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Changing Cancer's Impact on the Workplace
While cancer touches more than 40 percent of Americans in their lifetime, it also has a major impact on the workforce. The estimated total cost of cancer is more than $228.1 billion per year in health care expenses and lost productivity in the US. And with an aging population, health care spending is expected to rise 25 percent by 2030, with chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes accounting for 75 percent of health care costs. By teaming with the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer, you can help change the course of cancer by building public awareness, empowering your employees, improving their productivity, fostering a healthy corporate culture, and reducing organizational health care costs.
Support from the American Cancer Society
By becoming a member of CEOs Against Cancer, you can help your employees, their families and communities stay well and get well, find cures, and fight back against a disease that has taken far too much. The American Cancer Society provides you the information and resources you need to help your employees and organization:
- Stay Well: Create a culture of health by ensuring your employee health and wellness benefits include evidence-based, comprehensive cancer prevention programs and high-quality support for cancer screening and care.
- Get Well: Face cancer through access to accurate, up-to-date information that helps them understand the disease and make informed decisions about their health while incorporating information about American Cancer Society support programs and services into your health and wellness communications and offerings.
- Find Cures: Change the future of cancer by investing in groundbreaking research that will help us understand cancer’s causes, determine how best to prevent it, and discover new cures.
- Fight Back: Join more than 3 million grassroots volunteers who work tirelessly to support people facing cancer and their families through their cancer journey, advocating for cancer-fighting legislation, and participating in inspiring community events that help save lives.
As a member of CEOs Against Cancer, you can help save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays while fighting back against cancer through workplace giving, matching gift programs, and special events such as the American Cancer Society Relay For Life® and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer®.
For more information about the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer Initiative, please click here to contact us.
