• The Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program provides low-income women access to life-saving cancer screenings and follow-up care; including cancer treatment if needed.
• Early detection saves lives and money. As much as $20,000 is saved in initial treatment costs for each breast cancer case that is detected early.
• If the HMF is eliminated, cancers are likely to be diagnosed at later stages, significantly increasing treatment costs and reversing the decline in death rates for breast and cervical cancer, as well as other cancers.

Colorectal Pilot

No colorectal cancer screening program exists in Michigan for the uninsured.

• To ensure Michigan residents receive proper education and screenings, there must be methods developed to provide routine colorectal cancer screenings, and give follow-up care as needed.
• Less than 40% of Michigan adults age 50 and older report having colorectal cancer early detection testing as recommended.
• Additional funding is needed for Michigan’s colorectal pilot program.

Michigan’s Smoking Prevention Program

• The Centers for Disease Control Tobacco Control Best Practices Guidelines recommend that a state of Michigan’s size spend at least $124 million annually on tobacco control. Michigan currently spends less than $5 million with state and federal funds combined.
• Tobacco use is the #1 cause of preventable death in Michigan, killing 17,000 residents each year.
• For every $1 spent on preventing tobacco use and supporting cessation, $3.62 is saved in direct health care costs.
• $1 billion in health care costs to Michigan’s Medicaid program are directly caused by smoking.
• Each Michigan household pays $637 in state and federal taxes due to smoking-caused diseases.