022 successes. Also included in the factsheet is President Biden’s plan to appoint six members to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays a vital role in guiding the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in setting the course for the national cancer research program.
Newly announced projects under the plan include an NCI-launched public-private partnership to help pediatric cancer patients' families, and $10 million in funding awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for 22 cancer centers to widen access to screenings and promote early detection of disease. President Biden plans to encourage Congress to reauthorize the National Cancer Act, which 52 years ago created the nation’s leading federal cancer research institute.
As part of the ACR’s Moonshot meetings with HHS staff, the College and its volunteers outlined ACR efforts to reduce cancer deaths among racial and ethnic minorities, rural and urban residents, and the under- and uninsured populations. Specifically, the ACR is working to make imaging research more inclusive of these groups to ensure care improvements can be realized across populations and identify populations that may particularly benefit from certain screening or treatments.
These ACR efforts are already bearing fruit:
For more information about the Cancer Moonshot, please contact Katie Grady, ACR Government Affairs Director.
State Legislative Bills Report
As most state legislatures end their 2025 sessions and look to 2026, ACR staff is looking at how some radiology-specific bills they tracked fared this year.
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